SAP Functional and Technical Modules?....About SAP Modules

SAP R/3 applications are modules.Basically there are two types of modules Functional and Technical.Besides these Techno-Functional and Dual modules are also available.

1. Functional Modules:Basically Functional modules are for the guys who have non-technical background.Functional consultants are responsible for designing the SAP implementation solution based on requirement of company.There the following three categories to which functional modules are subdivided.

(a) Logistics: All processes like procurement,material management,warehouse management,quality management and sales and distribution comes under logistics.

·                      MM   -   Material Management

·                      WM   -   Warehouse Management

·                      SD     -    Sales and Distribution

·                     PP       -    Production and Planning

·                     QM     -    Quality Management

·                     PDM   -   Product Data Management

·                     PS       -   Project System

·                     CRM   -  Customer Relationship Management

·                      SCM  -  Supply Chain Management

(b) Financials: All financial related activities comes under Financial like payment processing towards Vendors.

·                      FI   -  Financial Accounting

·                      IM  -  Investment Management

·                     CO  -  Controlling

·                     TR   -  Treasury

(c) Human Resources:  All HR related activities comes under Human Resources.

·                     HR  -  Human Resources

·                     PA  -  Payroll Accounting

·                     PM  -  Personnel Management

·                     TM  -  Time Management

·                     PD   -  Personnel Development

·                     OM  - Organizational Management

2. Technical Modules: Technical modules are for those guys who experts in Information Technology.These modules require the knowledge about development.Most important technical modules are as follows.

·                     ABAP  -  Advanced Business Application in Programming

·                     BASIS  -  System Administration

·                     NetWeaver

3. Techno-Functional Modules: These modules are for those guys who have hand on experience in development as well as functional customization.

·                     ABAP+SD

·                     ABAP+HR

·                     BIW(Business Information Warehouse)

4. Dual modules: Dual modules are 

·                     MM+SCM

·                     SD+CRM

·                     HR+CRM

·                     FICO+SD

·                     PP+SD

Although I have tried to give information about the most important modules in SAP in case if I have missed some important modules please let me know through your comments....