EXAM 1 Flashcards
SAP HAS ___% ERP MARKET SHARE
24%
___ perform specialized tasks or activities
Functions
___ cut across functions
Processes
3 THINGS ERP systems DO NOT:
Define the organization mission or vision
Set goals for organizations and groups
Define competitive business strategies
6 Key Business Processes (Modules) utilized within SAP
Procurement, Materials Management – Buy
Production Planning – Make
Fulfillment, Sales and Distribution– Sell
Material Planning – Plan
Financial Accounting – Tracking for External Reporting
Management Accounting – Tracking for Internal
Reporting
Focusing on functional objectives without regard to process objectives
SILO EFFECT
Organization goes from a prototype environment to an active, live ERP business system. Old management systems are discontinued.
Go Live and Support:
Shows the transfer of responsibility (business processes require the coordination of several functions to work together)
swimlane flowchart
A Process Map
What you are trying to discover:
Who and what are inputs and outputs to specific tasks
What tasks are done by each person
What decisions must be made during the process
We are not trying to understand how long it takes to do the job
DC is a
Distribution Channel (Class of Customer)––
Cash is needed to purchase raw materials UNTIL THE customer pays the invoice in cash.
Cash-to Cash Cycle
Client-Server Architecture
R/3 architecture: Three Tier Real Time Data Processing
3 LAYERS OF Client-Server Architecture
Presentation Layer: User Interface
Application Layer: Limits the transactions allowed
Data Layer: Physical location of the data
SOA
Service-Oriented Architecture
Service-Oriented Architecture
Web-enabled applications
Can link a variety of Client-Server systems together
Standardizes the user interface for a variety of Client Server systems
Enables custom capabilities without changing the underlying applications
Three types of enterprise system data
Organizational Data
Master Data
Transaction Data
3 TYPES OF Organizational data
Client or Enterprise Level
Company Level (company code)
Plant Level
Client Code (#)–
this is the global company
Username
this is like your company code
Master data
General data that applies across company code
Financial data that is company code specific
Area specific data that applies to specific functions or plants
Transaction data
Associated with process steps
___ is never deleted – you can always see who did what activity in SAP
Transaction Data
BPMN stand for
Business Process
Modeling Notation
Profit Margin =
Your Company’s Profit/Your Company’s Revenue
Market Share =
Your Company’s Revenue/All Company’s Revenue put together
Market to Sales Ratio =
Your Company’s Marketing Expenses/Your Company’s Revenue
Average Sales Per Day (by Revenue) =
Revenue for the Quarter/30
Average Sales Per Day (by Volume) =
Volume for the Quarter/30
Capacity Utilization =
Your Actual Production /Your potential Maximum Production
Overall Enterprise that owns all companies
Client
ORDERING HEIRARCHY
PURCHASE ORDER
SUPPLY ORDER
SALES ORDER
IMPORTANT ORG DATA
Client
Company Code
Distribution Channel
Customer Credit is evaluated or adjusted when you ___?
create a quotation
PURCHASE ORDER FLOW
SALES ORDER FLOW
SHIPPING FLOW
BILLING FLOW
PAYMENT FLOW
Breaks down the forecast into individual products so that we can predict and order the raw materials needed
DISAGGREGATION
