SAP related Acronyms & Abbreviations

List of SAP related Acronyms & Abbreviations

·         LSMW - Legacy System Migration Workbench (SAP)

·         ERP - Enterprise Resource Planning

·         ECC - ERP Central Component (SAP)

·         ABAP - Advanced Business Application Programming (SAP)

·         API - Application Program Interface

·         BAPI - Business API

·         BAdI - Business Add-In (SAP)

·         UE - User-Exit (SAP)

·         EAI - Enterprise Application Integration

·         GUI - Graphical User Interface

·         LUW - Logical Unit of Work

·         MVC - Model-View-Controller

·         OLAP - Online-Analytical-Processing

·         OLTP - Online-Transaction-Processing

·         RFC - Remote Function Call

·         RFM - Remote Function Module

·         SAP - Systems, Applications and Products

·         SaaS - Software as a Service

·         SOAP - Simple Object Access Protocol

·         SOA - Service-oriented architecture

·         IMG - Implementation Management Guide

 

The SAP modules listed on this page are categorized according to their functionality e.g. accounting (SAP-FI, SAP-CO, …), logistic (SAP-MM, SAP-SD, …) etc.

SAP Accounting Modules

·         FI - Financial Accounting

o    FI-GL: General Ledger

o    FI-AP: Accounts Payable

o    FI-AR: Accounts Receivable

o    FI-AA: Asset Accounting

o    FI-BL: Bank Ledger

o    FI-SL: Special Purpose Ledger

o    FI-TV: Travel Management

·         CO - Controlling

o    CO-OM: Overhead Cost

o    CO-PC: Product Cost

o    CO-PA: Profitability Analysis

o    EC-PCA: Profit Center Accounting

 

·         TR - Treasury

·         RE - Real Estate Management

·         EC - Enterprise Controlling

·         IM - Investment Management

·         PS - Project System

SAP Logistics Modules

·         MM - Materials Management

·         SD - Sales & Distribution

·         PP - Production Planning & Control

·         QM - Quality Management

·         LO - Logistics General

·         PM - Plant Maintenance

·         LE - Logistics Execution

·         CS - Customer Service

·         EHS - Environment, Health & Safety

·         SRM - Supplier Relationship Management

·         PLM - Product Lifecycle Management

 

Supply-Chain-Management

The term Supply Chain Management refers to the cross-company (from the supplier to the customer) coordination of the material, financial and information flows across the entire value chain.

·         SCM - Supply Chain Management

·         APO - Advanced Planning & Optimization

Human Resources

·         HCM - Human Capital Management (formerly: HR - Human Resources)

·         ESS - Employee Self-Services

·         MSS - Manager Self-Services

Cross Application Modules

·         WF - Workflow

·         BW - Business Warehousing; DWH

·         CRM - Customer Relationship Management

·         ECM - Enterprise Content Management

·         MII - SAP Manufacturing Integration & Intelligence

Technical Modules

·         SAP NetWeaver (formerly SAP Basis)

·         SAP Solution Manager

·         EP - Enterprise Portal

·         PI - Process Integration (formerly SAP-XI)

SAP Industry Modules

These SAP Modules employ the prefix "IS" for "Industry Solutions".

·         IS-A Automotive

·         IS-H Healthcare

·         IS-M Media

·         IS-PS Public Sector

·         IS-R Retail

·         IS-T Telecommunication

·         IS-U Utilities

·         IS-RE Real Estate

·         IS-OIL Oil & Gas

These SAP Modules employ the prefix "FS" for "Financial Services" (Insurance Companies & Banks).

·         FS-BP Business Partner

·         FS-CMS Collateral Management

·         FS-CML Consumer, Corporate Mortgage Loans

·         FS-CM Claim Management

·         FS-PM Policy Management

·         FS-CD Collection & Disbursement

·         FS-ICM Incentive / Commission Management

·         FS-RI Reinsurance