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Reason for the Blog:
In last couple of months I have been receiving many calls regarding career counselling for new graduates in the SAP Industry concerning the opportunities and the prospects. So It gave me a thought to present a Blog for all those who are willing to know all the details about the SAP Industry and what it is all about.
Overview of SAP
SAP, a German Company is the Owner of a world class highly effective, reliable ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning ) software i.e. SAP.
In ERP platform there are many other players such as Oracle, Bann, Microsoft, Tally and many more, however SAP has excelled in many folds then other ERP software’s in the area of integration with entire business operations, accuracy, latest developments, innovations and continuous support from SAP itself for critical issues.
In this way SAP is now an Industry in itself, the ecosystem of SAP is very powerful and strong, as there are many IT companies who are in the field of SAP Consultancy and customer support, A SAP Customer need not have to wait for support in technical or functional issues only from SAP itself as there are large number of service providers in all budget range to support and provide the services.
SAP is a complete business package for all the large, medium, small and micro level industries in the entire area of business operations such as Manufacturing, Services, Banking, Mining and many more.
Let’s take the example of a manufacturing industry and it’s applicability of SAP for its complete business processes.
In a manufacturing Industry following are the various areas where there are multiple skills of people getting engaged to run the manufacturing industry.
| Sl.No. | Area | Skill of people | Educational Background | SAP Module | Category in SAP |
| 1 | Accounts & Finance | Financial & Accounting Experience | CA, CS, M.Com. B.Com and other accounting related degrees. | SAP FI (Finance Module) | Functional |
| 2 | Costing | Costing and Management Accounting | CA, CWA, M.Com and other costing related degrees | SAP CO (Controlling Module)
| Functional |
| 3 | Procurement | Procurement and vendor management | MBA, Engineer, and other PG degrees | SAP MM (Material Management Module) | Functional |
| 4 | Stores & Inventory | Store keeper and inventory manager | MBA, Engineer, and other PG degrees | SAP MM (Material Management Module) | Functional |
| 5 | Sales & Marketing | Sales and Marketing related experience | MBA in marketing, Engineer, & many other PG Degrees | SAP SD (Sales & Distribution Module) | Functional |
| 6 | Production | Production mangers and Shop floor in charge | Engineer, Diploma in manufacturing and other related degrees | SAP PP (Production Planning Module) | Functional |
| 7 | Quality | Quality Control manager | Engineer, and other related degrees | SAP QM (Quality Management Module) | Functional |
| 8 | Maintenance | Maintenance Managers | Engineers and Maintenance related degrees | SAP PM (Plant maintenance Module) | Functional |
| 9 | Software programmer | Technical knowledge in programming language of System | B.Tech, M.Tech, BSC Computers, Engineer, and other Coding and programming related degrees | SAP ABAP (SAP Programming Language is ABAP) | Technical |
| 10 | Data base administrator and System installations | Technical knowledge of System installations and its maintenance of database and servers | B.Tech, M.Tech, BSC Computers, Engineer, and other server related degrees. | SAP BASIS (System installation and maintenance) | Technical |
Based on the above chart we can understand in which areas our profile is best suited for SAP and as a career in SAP Industry.
As SAP is a pure business software, so if we have to start our career in any the above stream then we should have some work experience or knowledge of the specific area we want to excel in. Freshers can also do well provided they have a quick learning aptitude and the required skill set to deal with the challenges.
In order to start the career in SAP we have the following options
For a fresher it is always difficult to crack the job interview in SAP, as the expectation of Hiring companies is to get candidate with goods SAP skills and knowledge in respective areas.
However the SAP ATC’s also provide some assistance in getting the job interview, but it is the responsibility of candidate only to clear the job interview.
We should initially aim to get work experience rather than Salary or Positions.
All the best to you if you are planning to pursue your career in SAP
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Blog written by : Sarat Agrawal
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