All you heard about SAP ERP software . But confused about functional modules ? What is called as a SAP Module or Which Module should I Select? Why there are several modules and what is the requirement for that. A lot of questions and doubts. Here is the answer with an overview about Modules in SAP.
A company has different functions right? It will have a sales department , marketing department, HR department, accounting section etc etc. You all know all these section handles different functions of a company and all are integrated with each other.
For example HR department linked with financial ( accounting ) team for salary and other related things. Sales and Distribution need to link with material storage ( stores ) to check the balance stock and all. Different areas ( functions) of a company but all are interlinked for running as a single unit of company.
In SAP software all these functions are divided as Modules. SAP MM Module deals with material management sections , SAP SD module deal with Sales & Distribution etc. Now I am sure that you got the picture.
SAP now are moving away from describing their system as a set of modules, and now are using the term ‘solutions’, which is much better. Now let us look into an overview about the complete list of Modules ( Solutions ) in SAP.
- Financials
- Human Resources
- Customer Relationship Management
- Supplier Relationship Management
- Product Lifecycle Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Business Intelligence
If you’re still looking for that list of sub-modules, here they are:
Sub Modules of FI Module – Financial Accounting (View SAP FI Tutorial)
- General ledger
- Book close
- Tax
- Accounts receivable
- Accounts payable
- Consolidation
- Special ledgers
Sub Modules of CO Module – Controlling (View SAP CO Tutorial)
- Cost elements
- Cost centres
- Profit centres
- Internal orders
- Activity based costing
- Product costing
Sub Modules of AM Module – Asset Management
- Purchase
- Sale
- Depreciation
- Tracking
PS Module – Project Systems (View SAP PS Tutorial)
- Make to order
- Plant shut downs (as a project)
- Third party billing (on the back of a project)
HR Module – Human Resources (View SAP HR Tutorial)
- Employment history
- Payroll
- Training
- Career management
- Succession planning
PM Module – Plant Maintenance (View SAP PM Tutorial)
- Labour
- Material
- Down time and outages
MM Module – Materials Management (View SAP MM Tutorial)
- Requisitions
- Purchase orders
- Goods receipts
- Accounts payable
- Inventory management
- BOM’s
- Master raw materials,finished goods etc
QM Module – Quality Management (View SAP QM Tutorial)
- Planning
- Execution
- Inspections
- Certificates
PP Module – Production Planning (View SAP PP Module)
- Capacity planning
- Master production scheduling
- Material requirements planning
- Shop floor
SD Module – Sales and Distribution (View SAP SD Tutorial)
- RFQ
- Sales orders
- Pricing
- Picking (and other warehouse processes)
- Packing
- Shipping
CA Module- Cross Application (View SAP CA Tutorial)
- WF – workflow
- BW – business information warehouse
- Office – for email
- Workplace
- Industry solutions
- New Dimension products such as CRM, PLM, SRM, APO etc
SAP Warehouse management Module