SAP Acronyms
Acronyms are abbreviations that are formed using the beginning elements in a phrase or name. These elements may be individual letters or parts of words. Tier I ERP software packages, such as SAP, reference or utilize hundreds of acronyms throughout their processing screens, menu structures, and training manuals. While this is not an all-inclusive list of SAP acronyms, it does represent a substantial portion of commonly used SAP terms.List of Common SAP Acronyms:
AA - Asset Accounting
ABAP - Allgemeiner Berichts-Anwendungs-Prozessor (SAP's proprietary programming language)
ALE - Application Link Enabling
AG - Aktiengesellschaft (corporation)
APO - Advanced Planning and Optimization
ASUG - Americas' SAP Users' Group (www.asug.com)
BI - Business Intelligence (former reporting)
BObj - Business Objects (SAP Business Objects)
BPR - Business Process Redesign
BSP - Business Server Pages
BW - Business Warehouse
ByD - By Design (SAP By Design)
CAF - Composite Application Framework
CASE - Computer-Assisted Software Engineering
CM - Content Management
CRM - Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
DMS - Document Management System
EHS - Environment, Health, and Safety
EP - Enterprise Portal
EPM - Employee Process Management
ERM - Employee Relationship Management
ERP - Enterprise Resource Planning
ESA - Enterprise Services Architecture
FI - Financials
FICO - Financials and Controlling
FIN - Financials (Applications)
FSCM - Financial Supply Chain Management
GL - General Ledger
GRC - Governance, Risk and Compliance
GUI - Graphical User Interface
HCM - Human Capital Management
HR - Human Resources
ICM - Incentive and Commission Management
KPI - Key Performance Indicator
LE - Logistics Execution
MM - Materials Management
MRP - Material Requirements Planning
OM - Organizational Management
PA - Personnel Administration
PCD - Product Design Center (former name of SAP UX - Visual Design)
PLM - Product Lifecycle Management
PLM - Production Line Management
PM - Plant Maintenance
PM - Product Management
POS - Point of Sale
PP - Production Planning
PS - Project Systems
QM - Quality Management
R/3 - Name of SAP's ERP software, no longer used
REM - Real Estate Management
SAP - Stands for Systems, Applications, Products (German: Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte)
SAPPHIRE - name of an annual SAP conference www.SAPPHIRENOW.com
SCM - Supply Chain Management
SCN - SAP Community Network www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn
SD - Sales and Distribution
SDN - SAP Developer Network www.sdn.sap.com
SEM - Strategic Enterprise Management
SM - Solution Management, Solution Manager
SOA - Service-Oriented Architecture
SRM - Supplier Relationship Management
UCD - User-Centered Design
UI - User Interface
UP - User Productivity (former name of SAP UX)
UR - Unified Rendering (UI rendering technology at SAP)
UWL - Universal Worklist (see POWL)
UX - User Experience (SAP UX = SAP User Experience)
VC - Variant Configuration
WD - Web Dynpro
WF - Workflow
WM - Warehouse Management
WSDL - Web Services Description Language (www.w3.org/TR/wsdl)
xApp - Stands for "Cross Application" - SAP's version of Packaged Composite Applications (PCAs)
XDG - SAP's xApp Design Group
xEPM - SAP xApp for supporting Employee Process Management (EPM)
xERM - SAP xApp for supporting Employee Relationship Management (ERM)
XHTML - Extended HTML; HTML standard based on XML
XML - Extended Markup Language (see XHTML, HTML)
ABAP - Allgemeiner Berichts-Anwendungs-Prozessor (SAP's proprietary programming language)
ALE - Application Link Enabling
AG - Aktiengesellschaft (corporation)
APO - Advanced Planning and Optimization
ASUG - Americas' SAP Users' Group (www.asug.com)
BI - Business Intelligence (former reporting)
BObj - Business Objects (SAP Business Objects)
BPR - Business Process Redesign
BSP - Business Server Pages
BW - Business Warehouse
ByD - By Design (SAP By Design)
CAF - Composite Application Framework
CASE - Computer-Assisted Software Engineering
CM - Content Management
CRM - Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
DMS - Document Management System
EHS - Environment, Health, and Safety
EP - Enterprise Portal
EPM - Employee Process Management
ERM - Employee Relationship Management
ERP - Enterprise Resource Planning
ESA - Enterprise Services Architecture
FI - Financials
FICO - Financials and Controlling
FIN - Financials (Applications)
FSCM - Financial Supply Chain Management
GL - General Ledger
GRC - Governance, Risk and Compliance
GUI - Graphical User Interface
HCM - Human Capital Management
HR - Human Resources
ICM - Incentive and Commission Management
KPI - Key Performance Indicator
LE - Logistics Execution
MM - Materials Management
MRP - Material Requirements Planning
OM - Organizational Management
PA - Personnel Administration
PCD - Product Design Center (former name of SAP UX - Visual Design)
PLM - Product Lifecycle Management
PLM - Production Line Management
PM - Plant Maintenance
PM - Product Management
POS - Point of Sale
PP - Production Planning
PS - Project Systems
QM - Quality Management
R/3 - Name of SAP's ERP software, no longer used
REM - Real Estate Management
SAP - Stands for Systems, Applications, Products (German: Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte)
SAPPHIRE - name of an annual SAP conference www.SAPPHIRENOW.com
SCM - Supply Chain Management
SCN - SAP Community Network www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn
SD - Sales and Distribution
SDN - SAP Developer Network www.sdn.sap.com
SEM - Strategic Enterprise Management
SM - Solution Management, Solution Manager
SOA - Service-Oriented Architecture
SRM - Supplier Relationship Management
UCD - User-Centered Design
UI - User Interface
UP - User Productivity (former name of SAP UX)
UR - Unified Rendering (UI rendering technology at SAP)
UWL - Universal Worklist (see POWL)
UX - User Experience (SAP UX = SAP User Experience)
VC - Variant Configuration
WD - Web Dynpro
WF - Workflow
WM - Warehouse Management
WSDL - Web Services Description Language (www.w3.org/TR/wsdl)
xApp - Stands for "Cross Application" - SAP's version of Packaged Composite Applications (PCAs)
XDG - SAP's xApp Design Group
xEPM - SAP xApp for supporting Employee Process Management (EPM)
xERM - SAP xApp for supporting Employee Relationship Management (ERM)
XHTML - Extended HTML; HTML standard based on XML
XML - Extended Markup Language (see XHTML, HTML)
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