Major modules in SAP

System Applications and Products (SAP) is the world’s largest provider of Enterprise Resource Planning solutions in the world. An Enterprise Resource Planning system is a business support system that maintains in a single database the data required for a variety of business functions such as Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, Financials, Projects, Human Resources and Customer Relationship Management.

The purpose of SAP GUI is to log on to and to use the SAP systems. Following are the module available in SAP system:

SAP MM Module – MM is Materials Management –
SAP QM Module – QM stands for Quality Management
SAP PP Module – PP is Production Planning
SAP SD Module – SD is Sales and Distribution
SAP BW Module – where BW stands for Business (Data) Warehouse
SAP FI Module- FI stands for Financial Accounting
SAP CO Module- CO stands for Controlling
SAP PS Module – and PS is Project Systems
SAP HR Module – HR stands for Human Resources(also known as HCM)
SAP PM Module – where Plant Maintenance is the PM
SAP EC Module – where EC stands for Enterprise Controlling
SAP TR Module – where TR stands for Treasury
SAP IM Module – whre IM stands for Investment Management
SAP QM Module – where QM stands for Quality Management
SAP – IS where IS stands for Industries specific solution
SAP – Basis
SAP – ABAP
SAP – Cross Application Components
SAP – CRM where CRM stands for Customer Relationship Management
SAP – SCM where SCM stands for Supply Chain Management
SAP – PLM where PLM stands for Product LifeCycle Management
SAP – SRM where SRM stands for Supplier Relationship Management
SAP – CS where CS stands for Customer Service
SAP – SEM where SEM stands for STRATEGIC ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT
SAP – RE where RE stands for Real Estate

Digital Personnel Files in SAP HCM – part 2

Apart from standard attributes, we can add some more attributes as per our requirements. These attributes would be useful for record search and reporting purpose.

We can use standard RMS_ID ‘ASR_DPF’, which is the top entity under that we will keep all DPF related stuff.

I used standard Service Providers for Archive link documents, BOR objects, HCM Infotypes, General documents, Records and Record Models.

Under Service Providers, we will create custom element types for record model by copying standard element types or we can use standard ones as it is. We will do this in tcode: SRMREGEDIT.

In element type we have to assign classification parameters and connection parameter values based on type of element. The important connection parameter is document class which would be the content repository for that particular element.

Digital Personnel Files in SAP HCM

DPF(Digital Personnel Files) functionality in HCM, appears under HR Administrator services which is mainly based on SAP Records Management (better known as SAP Netweaver Folders Management).

DPF functionality with a folder structure contains some infotypes, BOR object and provision to
upload scanned documents

create a record model (tcode: ORGAZINER), which will have a folder structure that should appear as record.

RIM’s SAP HR implementation – real client study

RIM’s SAP Environment§RIM has been using SAP solutions since 2001 and HR since 2002§Current SAP version: ECC 6.0§Modules:§HR, FI/CO, SD, CFM, MM, PP, WM, QM, PA, plus other SAP products such as BI and CRM§One global instance supporting 5000+ usersRIM Objectives§Handling a constantly changing workforce§Org chart posted daily§Handling rapid global growth§Continue business process improvements and provide tools, training and communications related to various programs and projects.§Provide solutions, information and innovation in support of Corporate and OD Objectives / Strategies.

§Examples: Coop turnover, internal employee life-cycle changes, annual bonuses


Manual data entry§PA40, PA30, PO13§Global updates keyed via spreadsheets provided§Global updates keyed via Word documents provided via email, fax or hardcopy§3 FTE HR Administrators keying§Coop turnover 3x per year was a ‘major’ event affecting all HR teams

§Test new recordings on non-production system first§New users/new transactions practice on non-production system§Standard templates created for HR business to populate§Naming convention enables discovery and reuse of recordings

Source: winshuttle.com


SAP HR, CRM, ERP to be supported by HANA

What is HANA? It is an in-memory DB from SAP.
check more here

News: 10th Jan, source: Seeking Alpha

SAP (SAP +2.9%) closes higher after announcing its core Business Suite ERP, CRM, and HR apps will now be supported by its popular Hana in-memory database. This significantly expands the addressable market for Hana, whose ability to enable real-time analytics and reporting for other SAP apps has already fueled blistering growth. Bernstein has predicted Hana support will also be extended to non-SAP apps. Oracle (ORCL) is trying to counter Hana via its costly Exadata X3 system.

Official SAP Forum for HR 2013

Dates: 19TH MARCH 2013 – 20TH MARCH 2013 
Loc:   CONGRESS CENTRE, KARLSRUHE, GERMANY



if interested register at http://www.sap.com/germany/about/events/search/overview/index.epx?EventID=9176

Application Maintenance – role and resposibility

Tickets:
  • Takes up ticket within time frame as mentioned in SLA agreements
  •  Updates ticket according to :
  •            Priority 
  •            Challenge 
  •            priority with HRO/Customer if needed
  • Fills in all ticket attributes correctly (request type, service type)
  • Makes analysis of ticket request / problem description
  • Proposes solution / solution description
  • Solves ticket, or ensure it has been assigned to the correct pool (Central / Local (Regional or in country) or solve
  • Uses Solution template
  • Pro-actively contacts other teams in order to discuss ticket solutions and status
  • Unit tests the solution in the Dev box and ensures the testing is documented
  • Ensures technical regression testing is carried out for system changes (to identify the impact on other technical system components) in the Dev box
  • Before closing ticket validates technical solution, transports and general status inline with SAS70 regulations

§ Quality:
o Looks after gaps and needs for improvement and improves services together with local team in agreement with the client if required
o Monitors and complies with SLA’s
o Is familiar with and utilizes Operational Excellence processes and templates
o Ensures functional and technical AMO documentation is updated following technical changes or HRSP implementations. Documentation and HRW must be up to date in order to enable other consultants to progress the work in case of an emergency.
§ Communicates with business partner (à HRO local service delivery Manager / customer Business partner in case of AMO contracts)
§ Ensures proper delivery of local change requests
    • Assists with the analysis of requirements, the proposed solution and the technical implementation and testing for change requests
Operational Excellence responsibility:
§ Works with development teams to ensure operations delivery according to the contract:
    • Knows the basics of the contract (SoS, SLA, Governance)
    • Knows local agreements and arrangements
    • Knows SAS 70 and (local) compliance agreements.
    • Works with global operations to ensure compliance of the contract with standards
Financial Operations:
§ Assists in the preparation of change request estimates
§ Is aware of the cost of delays and any contractual financial penalties
§ Is aware of the need for utilising a global delivery model and the benefits of using the lowest cost teams for completing the work

Requirements:

  • Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor’s/College Degree in any field but preferably in Computer Science or Information Technology 
  • Working experience in the related field is required for this position.
  • Experienced Employees specializing in IT/Computer – Software or equivalent.
  • Good technical skills
  • Knowledgeable in SAP
  • Good communication skills
  • Ability to work with teams in different locations

Working in SAP AG in India for women

 SAP’s rulebook allows employees to work one day a week from home.
SAP in India assigns a cab to a pregnant employee from her seventh month of pregnancy, which she can use to commute to work. She is assigned a buddy at the workplace — some one who is a mother already — with whom the pregnant employee can discuss problems and mood swings that she may be experiencing.
V R Ferose, till recently the head of SAP Labs India, started a programme to hire autistic people as employees. The autistic employees are also assigned buddies (another employee) to ensure they do not run into problems at work.

site: http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Tech-a-tete/entry/hr-ibm-sap-google-lead-where-once-infosys-did