what is SAP?

Answer 1

SAP is a German Corporation that makes very good software for businesses and networking of clients.
http://www.business.uiuc.edu/accy300efall99/Deere/sld004.htm
That site explains it.

Answer 2

SAP AG (ISIN: DE0007164600, FWB: SAP, NYSE: SAP) is the largest European software enterprise, with headquarters in Walldorf, Germany. SAP was founded in 1972 as Systemanalyse und Programmentwicklung by five former IBM engineers in Mannheim, Germany (Dietmar Hopp, Hasso Plattner, Klaus Tschira, Claus Wellenreuther and Hans-Werner Hector). The acronym was later changed to stand for Systeme, Anwendungen und Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung ("Systems, Applications And Products in Data Processing") and since the 2005 annual general meeting the company's official name is just SAP AG. Henning Kagermann became the sole CEO of SAP in 2003

Reputation

SAP is the largest software company in Europe and the third largest in the world. It ranks after Microsoft and IBM in terms of market capitalization. SAP is also the largest business application and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution software provider in terms of revenue.

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SAP's products focus on ERP, which it helped to pioneer. The company's main product is MySAP ERP. The name of its predecessor, SAP R/3 gives a clue to its functionality: the "R" stands for realtime data processing and the number 3 relates to a 3-tier architecture: database, application server and client (SAPgui). R/2, which ran on a Mainframe architecture, was the first SAP version.

Other major product offerings include Advanced Planner and Optimizer (APO), Business Information Warehouse (BW), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Supplier Relationship Management (SRM), Human Resource Management Systems (HRMS), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Exchange Infrastructure (XI), Enterprise Portal (EP) and SAP Knowledge Warehouse (KW).

The APO name has been retired and rolled into SCM. The BW name (Business Warehouse) has now been rolled into the SAP NetWeaver BI (Business Intelligence) suite and functions as the reporting module.

The company also offers a new technology platform, named SAP NetWeaver. While its original products are typically used by Fortune 500 companies, SAP is now also actively targeting small and medium sized enterprises (SME) with its SAP Business One and SAP All-in-One.

Reportedly, there are over 100,800 SAP installations at more than 28,000 companies. SAP products are used by over 12 million people in more than 120 countries.

Answer 3

SAP is custom written Business Management software developed for medium to large businesses. There are numerous modules that can be tailored to fit a businesses specific needs, like data warehousing, transaction processing, management, HR, accounting.
it is very expensive, and is designed to be a complete solution for a business. Very similar to Oracle and Peoplesoft

Answer 4

what like tree sap or the SAP on ur TV it stands for secondary audio programming which means you can select spanish ect..... only on programs that say sap.... well i hope this helped

Answer 5

SAP Solutions for Governance, Risk, and Compliance: Protect Brand and Reputation. Drive Growth and Stakeholder Value.

A multiplicity of government regulations, growing pressure from financial markets, and increasing demands from stakeholders has renewed the focus on governance, risk, and compliance (GRC). As a result, leading organizations no longer see GRC as discrete, project-based activities managed as separate functions. Rather, they are adopting a holistic GRC strategy that guides people, standardizes processes, and unifies technology to embed GRC at every organizational level.

SAP solutions for GRC support an integrated, end-to-end GRC strategy to help you achieve greater transparency and predictability, streamline GRC processes -- and, ultimately, improve overall enterprise performance. Our solutions address:

* Governance -- SAP GRC Repository centrally manages all GRC content, guides governance strategies, and improves business performance.
* Risk management -- SAP GRC Risk Management provides a best-practice framework for risk identification, analysis, response, monitoring, and reporting.
* Access and authorization controls -- Access control applications reduce control risk in enterprise applications by enforcing proper segregation of duties, managing enterprise roles, provisioning users, and granting audited emergency access for superusers.
* Business process controls -- The SAP GRC Process Control application delivers a risk-based approach to deploying and monitoring controls for both business processes and IT infrastructure to ensure compliance with financial reporting regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley.
* Global trade services -- The SAP Global Trade Services composite application helps you establish a single, corporatewide standard for trade processes across SAP and non-SAP systems.
* Environment, health, and safety -- Environmental compliance solutions address regulations dealing with health and environmental protection, restriction of hazardous substances, occupational health and safety, and greenhouse gas trading schemes.

In addition, SAP provides a common foundation for managing GRC challenges through the SAP NetWeaver platform, which integrates SAP and non-SAP solutions in heterogeneous IT environments.

Answer 6

Soon As Possible

Answer 7

ASAP
As Soon As Possible

Answer 8

I am first time reading this word.

Answer 9

Soon as possible. Depends on how you are using it.

Answer 10

software