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 |