Common SAP Business Processes

A non-exhaustive list of common business processes supported by SAP.

Not all businesses will have all processes and many will call their processes by another name.

When it comes to developing a Business Reporting Strategy, we are often asked to examine how each business process is currently configured in order to determine whether the process will support the required Enterprise Reporting Requirement. That's why this list is handy (and frequently updated). It provides a starting point for analysis.

Function	Business Process Name

Development	Records Management
	Acoustics Control Design
	Advanced Communication Development
	Cable Component Design
	Reliability Management
	Cost Target
	Design Test
	Design and material review
	Document review
	High-level design specification
	Industrial design
	Interdivisional liason
	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
	Physical inventory management

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
	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