SAP Introduction
SAP Introduction
SAP Introduction
SAP is an ERP software which helps to run day to day business. SAP software suite maps
financial, logistics, human resource and many other business processes. SAP system offers
real time visibility across the entire enterprise. It can be used by every individual in the
organization. SAP is a integrated business software to process all functionalities of an
organisation in order to obtain a unified solution.
Why SAP?
Suppose a client approaches sales team asking for a
particular product. The sales team contacts to inventory
department to check the availability of the product. To
their surprise, sales team found out that the product is out
of stock. So next time this don’t happen, they have to
introduce a SAP ERP tool.
SAP Advantages:
• SAP system eliminate duplicate data.
• Business processes are standardized.
• Planning, tracking, scheduling & management, becomes easier.
• Enables integration with E-commerce.
• Cost-effective as it reduces administrative expenses.
• Helps to automate reporting & monitoring of the projects
• SAP helps to enhance Customer Service through better Customer
Interaction.
• Offers consistency across the whole division.
• Increases efficiency, productivity, and better management of resources.
SAP FI is made up of sub modules. The sub-modules that are often used are accounts receivables,
accounts payables, asset accounting, general ledger Accounting and bank accounting.
All the sub modules are interlinked and integrate in real time. A trial balance can be extracted at an
time and it will always balance because all the sub modules are connected. The diagram below
shows the integration between SAP FI modules.
3. Accounts payables
Accounts payables is a sub module that captures all transactions with vendors and manages
vendor accounts.
4. Asset accounting
Asset accounting manages all transactions related to assets for an entity. When transactions
are posted in asset accounts ,reconciliation accounts in general ledger are updated in real
time.
5. Bank accounting
Bank accounting captures all transactions with the banks. Bank reconciliation is done to
reconcile all transactions recorded on bank statements comparing them to transactions in
the system.
All SAP FI sub-modules are integrated and transactions are updated in real time which
means accurate financial statements can be extracted from the system at any time.
Enterprise Structure
Company: Company is the smallest Organisation unit. Financial statements are
created according to the legal requirement for the company. Company can include
either one or more company codes.
Independent company can be created with one company code. A company code
could be a separate entity, but not independent.
Company
General
Ledger
Account
Master Transaction Analysis Periodic
Processing Reporting
Data and Processing
Reporting
FI-GENERAL LEDGER MASTER
Chart of Accounts
Account Groups
Retained Earnings
Field Status Variant
Fiscal Year Variant
Posting Periods
Document Types and Numbers
FI – Tolerance Limits
Controlling Area
GL Master Data Creation
GL Posting, Display Documents types and line items
Periodic Reportings