SAP, started in 1972
by 5 former IBM staff members in Mannheim, Germany, declares that it is the
world's major inter-enterprise software organization and the world's
fourth-largest independent software firm, overall.
The original company name for SAP was German: System, Anwendungen, Produkte, and German for "Systems Programs and Merchandise products." The original SAP idea was to offer customers with the ability to ability to a common corporate database for a comprehensive range of applications. Gradually, the applications have been assembled and today many corporations, including IBM and Microsoft, are using SAP products to run their own businesses.
SAP applications , built around their latest R/3system , provide the capability to manage financial , asset , and cost accounting , production operations and materials , personnel , plants , and archived documents . The R/3 system runs on a number of platforms including Windows 2000 and uses the client/server model. The latest version of R/3 includes a comprehensive Internet-enabled package.
SAP has recently recast its product offerings under a comprehensive Web interface, called mySAP.com, and added new e-business applications, including customer relationship management (CRM) and supply chain management (SCM).
As of January 2007, SAP, a publicly traded company, had over 38, 4000 employees in over 50 countries, and more than 36,200 customers around the world. SAP is turning its attention to small- and-medium sized businesses (SMB). A recent R/3 version was provided for IBM'sAS/400 platform.
The original company name for SAP was German: System, Anwendungen, Produkte, and German for "Systems Programs and Merchandise products." The original SAP idea was to offer customers with the ability to ability to a common corporate database for a comprehensive range of applications. Gradually, the applications have been assembled and today many corporations, including IBM and Microsoft, are using SAP products to run their own businesses.
SAP applications , built around their latest R/3system , provide the capability to manage financial , asset , and cost accounting , production operations and materials , personnel , plants , and archived documents . The R/3 system runs on a number of platforms including Windows 2000 and uses the client/server model. The latest version of R/3 includes a comprehensive Internet-enabled package.
SAP has recently recast its product offerings under a comprehensive Web interface, called mySAP.com, and added new e-business applications, including customer relationship management (CRM) and supply chain management (SCM).
As of January 2007, SAP, a publicly traded company, had over 38, 4000 employees in over 50 countries, and more than 36,200 customers around the world. SAP is turning its attention to small- and-medium sized businesses (SMB). A recent R/3 version was provided for IBM'sAS/400 platform.
