What is SAP? Read a word!

First of all, what is SAP?

If you are the first time to hear SAP, it does not matter, as a financial and accounting personnel, then you must know Kingdee, Uf. nvidia partner SAP, like Kingdee and UF, is a financial software as well as ERP software, with more powerful functions and higher visibility! A higher profile? You must be wondering, let's understand!

SAP is the third largest independent software vendor in the world (after Microsoft and Oracle), the largest market share in enterprise management software, SAP Outsourcing and the absolute leader in the ERP market with a market capitalization of $150 billion. SAP provides solutions to more than 80% of Fortune Global 500 companies and more than 437,000 customers in more than 180 countries. In China, SAP has more than 15,000 customers, and an increasing number of Chinese enterprises choose to work with SAP. If you have doubts about this, you may wish to enter "SAP" search in Baidu!

Founded in 1972, SAP is headquartered in Waldorf, Germany, and has offices in 75 countries. smart waste management In the 1990s, SAP launched the "Lighthouse Plan" and gradually entered the Chinese market. Today, most of China's top 500 enterprises are using SAP, and more and more enterprises choose SAP.

SAP stands for "Systems Applications and Products in Data Processing", and when we refer to SAP, we refer to SAP company, but also specifically to its software products, or its ERP products. Similar to when we say UF, it can be either a UF company or a UF software.

Is this a preliminary understanding of SAP? If that's not enough, read on!

How about domestic SAP application?

In China, SAP has more than 15,000 customers, and more and more enterprises choose SAP. From the perspective of industry, SAP's domestic customers cover high-tech, electronics, home appliances, automobiles, manufacturing, aviation, equipment, furniture, electricity, chemical, pharmaceutical, real estate, liquor, tobacco, retail, clothing, FMCG, agriculture and other industries. Well-known companies such as Haier, Changhong, Gree, Midea, SAIC, GAC Group, Geely Automobile, CRRC, CNPC, Sinopec, State Grid, Quanyou Household, Vanke, Everda, Country Garden, Luzhou Laojiao, Wuliangye, Hongta Group, Suning Tesco, Yonghui Supermarket, Seven Brand Men's Wear, Haidian Food Industry, Qianhe Food Industry, New Hope, Yili and so on, They're all using SAP. If you want to know if your favorite company uses SAP, enter "company name +SAP" in Baidu to search.

From the scale point of view, the customers using SAP are mainly large and medium-sized enterprises, the general market value of more than 1 billion yuan. After all, the cost of implementing SAP is relatively high, and the later operation and maintenance is relatively difficult, and it also requires professional maintenance.

From the trend point of view, more and more enterprises are using SAP in China. SAP's development in China can be divided into three stages: the first stage is marked by the "Lighthouse Plan" in the 1990s, SAP began to enter China and cooperate with some large state-owned enterprises; In the second stage, many large conglomerates began to implement SAP, and SAP expanded rapidly in China. The third stage is that in recent years, many medium-sized enterprises have begun to choose SAP, as well as real estate, pharmaceutical and other industries to implement SAP. Personally, there is a fourth stage, many enterprises in the information upgrade project, often consider the more powerful SAP.

It can be seen that SAP is becoming more and more recognized in China, especially in the coastal areas, and there are many enterprises using SAP. At this point, as an accountant, if you are not familiar with SAP, is it necessary to learn about SAP?

What are the characteristics of SAP?

Why is SAP so popular in China? Why do so many large enterprises choose SAP over domestic software? I think this is inseparable from the powerful functions of SAP, only if you are good enough customers will choose you! What are the main features of SAP?

1. Powerful and logical. SAP includes more than 10 modules, whose functions cover the financial accounting, cost control, asset management, project management, sales management, material management, warehouse management, production planning, equipment management, quality management, factory maintenance, human resource management and other aspects required for enterprise management, and each module is closely integrated and information sharing.

2. Integration of financial services. Financial business integration is the biggest feature of SAP compared with domestic software, and it is also the core function of SAP. According to the pre-configured accounting rules, the receipt and receipt of materials can generate financial vouchers in real time, which can not only reduce the voucher entry work of accounting personnel, but also achieve real-time cost accounting, so that financial personnel can focus more on the cost control of enterprises.

3, the process is standardized, the information can be traced. SAP provides standard purchase to pay, sales to collect, order to cost and other common business scenarios for enterprises. The process is standardized, each link is closely linked, the upper and lower can be traced, and can truly reflect the daily business of the enterprise.

4, comprehensive function, widely used. SAP provides solutions for 29 industries, which are suitable for most enterprises, especially in the manufacturing industry. And customers can customize development to achieve specific business needs.