Inhaltsverzeichnis

Alle Kapitel aufklappen
Alle Kapitel zuklappen
About This Book
13
Structure of the Book
13
Working with This Book
15
SAP’s Training System
16
Preparing for User Certification
16
Acknowledgments
16
1 The SAP Enterprise
19
1 Brief History of the SAP Enterprise
21
1.1 Getting Started: From Realtime Financials to SAP R/3
21
1.2 SAP from the Turn of the Millennium to the Present
24
2 How Does SAP Software Work?
27
2.1 What Is Standard Software?
27
2.2 Adapting the SAP System to an Enterprise
28
2.3 What If the Standard Isn’t Sufficient?
30
2.4 Orientation toward the Process
30
2.5 Real Time
31
2.6 Central Data: Decentralized Processing
32
3 Overview of the Most Critical SAP Products
35
3.1 Complete Package: SAP Business Suite
35
3.2 The Central Component: SAP ERP
36
Accounting
38
Human Resources
39
Logistics
40
3.3 Maintaining Customer Relationships: SAP Customer Relationship Management
42
3.4 Optimizing Supplier Relationships: SAP Supplier Relationship Management
43
3.5 The Entire Lifecycle of a Product: SAP Product Lifecycle Management
44
3.6 For all Supply Chain Elements: SAP Supply Chain Management
45
3.7 Industry Solutions
47
3.8 Special Software for Medium-Sized Enterprises
48
SAP Business One
48
SAP Business All-in-One
48
SAP Business ByDesign
48
3.9 The Next Software Generation: SAP S/4HANA
49
3.10 The Technical Basis: SAP NetWeaver
50
User Integration
51
Information Integration
51
Process Integration
51
Application Server
51
2 Basic Principles of System Operation
53
4 Organizational Structures and Master Data
55
4.1 Organizational Structures
55
4.2 Master Data
62
4.3 Try It!
68
5 Logging On to the SAP System
71
5.1 SAP Logon
71
Establishing a Connection to the SAP System
71
Configuring Connection Settings for the SAP System
73
5.2 Logging On for the First Time
74
5.3 Logging On to the System
77
5.4 The SAP Graphical User Interface
77
Menu Bar
78
Standard Toolbar
79
Title Bar
81
Command Field
82
Status Bar
82
5.5 Logging Off the SAP System
83
5.6 Try It!
84
6 Navigating in the SAP System
87
6.1 Overview of the Navigation Options
87
6.2 Navigating via the SAP Easy Access Menu
89
6.3 Navigating via Transaction Codes
90
6.4 Entering Data in the SAP System
94
Tabs
96
Screen Areas
96
Fields
96
Buttons
97
Function Keys
98
Checkboxes
98
Radio Buttons
98
Dialog Windows
99
6.5 Input Help
99
6.6 Working with Sessions
100
6.7 Try It!
102
7 Maintaining the System Layout and User Data
103
7.1 Creating Links on the Desktop
103
7.2 Maintaining Your Own User Data
104
7.3 Creating Favorites
108
Adding Transactions to the Favorites
108
Adding Websites to the Favorites
110
Adding Files or Programs to the Favorites
111
Deleting Favorites
112
Importing and Exporting Favorites
112
7.4 Prepopulating Parameters for Fields
113
7.5 Holding, Setting, and Deleting Data
116
7.6 Adapting the User Interface
118
7.7 Try It!
120
8 Creating Evaluations and Reports
121
8.1 Using Standard Reports in the SAP System
121
8.2 Finding Standard Reports
125
Searching for Reports
125
Calling Reports in the SAP Easy Access Menu
127
8.3 Exporting Lists to Microsoft Excel
128
8.4 Using Variants
130
8.5 Other Reporting Options in SAP ERP
131
8.6 Try It!
133
9 Printing
135
9.1 Overview of the Print Functions
135
9.2 Using Spool Requests
137
9.3 Changing the Default Printer
142
9.4 Creating Screenshots
143
9.5 Try It!
144
10 Automating Tasks
145
10.1 Background Jobs
145
10.2 Batch Processing (Batch Input)
158
Creating Batch Input Sessions
159
Processing Batch Input Sessions
163
10.3 Try It!
166
11 Working with Messages and Business Workplace
167
11.1 Overview of the Business Workplace
167
11.2 Sending Short Messages
169
11.3 SAP Business Workflow
172
11.4 Folders
173
11.5 Office Organization
174
Setting Up Auto Reply
175
Managing Appointments
175
11.6 Try It!
177
12 Electronic Data Interchange
179
12.1 Overview of the Electronic Data Interchange Process
179
12.2 Electronic Data Interchange in Practice
181
12.3 Try It!
182
13 Using Help Functions
183
13.1 Field Helps and Search Windows
183
Help via Function Keys
183
Search Windows
185
13.2 The Help Menu
186
Application Help
187
SAP Library
187
Glossary
188
Release Notes
189
SAP Service Marketplace
190
Creating Support Messages
191
13.3 Customizing the Help
191
13.4 Try It!
193
14 The Role and Authorization Concept
195
14.1 Authorizations
195
14.2 Roles
196
14.3 Try It!
198
3 Most Important Processes in the SAP System
199
15 Materials Management
201
15.1 Materials Management Tasks
201
15.2 Organizational Structures
205
15.3 Master Data
206
Material Master
206
Vendor Master
212
Purchasing Information Record
216
15.4 Purchase Order
219
15.5 Inventory Management
223
15.6 Invoice Verification
226
15.7 Automatic Material Requirements Planning
231
15.8 Standard Reporting
232
16 Sales and Distribution
235
16.1 Sales and Distribution Tasks
235
16.2 Organizational Structures
237
16.3 Master Data
238
Creating Customer Master Records
239
Creating a Material Master Record
241
Creating Condition Master Records
244
16.4 Sales Order Processing
245
Entering Sales Orders
246
Creating Deliveries
247
Invoicing
249
16.5 Availability Check
251
16.6 Complaint Processing (Returns)
252
16.7 Standard Reporting
254
17 SAP ERP Financials
257
17.1 Financial Accounting Tasks
257
17.2 Organizational Structures
261
17.3 Creating the Financial Statement and Profit and Loss Statement
263
17.4 Processing Vendor Invoices
267
17.5 Processing Customer Invoices
277
17.6 Evaluation
282
18 Controlling
287
18.1 Controlling Tasks
287
18.2 Organizational Structures
292
18.3 Overhead Cost Controlling
293
18.4 Product Cost Controlling
299
18.5 Profitability Analysis
303
18.6 Evaluations
307
19 Human Resources
309
19.1 Tasks in Human Resources
309
19.2 Organizational Management
311
19.3 Recruitment
314
19.4 Personnel Administration
318
19.5 Talent Management
321
19.6 Time Management
322
19.7 Payroll
324
19.8 Standard Reporting
326
20 Case Study
329
20.1 The Sample Business
331
20.2 The Enterprise Structure
331
20.3 Creating a Material Master Record
333
20.4 Creating Vendor Master Records
335
20.5 Creating Purchasing Info Records
336
20.6 Creating a Purchase Order
337
20.7 Receiving Goods
339
20.8 Verifying an Invoice
341
20.9 Displaying Open Items (Optional)
342
20.10 Posting Outgoing Payments
343
20.11 Creating a Customer Master
345
20.12 Adding Sales Data to the Material Master Record
346
20.13 Creating Conditions
348
20.14 Creating a Standard Order
349
20.15 Delivering and Issuing Goods
350
20.16 Creating an Invoice
351
20.17 Posting Incoming Payments
352
Appendices
355
A Abbreviations
357
B Glossary
359
C Buttons, Key Combinations, and Function Keys
369
C.1 Key Combinations
369
C.2 Function Keys
370
C.3 Buttons
370
D The Author
375
Index
377