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title: Business Processes|SAP Supported Business Processes|
description: Want to know the most common business processes supported by SAP.  Here's a quick reference guide you can use.
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# SAP Common Business Processes List

## A non-exhaustive list of [common business processes](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/enterprise-services/sap-industry-solutions/business-requirements-analysis) supported by SAP.

### Not all businesses will have all [SAP business processes](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/3-ways-to-design-kpis-using-sap-solution-map-composer) and many will call their [business processes](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/14-sap-business-planning-best-practices) by another name.

| Function | [SAP Business Process Name](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/10-sap-bw-project-estimation-best-practices-to-roll-out-today) |
| --- | --- |
|   |   |
| Development | Records Management |
|   | Acoustics Control Design |
|   | Advanced Communication Development |
|   | Cable Component Design |
|   | Reliability Management |
|   | [Cost Target](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/how-to-determine-your-fully-loaded-cost-rate) |
|   | Design Test |
|   | Design and material review |
|   | Document review |
|   | High-level design specification |
|   | Industrial design |
|   | Interdivisional liaison |
|   | Logic design and verification |
|   | Component qualification |
|   | Power system design |
|   | Product management |
|   | Product publication |
|   | Release |
|   | System-level product design |
|   | System reliability and serviceability (RAS) |
|   | System requirements |
|   | Tool design |
|   | User-system interface design |
|   | Competitive Analysis |
|   | Design systems support |
|   | Engineering operations |
|   | Information development |
|   | Interconnect planning |
|   | Interconnect product development |
|   | Product development |
|   | Tool development |
|   | Development process control |
|   | Electronic development |
|   | Phase () requirements |
|   |   |
| Distribution | Receiving |
|   | Shipping |
|   | Storage |
|   | Field services and support |
|   | Teleprocessing and control |
|   | Parts expediting |
|   | Power vehicles |
|   | Salvage |
|   | Transportation |
|   | Production receipts |
|   | Disbursement |
|   | [Inventory Management](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/8-value-based-questions-for-real-estate-management-software-solutions) |
|   | Physical inventory management |
|   |   |
|   | **SAP Finance Business Processes** |
| Financial Accounting | Ledger Control |
|   | Financial Control |
|   | Payroll |
|   | Taxes |
|   | Transfer pricing |
|   | Accounts receivable |
|   | Accrual accounting |
|   | Revenue accounting |
|   | Accounts payable |
|   | Cash control |
|   | Employee expense account |
|   | Fixed asset control |
|   | Labor distribution |
|   | Cost accounting |
|   | Financial applications |
|   | Fixed assets and appropriations |
|   | [Intercompany accounting and billing](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/request-sap-business-planning-and-consolidation-sap-bpc-consulting-support) |
|   | Inventory control |
|   | Procurement support |
|   | Financial control |
|   |   |
| Financial Planning | Appropriation control |
|   | Budget control |
|   | Cost estimating |
|   | Financial planning |
|   | Transfer pricing |
|   | Inventory control |
|   | Business Planning |
|   | Contract management |
|   | Financial outlook |
|   |   |
| Information System | Applications development methodology |
|   | Systems management controls |
|   | Service-level assessment |
|   |   |
| Production Control | Consignment process |
|   | Customer order services management |
|   | Early mfg. involvement and product release |
|   | EC implementation |
|   | Field parts support |
|   | Parts planning and ordering |
|   | Planning and scheduling management |
|   | Plant business volume performance management |
|   | Site sensitive parts |
|   | Systems WIP management |
|   | Allocations |
|   | Inventory projection |
|   | New product planning |
|   | WIP accuracy |
|   | Base plan commit |
|   | Manufacturing process record |
|   |   |
| Purchasing | Alterations and cancellations |
|   | Expediting |
|   | Invoice and payment |
|   | Supplier selection |
|   | Cost |
|   | Delivery |
|   | Quality |
|   | Supplier Relations |
|   | Contracts |
|   | Lab procurement  |
|   | Nonproduction orders  |
|   | Production orders  |
|   | Supplier payment  |
|   | Process interplant transfer  |
|   |   |
| Personnel  | Benefits |
|   | Compensation  |
|   | Employee relations  |
|   | Employment  |
|   | Equal opportunity  |
|   | Executive resources  |
|   | Management development  |
|   | Medical  |
|   | Personnel research  |
|   | Personnel services  |
|   | Placement  |
|   | Records  |
|   | Suggestions  |
|   | Management development and research  |
|   | Personnel programs  |
|   | Personnel assessment  |
|   | Resource management  |
|   |   |
| Programming  |  Distributed systems products |
|   | Programming center  |
|   | Software development  |
|   | Software engineering  |
|   | Software manufacturing products  |
|   |   |
| Quality  | New product qualification |
|   | Supplier quality  |
|   |   |
| Site Services |  Facilities change request |
|   |   |
| Miscellaneous | Cost of box manufacturing quality |
|   | Service cost estimating |
|   | Site planning |

More Reading:

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