As a cost-effective ERP solution, SAP comprises a wide variety of functional designed for business needs and functions. For example, the SAP production planning module enables manufacturers in their production planning and scheduling tasks. In other words, functional modules focus on specific tasks or functional areas.
Additionally, SAP features a host of technical modules, which focus on the technical areas of SAP, including its installation, implementation, and configuration. Technical modules in SAP do not perform business activities but support the functional modules in performing their designated tasks.
Here’s a detailed look at 6 technical modules in SAP, along with their business benefits:
Step 1: SAP Basis
SAP Basis is the technical base or foundation of the entire SAP ERP for small business and large business. This module handles SAP installation, administration, configuration, and post-install maintenance.
SAP Basis works on the 3 primary layers: the presentation, application, and server. The SAP administrator is solely responsible for managing this technical module.
Here are some of the business benefits of the SAP Basis module:
- Ensures the continuous availability and consistent performance of the entire SAP system.
- Troubleshoots any technical problem on the SAP system, thus ensuring smooth operation at all times.
Step 2: SAP ABAP
SAP Advanced Business Application Programming, or SAP ABAP, is the programming language that allows SAP users to customize their applications. SAP also provides predefined functionalities through ABAP. Additionally, ABAP allows code customization to meet specific business requirements and also allows developers to write and deploy new code.
Here are some of the business benefits of the SAP ABAP module:
- Allows SAP developers to create custom reports and workflows within the SAP system.
- Enables companies to develop SAP applications that can meet their business requirements.
- Reduce development time and costs, along with SAP maintenance costs.
Step 3: SAP BI/BW
SAP BI (Business Intelligence)/BW (Business warehouse) is SAP’s BI and data warehousing solution. SAP BI/BW is a unified data repository to collect and transform data from various sources.
Here are some of the business benefits of the SAP BI/BW module:
- Enables companies to make data-driven decisions through BI reports, dashboards, and visualization.
- Provide comprehensive data collected from multiple sources on a centralized database to be analyzed for business insights.
- Performs data cleansing to remove duplicate data and aggregates data for business intelligence.
Step 4: SAP NetWeaver
SAP NetWeaver is a complete platform that integrates both SAP and non-SAP applications into the same ecosystem, thus allowing them to work seamlessly. SAP NetWeaver provides essential components for application servers, web servers, and web portal technology.
Here are some of the business benefits of the SAP NetWeaver module:
- Here are some of the business benefits of the SAP NetWeaver module:
- Enables collaborative functionalities such as document sharing and social networking.
- Useful for integrating and running legacy applications with SAP applications.
Step 5: SAP BTP
SAP Business Technology Platform, or SAP BTP, is a cloud-powered Platform-as-a-Service (or PaaS) that serves as a unified environment for AI, data analytics, and application development. SAP users can leverage this platform to develop and deploy their business applications for the cloud.
Additionally, SAP BTP can extend the capabilities of the SAP Business One ERP solution through the SAP Cloud Connector tool.
Here are some of the business benefits of SAP BTP:
- Provide a consistent user experience across multiple SAP applications.
- Integrates SAP with non-SAP applications on the cloud.
- Extracts actionable insights using data analytics for improved decision-making.
Step 6: SAP NetWeaver Portal
SAP NetWeaver Portal is a core element of the SAP NetWeaver architecture. Supported on most web browsers, authenticated SAP users can use this portal as a single access point to their enterprise applications, services, and related information.
SAP NetWeaver Portal enables user access to business processes and allows social collaboration and efficient content management across consumption channels.
Here are some of the business benefits of the SAP NetWeaver Portal:
- Improves collaboration and productivity through content sharing.
- Simplifies NetWeaver administration work for system administrators.
- Enables seamless knowledge management for authorized users.
Conclusion
SAP’s technical modules support its functional modules with their backend capabilities and seamless integration.
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