SAP OVERVIEW

Prepared for NIIT

by

Ramgopal Cancherla

ERP certified [NITIE, Mumbai]

39 years with Pharma Industry

[15 years with systems

10 years with SAP SD & COPA modules]

SAP PROJECTS HANDLED @SANOFI AVENTIS BY RAMGOPAL CANCHERLA

4.0B Go Live 2000 PwC & ACI Sydney

Archiving Project 2001 PwC & ACI Sydney 4.6C Upgrade Project

RPR merger Project > Aventis IBM & ACI Sydney

Sanofi merger Project 2004

Sanofi Synthelabo LE > INSA Project 2005 ACI Singapore

Goa Development Project Manugistics Data Interface Project 2006 Optima Interface Project 2007 WM Project 2008 ECC 6.0 Upgrade Project 2009 HP & ACI Singapore Sanofi Pasteur Billing Project

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SAP SD ACTIVITIES HANDLED @SANOFI AVENTIS BY RAMGOPAL CANCHERLA

COPA: Sales Reporting

Hierarchy Maintenance

Derivation Rule Changes Training

Face to face / On site : Over 400 hours

5 days / yr @ 8 hrs / day = 40 * 10 years = 400 hours

Net Meeting: Over 500 hours User Support

200 sessions for mid-month & month end sales closing stretching late into night

On-going on a need based basis Conferences Attended

Power user Conferences @ Bali / Sydney / 3 in Singapore

SAP Summits @ Mumbai 4 from 2004 to 2008

SAP World Tour @ Mumbai in 2009

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ERP > SAP BENEFITS Built on Best Practices Info details > enables drill down Centralized data > consistency Real-time info > up-to-the minute Document history > traceability Accessibility > by authorization Tracking > monitor & find answers to query Minimized mistakes Benefits all > across the company > TOP

floor to SHOP floor

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SAP R/3 IS AN ERP (ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING) SOFTWARE PACKAGE. SAP S Systems A Applications

P Products in Data Processing In 1972, five former IBM programmers formed the company called

SAP AG in Germany and released the first version of SAP. Timeline:

1972: SAP AG founded in Germany.

1979: SAP R/2 introduced for mainframe computers.1992: SAP R/3 released as client-server application.

1996: SAP R/3 became partially Internet enabled.

1997: Developed and launched the new dimension product line including CRM, SCM, and Data Warehousing

solutions.

1999: SAP announced mySAP.com, the next generation of its Enterprise Application System, based on the Internet

architecture.

2000-2005: Introduced mySAP business Suite, NetWeaver, and Xapplications

2006-2010: ECC 6.0

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SAP USEFULNESS Integrated application modules that support all of the company

business transactions. Industry solutions support the combination of R/3 modules with

additional industry specific functionality. SAP R/3 is an event-driven transaction processing software. It is an integrated software that facilitates the flow of information

among all the modules of an organization. All application modules share the data through the database,

therefore the data is entered only once. It has the ability to customize the application modules to meet

business requirements.

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SAP : IS & IS NOT SAP

configuration is completed by business people, supported by programmers & technical staff

SAP is not about software or hardware.

It is about business processes.

It is exactly about the best business practices.

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PROJECT TEAM : ROLES Technical Team

Install / Program / Customize Functional Team

Configure existing software or system

Basis TeamUser Role Creation / Authorization

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IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS Management decision to implement ERP ERP application selection > SAP Partner selection Management sponsor Steering committee > all functions Task force > for all modules considered

internal team partner external team

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IMPLEMENTATION ROLES

Internal team become the Power users or key users

Documentation of processes Testing and sign-off User training Trouble shooting Change request creation / testing / in

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PROJECT TEAM : COMPOSITION COACH

Committed / sympathetic / helpful DRIVER

Determined / energetic / pushy / end in mind PROBLEM SOLVER

Thrives on challenges / overcomes setback GENIUS Thinks

out of the box / acceptable / bright / lightens emotional tone

DECISION MAKERAuthoritative / time & budget conscious

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PROJECT TEAM : TOP OF THE MIND SAP is big Lots to learn Continuous improvement is on >

patches & versions Cross functional teams to integrate How one functionality interacts with the

other Avoid corporate cultural clash

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SOUNDS LIKE YOU ! Project team member > Key user People seek help on SAP from you Have a knack of understanding SAP

processes Team player Good communicator Willing worker both hard & smart

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ERP > SAP > NEED To remain strong in today’s economy,

manufacturers need to find cost-efficient ways to deliverhigh-quality products while reducing service costscomplying with international regulationsand maintaining customer relations.

Companies that leverage an integrated technology solution for collaborative engineering product development & project management needs can meet these challenges with ERP implementation

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ASAP > Accelerated SAP SAP solution maps > ppt Multiple process modules EnjoySAP > GUI SAPnet

What every business needs to know about SAP > Lisa Ramsay Dietz

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