BUSBIS 1635: ERP SYSTEMS

client-server three tier

1. data base layer 2. application layer 3.presentation layer

SAP ERP Documents

1. transaction 2. material 3. financial accounting 4. management accounting

5 types of data in ERP systems

1.Organizational data (client, company code, plant, storage locations) 2.Master data (customer, vendor, material) 3.Situational data (quantities, dates, costs) 4.Transaction data (create purchase order, receive material, verify invoice) 5.Aggregate data (summarized data for analytics and business intelligence)

Enterprise Architecture Framework layers

1.People 2.Process 3.Application (software) 4.Data 5.Infrastructure (hardware)

Enterprise Architecture

A comprehensive framework used to describe and manage an organization's business functions and systems.

Online Analytical Processing (OLAP)

A method of querying and reporting that takes data from standard relational databases, calculates and summarizes the data, and then stores the data in a special database called a data cube.

client/server architecture

A network design in which client computers use a centrally administered server to share data, data storage space, and devices.

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Connects the company's ERP system to those of its customers. Enables capabilities to manage marketing, sales, and customer service.

Supplier Relationship Management

Contains functionality to enable the quotation and contracts processes. These systems act as extension to the procurement and material planning processes of ERP systems.

Controlling Document

Corporation: Articles of Incorporation filed with state Partnership/Sole Prop.: Articles of Partnership (may not have any)

online lists

Display lists of master data - such as materials, vendors, and purchasing info records - and documents - such as transaction documents, FI, CO, and material documents - that are generated during the execution of a process

Transaction documents

Documents that are created or utilized as the process is being executed

reporting

General term used to describe the ways that users can view and analyze both transaction and historical data to help them make decisions and complete their tasks

Financial Documents

Includes the projected financial statements, actual (historical) statements, and financial statement analysis

business intelligence

Information collected from multiple sources such as suppliers, customers, competitors, partners, and industries that analyzes patterns, trends, and relationships for strategic decision making

SAP ERP provides three Information System

Logistics Information Systems (LIS) Financial Information Systems (FIS) - track Human Resource Information Systems

Key figures

Performance measures, such as quantities and counts that are associated with the characteristics

User-defined information structures

SAP ERP enables users to define their own structures to meet specific reporting requirements

ERP Systems

a class of software used by companies to automate and integrate the core business processes of multiple functions in one common database with one shared set of management reporting tools

flexible analysis

allows users to define the content and format of the analysis

plant

an organizational element that performs multiple functions and is relevant to several processes

information structures

capture and store specified transaction data in an aggregated and summarized form that enables users to analyze the data as needed

application suite

collection of inter-company systems and the underlying intra-company ERP system

presentation layer

how you interact with the application (using menus, typing, and selecting)

Work Lists

identify tasks that are scheduled to be completed in a process

inter-enterprise IT

information systems that are shared by two or more independent organizations

enterprise IT

information systems that organizations use to define structured interactions among their own employees and/or with external customers, suppliers, gov't agencies & other business partners

SAP

is a fully integrated, global, ERP system that supports multiple languages and currencies

Function IT

performs a single function, such as enhancing worker productivity for standalone tasks

standard information structures

predefined in the SAP ERP system, and they collect the data needed to generate the most commonly used reports

standard analysis

provides predefined analytics for data in standard information structures

material document

records data related to a goods movement, such as the receipt of goods from a vendor

client

represents an enterprise consisting of many companies or subsidiaries. Highest organizational level in SAP ERP

company code

represents an independent legal accounting unit

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)

software for managing the entire lifecycle of a product

Online Transaction Processing (OLTP)

the capture of transaction and event information using technology to (1) process the information according to defined business rules, (2) store the information, and (3) update existing information to reflect the new information

characteristics

the objects for which data are collected

Architecture

the technical structure of the software, and the ways the software is physically managed on computer hardware.

application layer

what the application allows you to do (create formulas or charts, compose an essay)

data layer

where the application stores your work (on your hard drive or flash drive)

Service-oriented architecture (SOA)

•Composition Connect multiple applications via web services Build new business process capability without changing the underlying applications (i.e. without writing code) •Integration Use web services to expose ERP (and other system) functionality Web services provide a standard interface (input and output)

OLTP Work (To do) List

•Identify tasks that are scheduled to be completed in a process. •Examples include: 1.Shipping worklist 2.Picking worklist 3.Goods Issue worklist 4.Billing Worklist