Modules of SAP System

What are the MODULES in SAP ?

• Modules are just part of the whole SAP system, i.e many module combines and make the whole SAP System
• Each and every Module has its own working area, like; Material Management (MM) module is the module to plan and organize your material in a company. Sales and Distribution (SD) module is for handling sales of the final product and to control and plan the distribution of the same.
• But that does not mean that every module works on completely separate area from every other module. NO !! any module, in some way or the other, are connected to many different modules depending upon working details.
• Lets take an example of large to medium scale company which produces "Writing PEN" and suppose it has these four modules of SAP implemented in them, PP , MM, SD and FICO.
• Then in many different processes MM will "talks" with FICO . like if a Invoice is to be made in MM, then there would be several postings in different accounts maintained by FICO.
• Below graph simply shows how different modules "may" overlap depending upon the way SAP is implemented in the system.

What are the different MODULES in SAP ?

Accounting

• FI Finance
• FI-AA Asset Accounting
• FI-FM Funds Management
• IM Investment Management.
• RE Standard Real Estate (obsolete).
• RE-FX Flexible Real Estate
• TR Treasury
• Banking
• Expenses

Logistics

• PS Project System
• MM Material Management
• LO Logistics
• WM Warehouse Management
• PM Plant Maintenance
• FM Fleet Management
• QM Quality Management
• CS Customer Service - Service Management
• SD Sales and Distribution
• PP Production Planning
• PP-PI Production Planning Process Industries
• EH&S Environment, Health & Safety

Human Resources

• HR Human Resources
• HR-OM Organisation Management
• HR-PM Personal Management
• HR-PA Personnel Administration
• HR-PD Personnel Development
• HR-TIM Time Management
• HR-PY Payroll
• HR-PE Training & Event Management
• HR-LSO Learning Solutions
• HR-CM Compensation
• HR-ECM Enterprise Compensation
• HR-BN Benefits
• HR-PB Recruitment
• HR-ABAP Advance Business Application Programming
• Till 4.7 EE (Enterprise Edition) it was called as SAP HR.But after new Updates ECC 5.0 it is being called as SAP HCM. 

Technical Modules.

• CA Cross Application
• BC Basic Components
• ABAP programming
• Business Warehousing

Industries Specific Modules.

• SAP IS Aerospace & Defense for Air and Military Industries
• SAP IS Chemical for Chemical Industries.
• SAP IS Automotive for Automobile Manufacturing Industries.
• SAP IS Banking for Financial Industries, Banking and Market Risk Management
• SAP IS Consumer Products for Consumer Product Industries.
• SAP IS High Tech for High Tech. Industries
• SAP IS Industrial Machinery and Components for Heavy Machinery Manufacturing Companies
• SAP IS Engineering, construction , and Operation for Construction and Engineering companies
• SAP IS Healthcare for Hospitals and Healthcare institutions
• SAP IS Higher Education & Research for Campus Management.
• SAP IS Insurance for Insurance companies and Currency Markets.
• SAP IS Life Sciences for life sciences Industry
• SAP IS Media for Communication and Publishing Industries.
• SAP IS Mill Products for mill product Industries.
• SAP IS Oil and Gas for Oil and Gas Industries.
• SAP IS Professional Services for Professional Services Industry.
• SAP IS Utilities for Utility Industries.
• SAP IS Wholesale Distribution for Wholesale distribution Industry.
• SAP IS Pharma for Pharmaceutical Industries.
• SAP IS Public Sector for Public Sector and Administration.
• SAP IS Retail for Supermarkets and Retail Industry.
• SAP IS Telecommunications for telecommunication operators.
• SAP IS Transportation & logistics for transportation and logistics Industry.

Conclusion:

• Yeah I Know .. tons of them right !!! ..But You know.. Every single one of them  has its own importance, in their area of work.
• And also PP, MM, SD, FICO & ABAP are considered to be general modules.

PS: And you know from all the above mentioned modules, How it is decided that  which module(s) is/are to be implemented in a firm? .. It is decided after long discussions between SAP consultants and working heads of every department..in  which they all  takes consideration of present work scenario as well as all the future expansion possibilities of that firm.