Commonly used SAP Acronyms

Every week I write an internal newsletter containing customer service advice for distribution amongst our global workforce. In my last effort I explained why we should try to avoid using jargon when communicating with our customers.  In the SAP world (and the tech industry in general), this is a very very tough ask as the market was created by people who just love their acronyms and abbreviations. So, as a nod to everyone that struggles to decipher SAP acronyms, here’s a list of the more common ones and their definitions.

BOBJ	SAP BusinessObjects
BPM	Business Performance Management
BPO	Business Process Outsourcing
EAM	Enterprise Asset Management
EPM	Enterprise Performance Management
ERP	Enterprise Resource Planning
GRC	Governance Risk and Compliance
PI	Process Integration
SAP	Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung or Systems, Applications & Products in Data Processing
SAP ABAP	Advanced Business Application Programming
SAP AIO	SAP Business All-in-One
SAP BI	Business Intelligence
SAP BI	SAP Business Intelligence
SAP BIW	SAP Business Information Warehouse
SAP BW	SAP Business Warehouse
SAP ByD	SAP Business ByDesign
SAP CO	SAP Controlling
SAP CRM	SAP Customer Relationship Management
SAP ECC	SAP Enterprise Central Component
SAP FI	SAP Financials
SAP FICO	SAP Finance and Controlling
SAP HCM	SAP Human Capital Management
SAP IM	SAP Inventory Management (part of SAP Logistics)
SAP IP	SAP Intellectual Property (royalty management module)
SAP MM	SAP Materials Management (part of SAP Logistics)
SAP PLM	SAP Product Lifecycle Management
SAP PM	SAP Plant Maintenance
SAP PP	SAP Production Planning
SAP QM	SAP Quality Management
SAP R/3	SAP Real-time data processing, 3-tier
SAP SCM	SAP Supply Chain Management
SAP SD	SAP Sales & Distribution (part of SAP Logistics)
SAP SRM	SAP Supplier Relationship Management
SAP WM	SAP Warehouse Management (part of SAP Logistics)
SB1	SAP Business One
SBO	SAP Business One
UI	User Interface

If there's any I've missed (and I'm sure there must be one or two), let me know and I'll add them to the list.

Laura - Marketing Director and Chief Blogger

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