Software Application and Products in Data Processing
Software Application and Products in Data Processing
PRODUCTS IN DATA
PROCESSING
INTRODUCTION
• ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) is a tool which manages all
business functions. It is a process where a company manages and
integrates the important parts of its business. An ERP management
information system integrates areas such as planning, purchasing,
inventory, sales, marketing, finance and human resources.
The vendors of ERP comprises of the following:
• Oracle
• JD Edward Oracle
JD Edward
• BAAN
BAAN
• People software
People software
• Microsoft
Microsoft
• Tally Talley
• SAP SAP
FINANCIAL CONTROLLING
• For external users. • For internal users.
• It is used to record the • It is used for the decision
financial statements in (P/L, making process.
B/S and Cash flow
statements).
WHAT IS A COMPANY?
• A company is an artificial person that is created by law. It has
separate legal entity, is for a perpetual succession and has a common
seal.
• The company and the board of members are two different entities and
are recorded separately in the books of accounts.
• The company has a perpetual succession ie; it is a going concern.
• A company has a common seal which is used on the official
documents along with the stamp of the board of directors.
COMPANY CODE
• A company code is an alpha numeric 4 digits code used in SAP to
record the financial transactions of a company.
• It is the highest client of a company.
• It has mainly two methods which are;
a. Navigation method: It is a method used to follow a given path.
b. Transactional method: It is a T-Code method which is the shortest
method of SAP.
TYPES OF COMPANY CODE DATA
• There are mainly four different company code data which are as
following:
a. Master data: It is a centralized level data which is frequently used but
rarely changed.
b. System data: It is used for the classes of spatial database functionality. A
spatial database is a database that is optimized for storing and querying
data that represents objects defined in a geometric space.
c. Transactional data: It is used to record a time and relevant reference data
needed for a particular transaction record.
d. Configuration data: The additional data on a system that is not
configuration data such as read-only status information and collected
statistics
WHAT IS A PACKAGE?
• A package is an important tool in SAP.
• It is a folder that stores the data.
HOW IS A PACKAGE CREATED?