SAP Course – Modular and Customizable Track

PART 1 – SAP CORE CURRICULUM

Module 1: Introduction to ERP and SAP

• Understanding the concept of ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)
• Why companies use an ERP system
• Overview of SAP (vendor, history, market position)
• SAP versions: R/3, ECC, S/4HANA
• SAP architecture (database, application, interface)
• SAP as a modular and integrated system
• Role of functional and technical modules
• SAP project lifecycle (implementation, support, evolution)
• Involved roles: end user, key user, consultant, project manager
• Workshop: Identify ERP processes in a real company

Module 2: Navigating SAP (SAP GUI & Fiori)

• Overview of SAP GUI (classic interface)
• System access / environments (DEV, QAS, PRD)
• SAP screen: fields, menus, toolbars, status bar
• Using the SAP menu & favorites
• SAP transactions (T-Codes)
• Searches and filters
• Managing display variants
• Introduction to SAP Fiori (modern web interface)
• Fiori Launchpad & tiles
• Workshop: Navigation, creating favorites, executing transactions

Module 3: Master Data

• Concept of master data vs transactional data
• Customer Master Data
• Vendor Master Data
• Material Master Data
• Employee Master Data (HCM Master)
• Organizational data (company, division, department, cost center)
• Organizational structures by module (FI, MM, SD…)
• Importance of data quality
• Roles in creating and maintaining Master Data
• Workshop: Displaying and editing master data

Module 4: Cross-Process Integration Between Modules

• Concept of integration in SAP
• Examples of end-to-end processes (order to cash)
• FI-MM-SD flow: purchasing, inventory, sales, posting
• FI/CO integration (cost centers, allocations)
• PP/MM integration (production and material requirements)
• Role of SAP documents (header, item, status)
• Traceability of operations
• Document journal and numbering
• Workshop: Analyze an integrated process based on a real case

Module 5: Introduction to User Roles & Authorizations

• Concept of a SAP user
• Authorization profiles and roles
• Security and traceability
• Access by module / transaction
• Key user responsibilities
• Support and incident management (ticketing)
• Workshop: Simulating a user role

Module 6: Best Practices for Using SAP

• Ergonomics and productivity
• Using the command field
• Useful shortcuts (keyboard and system)
• Saving variants and layouts
• Managing SAP messages and errors
• Managing multiple sessions
• User interface personalization
• Workshop: Optimizing your SAP workspace

Module 7: Practical Synthesis Workshop of the Core Curriculum

• System login and full navigation in SAP
• Searching and viewing master data
• Executing a real transaction
• Analyzing a SAP document (e.g. vendor invoice)
• Identifying modules involved in an operation
• Documenting a small business process
• Participants’ case presentations

PART 2 – SAP FUNCTIONAL MODULES

FINANCE & CONTROLLING MODULES

SAP FI Module – Financial Accounting

• Introduction to the FI module and integration with other modules
• FI organizational structure (company, company code, chart of accounts)
• General Ledger Accounting (GL)
• Accounts Receivable (AR): customer creation, invoices, payments
• Accounts Payable (AP): vendor creation, invoices, payments
• Asset Accounting (AA): acquisition, depreciation, retirement
• Financial closing (monthly and annual)
• Financial documents: structure, numbering, status
• Financial reporting (trial balance, balance sheet, income statement)
• Basic configuration concepts (chart of accounts, account types)
• Practical workshop: creating a vendor invoice and analyzing its accounting impact

SAP CO Module – Controlling

• Introduction to the CO module and link with FI
• CO organizational structures (cost centers, profit centers)
• Internal management accounting
• Cost allocations (CO-OM)
• Internal orders (CO-OM-OPA)
• Cost center analysis
• Allocation and distribution cycles
• Cost of goods calculation
• Cost planning
• Analytical reporting (KPIs)
• Basic configuration concepts (cost center hierarchy, etc.)
• Practical workshop: posting costs to a cost center and analysis

LOGISTICS MODULES (MM, SD, PP, QM, WM/EWM, PM)

SAP MM Module – Materials Management (Purchasing & Inventory)

• MM organizational structure (purchasing organization, storage location…)
• MM master data: material, vendor, purchasing info record
• Procurement process (P2P cycle)
• Purchase Requisition (PR)
• Request for quotation and tenders
• Purchase Order (PO)
• Goods Receipt (GR)
• Vendor invoice (MIRO) and FI integration
• Stock movements (201, 311…)
• Inventory counts and adjustments
• Basic configuration concepts (document types, stock types)
• Workshop: Create a PO + goods receipt + vendor invoice

SAP SD Module – Sales & Distribution

• SD organizational structure (sales organization, division…)
• SD master data: customer, pricing condition, material
• Sales process (OTC – Order to Cash cycle)
• Quotation request
• Sales order
• Delivery (stock issue)
• Customer billing (VF01) and FI integration
• Returns and credit memos
• Pricing conditions and discounts
• Basic configuration concepts (order types, pricing procedures)
• Workshop: Quotation → Order → Delivery → Invoice

SAP PP Module – Production Planning

• Introduction to production in SAP
• PP organizational structure (plant, work center…)
• Master Data: Bill of Materials (BOM), routing, work center
• Types of production: discrete, repetitive, process
• Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
• Production order: creation, release, execution
• Production confirmation
• Material consumption and MM integration
• Production costs (CO integration)
• Production reporting
• Basic configuration concepts (order types, MRP strategies)
• Workshop: creating and tracking a production order

SAP QM Module – Quality Management

• Introduction to the QM module
• Incoming inspection (MM integration)
• In-process inspection (PP integration)
• Pre-delivery inspection (SD integration)
• Inspection plans
• Results recording
• Quality certificates
• Non-conformance management
• Quality/logistics integration
• Workshop: inspecting an incoming goods lot

SAP WM / EWM Module – Warehouse Management

• Difference between WM and EWM (Extended Warehouse Management)
• Warehouse structures (warehouse, storage type, storage bin)
• Stock movements managed by WM
• Transfer orders
• Putaway and picking strategies
• Bin-level inventory
• MM/SD/PP integration
• Basic configuration of storage locations
• Workshop: stock movement with WM

SAP PM Module – Plant Maintenance

• Introduction to maintenance
• Technical objects (equipment, functional locations)
• Maintenance notifications
• Maintenance orders
• Preventive maintenance planning
• Cost tracking (CO integration)
• Spare parts management (MM integration)
• Workshop: creating a notification and a maintenance order

HUMAN RESOURCES, CUSTOMER, SUPPLIER, PROJECT, ADVANCED LOGISTICS, SERVICE MODULES

SAP HR / HCM Module – Human Capital Management

• Introduction to the HCM module
• HR organizational structure (units, positions…)
• Personnel administration (PA)
• Employee record (infotypes)
• Time management (PT)
• Absences and attendances
• Workforce planning
• Payroll – basic concepts
• Training and development (PD)
• Skills management
• Basic configuration concepts (HR structures)
• Workshop: creating and updating an employee record

SAP CRM Module – Customer Relationship Management

• Introduction to SAP CRM (differences with SD)
• CRM master data (account, contact, activity)
• Sales opportunity management
• Sales pipeline
• Customer service (tickets, requests)
• Marketing campaigns
• CRM-SD-FI integration
• Sales reporting
• Basic CRM configuration concepts
• Workshop: creating a sales opportunity

SAP SRM Module – Supplier Relationship Management

• Introduction to SRM
• Supplier portal
• Self-service procurement
• Approval workflow
• Supplier contracts
• Supplier performance tracking
• Integration with MM and FI
• Workshop: creating a request via the SRM portal

SAP PS Module – Project System

• Introduction to project management in SAP
• Project structures (WBS elements, networks…)
• Task planning
• Cost and budget planning
• Project orders
• Progress tracking
• Integration FI/CO/HR/MM
• Project reporting
• Workshop: creating a project with WBS

SAP LE / TM Module – Logistics & Transportation

• Introduction to LE (Logistics Execution)
• Goods shipping
• Delivery planning
• Transportation management (TM)
• Transport documents
• SD/MM/WM integration
• Shipment tracking
• Workshop: creating a delivery and planning transportation

SAP CS Module – Customer Service

• Introduction to the CS module
• Technical objects (customer equipment)
• Service notifications
• Service orders
• Intervention planning
• Service billing (SD integration)
• Warranty management
• Integration with PM (maintenance)
• Workshop: creating a customer service order

SAP QM Module (integrated quality reminder)

• Quality validation at key stages (receiving, production, shipping)
• Non-conformance and corrective actions
• Quality dashboards

Additional modules (depending on industry)

• SAP IS (Industry Solutions): IS-Oil, IS-Retail, IS-Utilities…
• SAP RE-FX: Real Estate Management
• SAP EH&S: Environment, Health & Safety
• SAP GTS: Global Trade Services (customs, import/export)

PART 3 – TECHNICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR FUNCTIONAL CONSULTANTS

Module SAP S/4HANA and Fiori

• Introduction to SAP S/4HANA (evolution from ECC to S/4HANA)
• Major differences: HANA database, simplification, performance
• Fiori user interface: concepts and architecture
• Fiori Launchpad and roles
• Types of Fiori applications (transactional, analytical, fact sheets)
• Navigation in Fiori (tiles, filters, favorites, notifications)
• Creating a customized Fiori dashboard
• Integration of Fiori with SAP modules (FI, MM, SD…)
• Workshop: executing an end-to-end process in Fiori

SAP Data Structure Module

• Data concepts in SAP (tables, fields, structures)
• Types of data: Master Data, Transaction Data, Configuration Data
• Accessing data with SE16N, SE11, SE12
• Relationships between tables (primary key, foreign key)
• Technical objects: documents, numbers, statuses
• Concept of Workbench vs Customizing
• Reading common tables (MARA, KNA1, LFA1, BKPF, BSEG…)
• Workshop: extracting data using SE16N

Basic Customizing Module (SPRO)

• Introduction to SAP Customizing
• Using the SPRO transaction
• Structure of the Implementation Guide (IMG)
• Enterprise structure: definition and assignment
• Basic configuration for FI/MM/SD
• Creation of document types and number ranges
• Configuration of tolerances and messages
• Transporting changes between environments
• Workshop: simple configuration (e.g. creating an FI document type)

Basic ABAP Concepts for Functional Consultants

• Overview of the ABAP programming language
• Types of ABAP programs (reports, includes, function modules)
• Reading and understanding a program
• Accessing data via SE38, SE80
• Introduction to BAPI and BADI (enhancement points)
• Concepts of IDoc and inter-system communication
• Creating a simple ABAP report (SE38)
• Workshop: analyzing an existing ABAP report

Reporting and Business Intelligence Module

• Introduction to reporting in SAP
• SAP Query: creating a custom report
• Using SQ01, SQ02, SQ03
• Introduction to SAP BW (Business Warehouse)
• Principles of SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)
• Data extraction and analysis
• Creating performance indicators (KPIs)
• Workshop: creating an analytical report

Security and Roles Module

• Security concepts in SAP
• Roles, profiles, and authorizations
• PFCG transaction: creating and assigning roles
• Segregation of Duties (SoD)
• Audit and traceability (SUIM, ST03N)
• User access management
• Best practices for functional security
• Workshop: simulation of a restricted user role

Interfaces and IDocs Module

• Concepts of integration between SAP and non-SAP systems
• IDoc: structure and types
• Transactions WE02, WE19, WE20
• ALE communication (Application Link Enabling)
• Concepts of API, RFC, and Web Services
• Monitoring and managing interface errors
• Workshop: analyzing an IDoc flow (MM/SD)

Integrated Technical Workshops Module

• Hands-on exercises on basic configuration
• Analysis of cross-module tables (FI-MM-SD)
• Creating a small report with SAP Query
• Reading an IDoc and analyzing the data flow
• Simulating a migration to S/4HANA
• Final presentation: mini technical project

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