1) About :
When Xerox
exited the computer hardware manufacturing industry in 1971, it asked IBM to
migrate its business systems to IBM technology, As part of IBM's compensation
for the migration, IBM was given the rights to the Scientific Data Systems
(SDS)/SAPE software, reportedly for a contract credit of $80,000.
Five IBM
engineers from the AI department
- Dietmar
Hopp
- Klaus
Tschira
-
Hans-Werner Hector
- Hasso
Plattner
- Claus
Wellenreuther
All from Mannheim,
Baden-Württemberg were working in an enterprise-wide system based on this
software, only to be told that it would no longer be necessary. Rather than abandoning
the project, they decided to leave IBM Tech and start another company.
In June
1972, they founded the SAP Systemanalyse und Programmentwicklung
("System Analysis and Program Development" / "SAPD") company as a private partnership under the German Civil Code.
("System Analysis and Program Development" / "SAPD") company as a private partnership under the German Civil Code.
Their
first client was the German branch of Imperial Chemical Industries in Östringen,
where they developed mainframe programs for payroll and accounting. Instead of
storing the data on punch cards mechanically, as IBM did, they stored it locally
in the Electronic System while using common Logical database for all activities
of Organization.
Therefore,
they called their software a real-time system, since there was no need to
process the punch cards overnight (for this reason their flagship product
carried an R in its name until the late 1990s).
This
first version was also a standalone software that could be offered to other
interested parties.
2) History:
In 1972
SAPD à System Analyse und Programmentwicklung
("System
Analysis and Program Development" / "SAPD") Company is founded.
In 1973
The first
financial accounting software is completed, what came to be known
as the R/1 system.
as the R/1 system.
New
Customers from the Local region Implement SAP Software using IBM computer
and DOS system.
and DOS system.
In 1976
SAP GmbH à Systeme, Anwendungen und Produkte in der
Datenverarbeitung ("Systems, Applications, and Products in Data
Processing") Company is founded
In 1977
For the
first time, SAP installs its system at customer sites outside Germany; two
Austrian companies decide to implement SAP software.
In 1979
SAP/R2 is brought into the world
In 1981
The
private corporation established in 1972 (Systems Analysis and Program
Development) dissolved, and its rights are transferred to SAP GmbH, giving the
company its current name (Systems, Applications, and Products in Data
Processing)
In 1987
The
standardization of software production becomes an incentive for SAP to start
developing a new generation of software: SAP R/3
In 1988
SAP GmbH becomes SAP AG.
In 1992
SAP
presents its R/3 system for the first time, the product meets with
overwhelming approval due to its client/server concept, uniform appearance of
graphical interfaces, consistent use of relational databases, and the ability
to run on computers from different provider.
In 1999
SAP
announces the mySAP.com strategy, mySAP.com connects e-commerce
solutions with existing ERP applications using up-to-date Web technology.
In 2003
SAP
announces the solution concept behind mySAPBusiness Suite. SAP introduces a new
ERP solution: mySAPERP. With SAP Labs China in Shanghai, India, Japan, Israel,
France, Bulgaria, Canada, and the United States.
In 2004
Enterprise services architecture delivers
the first version of SAP NetWeaver.
In 2012
Since 2012, SAP has acquired several
companies that sell cloud-based products.
In 2015
The company launched SAP S/4HANA.
SAP Version
|
Year
|
Architecture
|
SAP R/1 System RF
|
1972
|
Financial Accounting system. Runs on IBM Servers and the DOS
operating system.
|
SAP R/2 Mainframe System
|
1979
|
Mainframe based real time data processing across accounting,
manufacturing processes, supply chain logistics and human resources.
|
SAP R/3 Enterprise Edition 1.0 A
|
Jul-1992
|
Three tire architecture ERP Solutions, enabling SAP to be used
by enterprises.
|
SAP R/3 Enterprise Edition 2.0
|
1993
|
|
SAP R/3 Enterprise Edition 3.0
|
1995
|
|
SAP R/3 Enterprise Edition 4.0B
|
Jun-1998
|
|
SAP R/3 Enterprise Edition 4.3
|
||
SAP R/3 Enterprise Edition 4.5B
|
Mar-1999
|
Client Server / mySAP
|
SAP R/3 Enterprise Edition 4.6C
|
April 2001
|
|
SAP R/3 Enterprise Edition 4.6F
|
||
SAP R/3 Enterprise Edition 4.7
|
2003
|
|
SAP ERP Central Component (ECC) 5.0
|
2004
|
SAP ERP constitutes the foundation of SAP's industry solutions
and a spring board to enterprise SOA. It includes SAP ECC (successor of SAP
R/3) and EhP
|
SAP ERP Central Component (ECC) 6.0
|
Oct-2005
|
|
SAP enhancement package 1 for SAP ERP 6.0
Business All-in-One
|
Dec-2006
|
SAP started focusing on Mid-Sized enterprises and developed this
product on the same code base of SAP R/3 on SAP Netweaver platform.
|
SAP enhancement package 2 for SAP ERP 6.0
|
Jul-2007
|
It is designed to help businesses optimize their performance and
reduce IT costs. It compresses SRM, CRM, SCM, PLM and ERP on
one platform.
|
SAP enhancement package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0
Business Suite 7
|
Jun-2010
|
|
SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0
|
Jun-2012
|
|
SAP enhancement package 7 for SAP ERP 6.0
|
2013
|
|
SAP S/4 Simple Suite for HANA
|
Feb-2015
|
Imagined platform that combines data processing, database and
in-memory processing, provides libraries for planning, text processing,
predictive, spatial and business analytics
|
Note :
1-
SAP
ECC (ERP Central component) is the core of existing SAP
Business suite.
2-
SAP
Business suite has SAP ECC+SAP CRM + SAP SRM + SAP SCM + SAP PLM.
3-
SAP
ECC not to be confused with SAP Business Suite.
4-
SAP
ECC is part of SAP Business suite.
5-
SAP
business suite can run on any DB (Oracle, MSSQL, IBM DB2)
including HANA.
6-
SAP
HANA is a RDBMS like Oracle, MSSQL, DB2 etc.
7-
S/4
HANA stands for SAP Business Suite 4 SAP HANA
- The backend application layer runs on only
HANA DB and front end will be developed with SAPUI5( Fiori). In the 3
Tier architecture of SAP system, HANA is the database layer, S/4 HANA is the
application layer, Fiori is the presentation layer.S/4 HANA is called the SAP
Next Gen Business Suite.Concept of SAP ECC is not here. Instead
modules like Simple Finance, simple logistics etc +SAP CRM + SAP SRM + SAP SCM
+ SAP PLM . It is an on going project and different modules will be optimised
to run exclusively on HANA.
·
Terminology
1)
ERP : Enterprise Resource Planning.
2)
SAP : System Application and Products.
3)
ECC : ERP Central Component.
4)
EHP : enhancement package for SAP.
5)
IDES : Internet Demonstration and Evaluation
System.
