Unit 1: Introducing the R/3 System
The unit introducing the R/3 System is designed to show how both organisations and individuals benefit from working with the R/3 System and how R/3 carries out business management tasks. There are four lessons:
- The SAP R/3 System
- Components of the R/3 System
- R/3 Modules
- A Case Study
The SAP R/3 System
This course provides introduction to a system that is used by major organisations around the world to handle their business management tasks. The system is called SAP R/3.
SAP - Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing.
R/3 - Release 3.
SAP R/3 is designed to handle all of the business management tasks of a company. Some particular examples that you'll see are: the payment of invoices, the management of production resources and the control of financial accounts.
SAP R/3 handles these tasks using application modules, usually known simply as modules. Their initials often refer to the modules. For example, SD is Sales and Distribution. MM is Materials Management.
The modules process information from all parts of the organisation. Since R/3 works within one system, this information is shared between modules despite any existing organisational limitations of a company.
R/3 works with a common database. This means that information, which is entered into the system by one part of the organisation, is immediately accessible to all other parts of the organisation. Everyone is always up to date.
The R/3 System is designed primarily to meet the needs of mid-sized businesses up to large corporations. However, the adaptability of R/3 makes it a sound investment for smaller businesses, enabling them to grow without ever having to change their system.
R/3 works with a company's existing computer system. This will have developed as the company has grown and is likely to be made up of a large number of different types of computer.
SAP R/2 was designed primarily