General Questions:

1. What is SAP?
2. What modules comprise SAP R/3?
3. What is SAP BW/BI?

Training Questions:

1. Are any of the courses geared towards Certification?
2. How long is the Course?
3. Are these courses instructor-led courses?
4. What are the timings?
5. What kind of instructional tools are used?

GENERAL QUESTIONS:

1. What is SAP?

SAP stands for Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing. It was founded by five German Engineers in 1972. SAP is a software which large organizations use to manage their business. SAP has several modules each of which represent a business-process. Modules are usually abbreviated for the business process they represent. For instance, HR is Human Resources, FI is Financial Accounting, SD is Sales & Distribution and so on. All together there are some nineteen modules. These modules are highly integrated in real-time, which means that if information is shared between modules then the data is entered only once. This reduces the chances of error arising from repetitive entry and also reduces the man-hours. Managers and decision makers always have information at their fingertips and this helps them in effective decision making. SAP has been around for over three decades. Nine out of ten Fortune-500 companies have already implemented SAP (not counting the thousands of to-be Fortune-500 companies that have SAP). There are well over 10 million SAP users worldwide and jobs keep popping up all around the world.

SAP is the leading ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software. Because of it's liberal open-architecture, there are millions of programmers working around the world to provide interaction between thousands of major software and SAP. SAP is usually implemented in phases. The first phases is where organizational structure and accounting components are configured, tested and then taken live. Gradually more modules are turned on, tested and taken live. Jobs in SAP are all very attractive and in abundance. Consultants travel far corners of the world to meet demand. SAP is definitely here to stay.

2. What modules comprise SAP R/3?

• 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 WorkFlow

3. What is SAP BW?

The Business Information Warehouse, another integration solution from SAP, is a built-in intelligent information system that consolidates data from internal systems and external sources. It can be used to generate departmental and management reports, for policy making, for controlling processes and for monitoring critical business factors. By making this information available company wide, it also helps support your supply chain and better serve your customers.

All integration for the Business Information Warehouse is done according to industry standards and is part of the Business Applications Group, a nonprofit consortium of enterprise application software developers dedicated to creating common standards for the integration of enterprise business applications. The Business Information Warehouse is also customized to meet the specific goals, needs and processes of each user. And it's just one more way to give every user a better ROI.

TRAINING QUESTIONS:

1. Are any of the courses geared towards Certification?

Almost all courses are geared towards certification. Just pick up the certification requirements from SAP website and select the required tracks with us.

2. How long is the course?

Different Tracks have different length of periods allocated to them. However, we allow ALL of our students to retake the course once for no extra cost (subject to availability of space).

3. Are these courses instructor-led courses?

Yes, all of our courses are instructor led.

4. What are the timings?

Class timings are usually 8:30 am to 5:30 pm. If classes are conducted on both Saturday and Sunday, timings are from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm.

5. What kind of instructional tools are used?

We believe that no medium is better than an experienced instructor. We have an excellent training room that seats 12 people, equipped with laser projector. This is where most of the lectures are held. Classes are also recorded via WebEx so, if for any reason if a student misses a lecture, he/she can view it anytime from anywhere. We always create a Google Group for every batch. This Group remains very active with inputs from students and the Instructor.