SAP (ERP)

 

SAP (ERP)
SAP	(Systeme, Anwendungen und Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung; "Systems, Applications & Products in Data Processing") is a German multinational software corporation that makes enterprise software to manage business operations and customer relations
IDES	Internet Demonstration and Evaluation System
ERP	ERP is the integrated management of core business processes, often in real-time and mediated by software and technology. These business activities can include: product planning, purchase. production planning. manufacturing or service delivery.
ABAP/4	SAP ABAP is an ERP programming language. Advanced Business Application Programming// 4th Generation  (C, C++, ABAP/4), ABAP (Advanced Business Application Programming, originally Allgemeiner Berichts-Aufbereitungs-Prozessor, German for "general report creation processor"[1]) is a high-level programming language created by the German software company SAP SE. It is currently positioned, alongside Java, as the language for programming the SAP Application Server, which is part of the NetWeaver platform for building business applications.
GUI	Graphical User Interface
SAP R/3	With the advent of distributed client–server computing, SAP AG brought out a client–server version of the software called SAP R/3 (the "R" was for "Real-time data processing" and "3" was for "3-tier": 1) database, 2) application server, and 3) client (SAPgui)). This new architecture is compatible with multiple platforms and operating systems, such as Microsoft Windows or UNIX. This opened up SAP to a whole new customer base.. SAP R/3 was officially launched on 6 July 1992
SE	Societas Europaea
AG	SAP AG plans to change its legal form from a German stock corporation (Aktiengesellschaft, AG) into a European Company, Societas Europaea (SE).
EHP8	The most recent Enhancement Package (EHP8) for SAP ERP 6.0 was released in 2016 (A newer version of the software, with revised technical architecture, was released in 2004, and renamed as SAP ERP Central Component (ECC). SAP came to dominate the large business applications market.[2] The newest version of the product is SAP ECC 6.0 Enhancement Pack 8.)
ECC	ERP Central Component
CRM	Customer Relationship Management
pwc	price waterhouse cooper
Type	Societas Europaea
Traded as	FWB: SAP NYSE: SAP
Industry	Enterprise software
Founded	Weinheim, Germany, (1972; 45 years ago)
Founder	Dietmar Hopp, Hans-Werner Hector, Hasso Plattner, Klaus Tschira, Claus Wellenreuther
Headquarters	Walldorf, Germany
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Hasso Plattner (Chairman), Bill McDermott (CEO)
Products	See list of SAP products
Revenue	€22.062 billion (2016)[1]
Ope. income	€5.121 billion (2016)[1]
Profit	€3.618 billion (2016)[1]
Total assets	€44.354 billion (2016)[1]
Total equity	€26.382 billion (2016)[1]
Employees	84,183 (Q4 2016)[1]
Website	SAP.com
Developer(s)	SAP SE
Written in	C, C++, ABAP/4[1]
Type	ERP