Numbers and Symbols "As-Is" •
(Finance) Term used to represent the current system and processes before the new system and revised processes are implemented.
A A (Account Assignment Category) •
(Finance) Code used to identify the type of cost object that will receive the cost of the line item. For example, cost centers, internal orders, or grant numbers.
ABAP •
(Finance) A dvanced B usiness A pplication P rogramming. ABAP is a computer programming language that SAP supports. ABAP can be used to create, display, and print custom reports.
Activity Type Amount •
(Finance) Indicates the value of the line item of an accounting document.
Amount (USD) •
(Finance) Indicates the value of the line item of an accounting document.
Amount in doc.curr. •
(Finance) Line item amount in document currency.
ASAP •
(Finance) A standard methodology for implementing and continually optimizing SAP software efficiently.
Asset •
(Finance) The asset number internally assigned by SAP to track the asset.
Asset main no. text Authorizations •
(Finance) In the SAP system each user has an authorization (or security) profile that is based on his/her role. Authorizations allow users to run transactions and view data.
B BAPI
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(Finance) Business Application Programming Interface.
BASIS •
(Finance) BASIS is a set of middleware programs and tools from SAP that provides the base (hence the name) that enables SAP applications to operate seamlessly across operating systems and databases. It is also the technical area responsible for the setup and ongoing maintenance of the client landscape within SAP.
Best Practices •
(Finance) A term used to identify a set of standard practices or procedures that have proved to be highly effective in similar situations.
Business Area •
(Finance) An organizational unit or entity that requires audited financial statements for external use. Examples: Northern Kentucky University, Northern Kentucky University Foundation, Inc.
Business Blueprint •
(Finance) The second phase of the ASAP Roadmap. It focuses on documenting the business process requirements of the institution and combining them with the SAP functionality in order to prepare a Business Blueprint document. In short, Business Blueprint translates As Is to To Be .
Business Process •
(Finance) A group or series of activities by which inputs are turned to outputs that provide a benefit.
Business Process Procedure (BPP) •
(Finance) A detailed, step-by-step description of an SAP transaction. It should indicate all significant options and may include screen images and icons.
Business Warehouse (BW) •
(Finance) Business Information Warehouse. BW is a reporting database in SAP that enables business users to generate queries and reports.
C Chart of Accounts •
(Finance) A classification scheme for general ledger accounts. A chart of accounts provides a framework for the recording of values to ensure an orderly rendering of accounting data. SAP examples: 200001 - Accounts Payable, 462430 - Recycling Proceeds, 550005 - Supplies - Office
City •
(Finance) The specified city for the mailing address.
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(Finance) The Controlling Application/Module within the SAP.
CO
Commitment Item •
(Finance) Commitment Items represent budget classifications of revenues and expenditures in the Funds Management (FM) Module. Commitment items are linked to the G/L account in FI and cost elements in CO and sponsored classes in the Grants Management (GM) Module. With this link, transactions posted to the G/L account or revenue or cost elements are automatically posted to FM. Commitment items can also be arranged in a multi-level hierarchy where the top nodes are defined for reporting and/or controlling levels. SAP Examples: 460020 - Late Registration Fee, 550000 - Operating Pool, 550005 - Supplies Office
Company Code •
(Finance) The highest organizational unit of financial accounting for which a complete self-contained set of accounts can be drawn up for purposes of external reporting. All NKU entities will fall under one company code (NK01).
Configuration •
(Finance) The way a computer or network is set up, including both hardware and software. Also refers to the process of customizing built-in SAP features, options, tables, edit rules, screen layouts and messages to meet the requirements of NKU.
Controlling Area •
(Finance) An organizational unit within a company, used to represent a closed system for cost accounting purposes. All NKU entities will fall under one controlling area (NK01).
Conversion •
(Finance) The process of converting (transferring and reformatting) data from one system to another. During data conversion, the data fields are "mapped" from the old system to the new system.
Cost center •
(Finance) An organizational unit within a controlling area that represents a clearly delimited location where revenue and costs occur. Organizational divisions can be based on functional requirements, allocation criteria, physical location and/or responsibility for costs. SAP examples: Academic Advising Resource Center - 243010001, Baseball 273040010
Cost Center Group •
(Finance) A hierarchical group of cost centers defined and organized according to selected criteria. (also see Funds Center Group). It can be any group of cost centers used for reporting aggregated data. Example: Women's Sports, Chase College of Law, Chemistry
Cost Element •
(Finance) A cost element classifies the organization's expenses within a cost object (Examples: cost center or internal order). A cost element corresponds to a commitment item in FM and the G/L account in FI. SAP Examples - State Appropriation General 470010, Travel in State - 550905
Cost Object •
(Finance) A generic term referring to both cost centers and internal orders.
Country •
(Finance) The specified country for the mailing address.
Currency/rate •
(Finance) Monetary unit; The currency of the entity processing transactions.
D Data Repository •
(Finance) A computer storage area or system for storing high volumes of data, documents, diagrams, etc., and retrieving them on demand.
Deliverables •
(Finance) The output resulting from the completion of a major activity. PRISM will produce a number of deliverables including a Business Blueprint and, of course, the final configured SAP system.
Delivery Date •
(Finance) The requested or desired delivery date on the purchase document.
Des.Vendor •
(Finance) Vendor of choice.
Description
•
(Finance) Text to identify and characterize an object or activity.
Distribution •
(Finance) Distribution indicator for multiple account assignment. Indicates how the quantity and value of this purchase order item are apportioned among the individual account assignment items.
Doc.text •
(Finance) Short text further identifying the document.
Document number •
(Finance) The unique identification value assigned to a business event as it is processed in SAP; the system automatically creates and assigns document numbers as each document is posted. Manual assigning of document numbers is not possible.
Document type •
(Finance) Key that identifies to which group of documents this document will be assigned; Documents of the same type contain common information which is relevant to posting and updating of the value fields in the database.
E Earmarked funds •
(Finance) Funds that are used to reserve portions of a budget for expected outgoings or incomings.
End users •
(Finance) Those individuals who use SAP to carry out their duties and responsibilities.
Enhancement •
(Finance) In SAP-speak, an enhancement refers to a custom program that is written to enhance the functionality of the SAP system.
Enterprise •
(Finance) Typically a large business organization, but in this context referring to the entire group of staff, faculty, and students that will use the new systems.
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System •
(Finance) E nterprise R esource P lanning. ERP refers to a category of software packages that are designed to integrate functions across an organization onto a single computer system.
External order number
F FI •
(Finance) The Financial Accounting application in SAP.
Final Preparation •
(Finance) The fourth phase of the ASAP Roadmap; involves getting the system and the institution ready for going live. All activities from previous phases are consolidated. Enduser training is conducted and assessed. Final preparation includes final system testing and the preparation necessary for the increased number of users that will be accessing the system.
Fiscal Year •
(Finance) The 12 month period beginning July 1 and running through June 30 of the following year for which the University (and the Commonwealth of Kentucky) administers budgets and measures financial results. For example, Fiscal Year 2005(FY2005 or FY05) began July 1, 2004 and ended June 30, 2005.
FM •
(Finance) The Funds Management application in SAP. This is the component of Public Sector Management (PSM) developed to account for the budgeting of all relevant revenues and expenditures for individual areas of responsibility and the control of future funds movement according to a distributed budget.
FM Area •
(Finance) An organizational unit which plans, controls and monitors funds and commitment budgets. All NKU entities will fall under one FM Area (NK01).
Functional Area •
(Finance) A master data element that is maintained within the Funds Management (FM) Module. It is used in FI to classify revenues and expenditures of an organization by function. Functional area is often referred to as mission. The functional area will be derived from the cost center or internal order. Examples: Instruction, Academic Support and Research
Fund •
(Finance) A separate and distinct fiscal/accounting object containing a self-balancing set of accounts used to budget and control costs and to identify source and use of funding. Financial data will be separated by Funds so that certain activities can be performed or objectives achieved in accordance with special regulations, restrictions, or limitations. Fund is not hierarchical. SAP Example: 0111000100 - NKU Unrestricted Current Fund
Funded Program •
(Finance) Funded program enables an organization to record budget, control postings, and monitor the performance of internal projects; it can vary from simple activities to complex projects and can cross fiscal years, funding sources, and organizational units. Funded program tracks budget for non-recurring projects or programs that are funded by multiple fund centers. The University will set up Funded Programs for all capital construction projects and internal awards. Funded program should provide a level of detail that will allow appropriate budgetary control and internal/external management information. It provides the means to budget internal orders.
Funds Center •
(Finance) An organizational unit within the Funds Management (FM) Module. Budgeting will be done at the funds center level. Funds Centers have a one-to-one relationship with cost centers. SAP Example: Economics and Finance (funds center) 236020001, Economics and Finance (cost center) - 236020001
Funds Center Group •
(Finance) Funds centers can be grouped together to form funds center groups (not necessarily hierarchical). Funds center groups will be used to provide the organizational structure for reporting information from the SAP system.
Funds Management Area •
(Finance) The financial management area is an organizational unit within accounting which structures the business organization from the perspective of Cash Budget Management and Funds Management. All NKU entities will fall under one funds management area (NK01).
G G/L •
(Finance) General Ledger
G/L Account •
(Finance) A structure that records values and represents assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses, and fund balances. A G/L account has transaction figures that record changes to the account during a posting period. These figures are used for financial reporting. SAP Examples: Land - 180010, Accounts Payable - 200001, Faculty Salary - 503005
G/L Acct •
(Finance) A structure that records values and represents assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses, and fund balances. A G/L account has transaction figures that record changes to the account during a posting period. These figures are used for financial reporting. SAP Examples: Land - 180010, Accounts Payable - 200001, Faculty Salary - 503005
GM •
(Finance) The Grants Management application in SAP. This is the component of Public Sector Management (PSM) developed to account for grants from government and other bodies for the purpose of, for example, commercial or scientific research.
GM Version Go Live •
(Finance) The fifth phase of the ASAP Roadmap; denotes the time when the new system is officially made operational. The emphasis is on production support for endusers and for optimal system performance. Live business process results are validated and project review takes place.
Goods Receipt •
(Finance) A term from inventory management denoting a physical inward movement of goods or materials.
Grant •
(Finance) Legal instrument used to establish a funding relationship in order to carry out a public purpose in which the sponsor does not expect to be substantially involved. A grant usually contains terms and conditions for the control, use, reporting and reimbursement of sponsor funding.
GUI •
(Finance) Graphical User Interface; refers to the display of information on a screen using graphics, symbols, and icons rather than text alone.
H Header note •
(Finance) Text for the header note.
House Bank •
(Finance) A business partner that represents a bank through which NKU entities processes internal transactions such as payments to vendors.
I Implementation Partner •
(Finance) A business firm that provides consulting services and coaching in the implementation of a software system.
Infotype
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(Finance) A set of data grouped together according to subject matter.
Infrastructure •
(Finance) The underlying communications network, hardware, software and databases that provide the foundation for the SAP software.
Integration Testing •
(Finance) Testing of all units or components of a software product to ensure they work together properly.
Interfaces •
(Finance) The connecting point between two components within a system, or between different systems.
Intern.Order •
(Finance) Similar to a cost center, an internal order is used to record and monitor costs and, in some cases, revenues. A guiding principle is that internal orders should be set up for programs that are short-term or finite in nature. The University will setup internal orders for all capital construction projects and university internal awards.
Internal Order •
(Finance) Similar to a cost center, an internal order is used to record and monitor costs and, in some cases, revenues. A guiding principle is that internal orders should be set up for programs that are short-term or finite in nature. The University will setup internal orders for all capital construction projects and university internal awards.
Inventory number •
(Finance) The unique identifier of an asset.
Invoice date •
(Finance) It is the date that is given by the vendor and appears on the invoice.
Invoice Verification •
(Finance) The matching of documents created during the purchase order process, the goods receipt process, and the accounts payable process that is part of the internal controls system within an organization. SAP Example: Upon receipt of an invoice from a vendor, Accounts Payable audits the document and finalizes the three-way match process.
J Just-in-Time •
(Finance) A training delivery concept based on the assumption that the shorter the time interval between training and the practical use of the skills obtained, the higher the retention level.
L License plate number •
(Finance) The assigned license plate number for registered vehicles.
Line Item •
(Finance) Element at the item level of a document with information on an item; This information is specific to the document type.
Location •
(Finance) The building where the asset is located.
M Manufacturer •
(Finance) Description of the Manufacturer.
Master Data •
(Finance) Master Data form a pool of information stored on a long-term basis in the SAP system and can be incorporated into individual transactions. Master data are entered once and can be modified as needed. SAP Example: The master data of a cost center contains the name of the cost center, the person responsible for the cost center, and the corresponding hierarchy area. The master data of a vendor contains the name, address, and bank information for the vendor.
Material Doc Number •
(Finance) Unique number that identifies a material document.
Material Document •
(Finance) A material document contains one or more items and can be printed as a slip to accompany physical goods movements.
Material Group
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(Finance) A grouping of materials and services according to their characteristics. SAP Example: Office Supplies - 50005615
Material Master Record •
(Finance) A data record containing all the basic information required to manage a material.
Matl Group •
(Finance) A grouping of materials and services according to their characteristics. SAP Example: Office Supplies - 50005615
Meaning MM •
(Finance) The Materials Management application in SAP. The Purchasing and Inventory Management modules are contained in this application.
Module •
(Finance) A combination of business event types and the associated rules; roughly corresponds to a course in Campus Management.
N Name •
(Finance) The specified name of the mailing address.
O Order •
(Finance) Sales, production, process, purchase, internal, or work order number that uniquely identifies an object.
Order group •
(Finance) Hierarchy of internal orders used for planning and reporting.
Order Phase Order type •
(Finance) Identifier allowing differentiation between the different kinds of requisition and purchase order in the SAP system.
Overall amount •
(Finance) Description of the Overall amount.
Overdeliv. Tol. •
(Finance) A value stated in percent for which the system does not accept a goods receipt outbound delivery that is greater than the order quantity plus the over delivery tolerance.
P Perce •
(Finance) Percentage of the total order quantity that you want to allocate to this account assignment item.
PGrp •
(Finance) A unique code representing a person or group creating the requisition or order.
Plant •
(Finance) In Logistics, a plant is an organizational unit for dividing an enterprise according to production, procurement, maintenance, and materials planning. All NKU entities will use one plant (NK01).
Platform •
(Finance) The system on which programs or operating systems operate.
PO Number •
(Finance) Document used to purchase materials and services from vendors.
POrg •
(Finance) An organizational unit in Logistics, subdividing an enterprise according to the requirements of Purchasing. A purchasing organization procures materials and services, negotiates conditions of purchase with vendors, and is responsible for such transactions. All NKU entities will use one Purchasing Organization (NK01).
Portal •
(Finance) A website that provides a gateway or single port of entry to other systems or sites.
Postal Code •
(Finance) The specified postal code of the mailing address.
Power user •
(Finance) An individual whose primary job responsibilities require regular and extensive use of the SAP systems, frequently resulting in a high degree of expertise with the system.
PRISM Project •
(Finance) NKU's campus-wide project for Process Re-engineering and Information Systems Migration from SCT Plus to SAP.
Purchasing Organization •
(Finance) An organizational unit in Logistics, subdividing an enterprise according to the requirements of Purchasing. A purchasing organization procures materials and services, negotiates conditions of purchase with vendors, and is responsible for such transactions. All NKU entities will use one Purchasing Organization (NK01).
R Requesting order Responsible cost center •
(Finance) The cost center responsible for carrying out the order; the order is therefore organizationally assigned to the cost center.
S Selection variant •
(Finance) Saved selection criteria used to generate reports; instead of entering new criteria every time a report is executed, sets of criteria can be stored. Reports can have different variants associated with them, with each variant providing different information.
Short text •
(Finance) Text description of an object limited to 40 characters.
Sponsor •
(Finance) An organization or other source that finances a grant. The sponsor may agree to fund the grant in total or in part based upon an application or proposal provided in response to a request for proposal. The sponsor may be a government agency, company, foundation, or individual interested in furthering study or interest in a particular area and is entitled to receive some consideration or benefits. The agreement from the sponsor represents a contractual obligation for performance of the specific activity by the University.
Sponsored Class
•
(Finance) The sponsored class represents the sponsor's expense and revenue classification. The sponsored class is used to group expenses and revenues in order to satisfy the sponsor's view and reporting needs. It is also used to specify in detail which expenses are relevant for billing and for indirect cost calculation. Examples: Personnel, Supplies, and Travel.
Sponsored Program •
(Finance) This master data element is maintained within the Grants Management (GM) Module. It is used to classify revenues and expenditures of a grant by mission. Sponsored program is equivalent to functional area in FM.
Statistical Internal Order •
(Finance) An internal order created and maintained to accumulate costs and revenues for internal reporting purposes. These orders are created using master data functionality and may be short- or long-term in nature. SAP Examples: Internal awards such as Faculty Development Awards, Faculty Project Awards
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U User Responsible •
(Finance) Person responsible for the work center.
V Variant Name Vendor Master •
(Finance) The collective term for all vendor master records. The vendor master contains the data of all vendors with which a company conducts business.
Vendor Master Record •
(Finance) A data record containing all of the information necessary for any contact with a certain vendor, in particular for conducting business transactions. SAP Examples: Address, Tax ID number
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AAA Materials Management Automatic Account Assignment (configured with transaction omwb) abap/4 Advanced Business Application Programming/4, the Fourth generation programming language developed by SAP to develop application programs. The program can be executed/tested without saving the same. Account determination System function that determines automatically the accounts in financial accounting to which the amount(s) in question should be posted for the user during any posting transaction. AM Asset Management Module Application Link Enabling Application Link Enabling (ALE) supports the creation and operation of distributed applications and application integration is achieved via synchronous and asynchronous communication , not via a central database. Provides business-controlled message exchange with consistent data on loosely linked SAP applications. APO Advanced Planner & Optimizer ARIS-Toolset Tool for creating the graphical models that describe the functionality and integration of the SAP R/3 System. ATP Available-to-promise is the quantity of a material or part still available to MRP which can be used for new sales orders. Authorization Allowing a person/system/module to have a specified access limitations. An authorization specifies one or more permissible values for each of the authorization fields that are listed in an authorization object.
B BC Basis Backflush Material is issued for use in an order. Automatic posting of a goods issue for these components some time after their actual physical issue is termed as backflush. During confirmation, the goods issue posting of backflushed components is carried out. Background Processing
To schedule a process to happen without coming onto the screen. Data can be processed in the background while other functions are being carried out in parallel on the screen. Some programs can be schedules to run on week ends at a particular time. This is particularly useful for batch processing, taking back-up of data etc. BAPI Business Application Programming Interface Batch Input Interface to facilitate the transfer of large amounts of either old data or external data to an SAP system. Batch Processing The procedure to process large volumes of data at once. The processing can not be modified once processing has begun. BBP Business-To-Business Procurement BDC Batch Data Communication. Used to define processing mode for a batch input sessions like Displaying all records, Displaying error dialogs, Process sessions in background etc. BW Business Information Warehouse
C CO Controlling CATT SAP tool for grouping and automating repetitive business transactions for test runs and text modules. Change Management Handling of transformation from one environment to another. This could be changing systems internally from one system to another or moving to a new release from the existing system. Client A self-contained unit with separate master records and its own set of tables. Typically a Corporation. Company Code The smallest organizational unit for which a complete self-contained set of accounts can be drawn up . Will be able provide data for generating balance sheets, profit-loss statements. CRM Customer Relationship Management
D Dispatcher The system agent that helps in sending a job to an idle work process by identifying the type of task (ex: update, on-line, batch)
E EDI Electronic Data Interchange SAP Early watch The EarlyWatch Service has been developed to take note of any problems that may occur and to coordinate R/3 applications within your system, providing you with Optimal system performance. Early recognition of potential problems in R/3 customer systems is crucial to a problem-free installation. The EarlyWatch team of experts locate bottlenecks and potential problem sources and recommends feasible solutions. Constant system tuning helps you to optimize your system resources.
F FI Financial Accounting Module SAPfind Authoring system for developing hypertext books in the R/3 System
G GI Goods Issue. GL General Ledger GR Goods Receipt. GT Goods Transfer posting.
GUI Graphical User Interface. Windows like feel and look. User friendly screens to develop and use are provided. The user can simply point the cursor and click the mouse to operate.
H Help All SAP systems are provided with information , in case the user needs more information. In SAP system , place the cursor on the object where you would like to know more information, and press F1 for more details. Hot site backup Identical copy of the Production database on a stand-by database host HR Human Resources Module
I IDES International Demonstration and Education System. A sample application provided for faster learning and implementation Idoc Intermediate Document. Data container for data exchange between SAP systems or between a SAP system and a Non-SAP system. IMG Implementation Guide Hierarchical structure reflecting the R/3 component hierarchy and contains all configuration activities. Instance An administrative unit that groups together components of an SAP R/3 system or simply an Application server which has its own set of work process. IR Invoice Receipt. IS Industry Specific Solutions InterSAP InterSAP is REAL TIME COMMUNICATIONS WITH R/3 resulting in immediate on-line transaction processing and transaction formats can easily be adapted to evolving requirements. ITS Internet Transaction Server links R/3 Application server to web servers to communicate with Internet.
J Job A continuous chain of programs, using control commands.
K KANBAN Production control System used for organizing production that aims to reduce stock levels in the warehouse, thus reducing production costs.
L LES Logistics Execution System LIFO Last in First Out is a valuation procedure according to which the stocks of a material that were last received are the first to be used or sold.
M Matchcode A tool for finding specific record Mainly used to find possible entries for an input field MAP Moving Average Price. MM Materials Management MM SRV Material Management External Services Management MPS Master Production Scheduling takes care of those parts or products which greatly influence company profits or which take up critical resources. MRP Material Requirements Planning takes into account and plan every future requirement during the creation of order proposals (independent requirements, dependent requirements etc). MVP Material’s Valuation Price. The standard price for a standard price material, the moving
average price for a moving average price material.
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O OLAP Online Analytical Processing OSS On-line Service System that helps in users to get fast and effective help from SAP. The user may log-in to OSS system to find a possible solution for a 'bug'. Get the patch ,if any, download and apply to correct the problem.
P PCC Pre-Configured Client. The R/3 Simplification Group’s pre-configured client. PM Plant Maintenance PO Purchase Order. PP Production Planning PREQ Purchase Requisition PRP Product Requirement Planning PS Project System PLU number Number under which a price is stored in the POS system of Industry Solution -IS.
Q QM Quality Management
R RFC Remote Function Call. Allows to call and process predefined procedures/functions in a remote SAP system. RFQ Request For Quote RI Reversal of goods Issue. RMA Return Material Authorizations RR Reversal of goods Receipt. RT Reversal of goods Transfer posting
S SADT Structured Analysis and Design Technique SD Sales and Distribution SAPmail Electronic mail system in SAPoffice with which you can transmit messages. SAPoffice The electronic mail system and folder structure in the R/3 System allows you to send documents internally (to other R/3 users in the same system) or externally (to users in other systems). SAP R/2 SAP R/2 was the first compact software package for the whole spectrum of business applications from the SAP corporation. SAP R/2 runs on mainframes, especially IBM, BS2000 (Siemens' machines) or Amdahl. Modules of SAP R/2
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RF Financial Accounting RA Assets Accounting RK Cost Accounting RK-P Projects RP Human Resources RM-INST Plant Maintenance RM-QSS Quality Assurance RM-MAT Materials Management RM-PPS Production Planning and Control RV Sales and Distribution
SAP R/3 R/3 is the SAP client-server solution It has proved hugely popular in many countries. The solution is available to many more companies than R/2 as a mainframe is not required. It consists of the following modules: • • • • • • • • • • • • •
BC Basis (includes abap/4 Programming Language) AM Asset Management CO Controlling FI Financial Accounting HR Human Resources IS Industry Specific Solutions PM Plant Maintenance PP Production Planning PS Project System QM Quality Management SD Sales and Distribution MM Materials Management WF Business Work Flow
SAP Retail Includes more than 200 new business processes that have been designed specifically for retail purposes. This is the integral part of R/3 release 4.0. SAProuter Software module that acts as part of a firewall system. SAPscript SAP-own word processing system. The text editor supplied with the R/3 System for creating and editing documentation. SCOPE Supply Chain Optimization Planning & Execution SERM Structured Entity Relationship Model Session Log Record of a batch input sssion run. For each run, a session log is created.
SO Sales Order SOP Sales & Operations Planning Sales & Operations Planning (SOP) is a flexible forecasting and planning tool with which sales, production, and other supply chain targets can be set on the basis of historical, existing, and/or estimated future data. Resource planning can also be carried out to determine the amounts of the work center capacities and other resources required to meet these targets.
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U UPC Universal Product Code
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W WBS Work Breakdown Structure is a model of a project, that represents in a hierarchy the actions and activities to be carried out in a project. WF Business Work Flow: Tool for automatic control and execution of cross-application processes. This involves coordinating the persons involved, the work steps required, the data which needs to be processed (business objects). The main advantage is reduction in throughput times and the costs involved in managing business processes. Transparency and quality are enhanced by its use.
X XXL List Viewer Tool used to configure Microsoft Excel for display and further processing of R/3 application data. The XXL List Viewer facilitates presentation of R/3 data in Excel, taking into account information delivered by R/3 on the structure of the data
Y Year-end closing Annual balance sheet and profit and loss (P+L) statement, which must both be created in accordance with the legal requirements. All assets, debts and accrued and deferred items (balance sheet) as well as all revenue and
Z Zero Stock Check Check or inventory procedure used to increase the level of accuracy in stock figures. If a storage bin becomes empty after a goods movement, the bin is checked as to whether it is really empty or not.
