Best SAP Modules

For Freshers getting into SAP, They always wonder as to which is the best SAP Modules.

Well… what’s your area of expertise? This will help you in getting steered correctly into SAP.

Because, SAP is a vast area and finding the right SAP Modules to see is another big problem.  Everyone get into doing Programming, Administration, Material Management, Sales and Distribution, Finance, Warehousing…! Every business process is one big area. So, ask yourself where do you fit in.

I would rather say, if you have any programming experience… go into SAP ABAP. If not, try working out in any of the functional areas and then make your move into that SAP Domain.

Here is the complete list of SAP Modules and Descriptions.  If this looks like a big list, read the other article on debriefing SAP Modules.You Decide where you want to go from here?

SAP Modules and Descriptions

Here is the list of some of the hot SAP Modules available in the market. This unsorted SAP modules list should give you an idea of what you need to look out for.

Environmental Health & Safety

EH&S has the following sub-modules:

• Product Safety
• Dangerous Goods
• Waste
• Industrial Hygiene
• Occupational Health.

Financial Accounting
To work on general ledger, accounts receivable, accounts payable and other sub-ledger accounts with a user defined chart of accounts. Financial Accounting has the following Sub modules.

• FI-GL General Ledger Accounting
• FI-LC Consolidation
• FI-AP Accounts Payable
• FI-AR Accounts Receivable
• FI-BL Bank Accounting
• FI-AA Asset Accounting
• FI-SL Special Purpose Ledger
• FI-FM Funds Management
• FI-CA Contract Accounting

CO Controlling
Involved with Cost & revenue and Management
The CO module has following sub modules:

• CO-OM Overhead Costing
• CO-PA Profitability Analysis
• CO-PC Product Cost Controlling

AM Asset Management
Involved in managing and supervising the fixed assets. Purchasing, Depreciation and Investment of Assets.

PS Project System
Designed to support the planning, control and monitoring of long-term, highly complex projects with defined goals.

FS Insurance
SAP for Insurance enables insurance companies to handle customer and market requirements and simultaneously control profitability and economic viability.

• FS-CD Collections and disbursements
• FS-CM Claims management
• FS-CS Commissions management
• FS-PM Policy management
• FS-RI Reinsurance management
• FS-PE Payment Engine (Banking Payments Solution still in development)

IS Industry Solutions
Combines the SAP application modules and additional industry-specific functionality.

• IS-A Automotive
• IS-ADEC Aerospace and Defense
• IS-AFS Apparel and Footwear
• IS-B Banking
• IS-BEV Beverage
• IS-CWM Catch Weight Management (Variable Weight Items such as Meats and Cheeses)
• IS-DFS Defense and Security
• IS-H Hospital
• IS-HER Higher Education
• IS-HSS Hospitality Management
• IS-HT High tech
• IS-M Media
• IS-MIN Mining
• IS-MP Milling (or IS-MILL)
• IS-OIL Oil
• IS-PS Public Sector
• IS-R Retail
• IS-REA Recycling Admin
• IS-SP Service Provider
• IS-T Telecommunications
• IS-U Utilities
• IS-U Supplier Switch Utilities
• IS-U EDM Utilities
• IS-U EDM Billing Utilities
• IS-U Agregated Billing Utilities
• IS-U /BW Utilities
• HR Human Resources
• Complete integrated system for supporting the planning and control of personnel activities and HR module is sometimes equivalently referred to as HCM (Human Capital Management).

HR Human Resource Management
HR has the following Modules

• HR-OM Organizational Management
• HR-PA Personnel Administration
• HR-PB Recruitment
• HR-PD Personnel Development
• HR-PT Time Management
• HR-PY Payroll Management
• HR-TEM Training and Event Management

HCM Human Capital Management
Stock of productive skills and technical knowledge embodied in labor.

LE Logistics Execution
The Logistics Execution System (LES), a major component of the supply chain management (SCM) application from SAP, allows an adminstrator to manage the information and processes involved in all stages of the supply chain, from procuring raw materials to distributing finished products. LES connects SCM processes involved in procurement, order processing, production, storage, inventory management, shipping, and sales.

PLM Product Lifecycle Management
Product life cycle management is the process of managing the entire life cycle of a product from its conception, through design and manufacture, to service and disposal.

PM Plant Maintenance
Equipment servicing and rebuilding.

MM Materials Management
Handles Inventory and Procurement functions and handling purchasing, inventory, stocking etc.

QM Quality Management
A quality control and information system supporting quality planning, inspection, and control for manufacturing and procurement.

PP Production Planning
This module includes; bills of material, routings, work centers, sales and operations planning, master production scheduling, material requirements planning, shop floor control, production orders, product costing, etc.

SD Sales and Distribution
This is an easier SAP Module. Helps to optimize all the tasks and activities carried out in sales, delivery and billing. Key elements are: presales support, inquiry processing, quotation processing, sales order processing, delivery processing, billing and sales information system.

SCM Supply Chain Management
Supply chain management (SCM) is the process of planning, implementing, and controlling the operations of the supply chain as efficiently as possible. Supply Chain Management spans all movement and storage of raw materials, work-in-process inventory, and finished goods from point-of-origin to point-of-consumption.

SRM Supplier Relationship Management
Supplier relationship management is a comprehensive approach to managing an enterprise’s interactions with the organizations that supply the goods and services it uses. The goal of supplier relationship management (SRM) is to streamline and make more effective the processes between an enterprise and its suppliers just as customer relationship management is intended to streamline and make more effective the processes between an enterprise and its customers.

BW Business Information Warehouse
Business Intelligence, analytical, reporting and Data Warehousing (DW) solution.

SEM Strategic Enterprise Management
Management techniques, metrics and related tools that companies can use to make strategic decisions.

WM Warehouse Management
Subdivides the “Storage Location”, which is used in the MM Module to define inventory values by location, into “Storage Types” and then into “Storage Bins”. Control of stock to a physical level down to a warehouse bin. Placement and removal rules can be configured, stock counts can be done.

HUM Handling Unit Management
Used as a unique ID for each pallet of stock held in the warehouse.

F&R Advanced Forecasting & Replenishment
Forecasting stocking levels of material, planning the purchases etc.

Considering the Right SAP Modules

Big list isn’t it. So, Just think where your profile fits it and make the correct career move.  But remember, you need to find the correct domain area where you have the experience in, before you jump into choosing the correct SAP Modules.

So which are the SAP Modules you think you will fit into.

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