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Question 1

architecture

Answer 1

technical structure of the ERP software.

ExL three-tier or service oriented architechture

Question 2

three tier architecture

Answer 2

separate into presentation, application, and data layers. client, application server, and data server. internet uses this.

Question 3

service oriented architecture

Answer 3

web services, composite applications

Question 4

supply chain management

Answer 4

inter-company system. combine two ERP systems

Question 5

supplier relationship management

Answer 5

work on relationship with suppliers. good contacts are cheaper and more reliable

Question 6

customer relationship management

Answer 6

connect ERP system to customer

Question 7

project lifecycle management

Answer 7

work on research, design, and product management

Question 8

application platform

Answer 8

“enterprise operating system”. communicate SAP data with independently designed programs

Question 9

SAP netweaver

Answer 9

SAPs “computing platform” like java. runtime environment for SAP business suite of APPLICATIONS

Question 10

organizational data

Answer 10

structure of an enterprise. how resources are structured and located

Question 11

client

Answer 11

highest organizational structure. comprised of many company codes

Question 12

plant

Answer 12

facility where functions are performed

Question 13

master data

Answer 13

entities associated with various processes. good example is materials master.

Question 14

material master

Answer 14

contain all info about materials. different views will cut out redundant data for a simpler view

Question 15

material types

Answer 15

categorize materials and their cooresponding processes

1-raw materials
2-semifinished goods
3-finished goods
4-trading goods

Question 16

raw materials

Answer 16

purchased from external source, used in production

code: ROH

Question 17

semifinished goods

Answer 17

produced internally from raw materials

code: HALB

Question 18

finished goods

Answer 18

created by production process from raw materials AND finished goods

code: FERT

Question 19

trading goods

Answer 19

purchased from a vendor and directly sold to customers

code: HAWA

Question 20

material group

Answer 20

materials with similar characteristics

Question 21

transaction data

Answer 21

keep track of process steps (or transactions)

Question 22

material documents

Answer 22

record materials movements

Question 23

reporting

Answer 23

ways that users can view and analyze data

Question 24

online transaction processing (OLTP)

Answer 24

capture and store detailed transaction data quickly and efficiently. GENERATE LISTS

Question 25

online analytic processing (OLAP)

Answer 25

generate analytics using information structures

Question 26

information structures

Answer 26

capture and store transaction data in sumarized form that humans can understand

Question 27

characteristics

Answer 27

objects for which data is collected

Question 28

key figures

Answer 28

performance measures such as quantities

Question 29

period

Answer 29

time period transaction is done

Question 30

work lists

Answer 30

identify tasks that are scheduled to be completed in a process

Question 31

online lists

Answer 31

display lists of master data. generated at request. usually need to define selection (which entities) and scope (which data is displayed)

Question 32

flexible analysis

Answer 32

allows you to program analysis. as opposed to standard analysis

Question 33

business intelligence

Answer 33

overall capabilities to collect and analyze data from a variety of sources. use SAP BW

Question 34

components of netweaver

Answer 34

PIPA - people, info, process, application

Question 35

two types of data

Answer 35

master and transactional