EC: Enterprise Controlling.The EC module is another very
important decision-making tool that monitors the criticalsuccess
factors and key figures of the company from a controller's point of
view.The executive information system (EIS) is basically a
collection of tools that helps toquickly filter and analyze the
enterprise's most important data and get critical and
up-todatebusiness information into graphical form or customized
reports.With the management consolidation (EC-CS) system,
subsidiary data, even fromdifferent countries and with different
legal regulations, passes directly into the centralMC system,
automatically performing all the required consolidation work.The EC
module allows profit analysis for independent business areas of a
company. Thesystem takes care of automatically retrieving and
grouping the necessary information forthis process. The following
list contains the areas included in the enterprise
controllingmodule group. EC-EIS. Executive information system
EC-CS. Consolidation EC-PCA. Profit center accountingIM: Capital
Investment ManagementIM is an application module designed to plan
and manage capital investment projects andbudgets. It is also used
for monitoring the bookkeeping functions associated with
assetsunder construction on capital investment projects and orders.
It consists of two parts: IM. Capital investment management
(programs) IM-FA. Tangible fixed assets (measures)TR: TreasuryThe
treasury module of SAP R/3 integrates cash management and
forecasting with thefinancial and logistics-related applications.
It provides tools to analyze budgeting, processelectronic account
statements, analyze foreign money markets, and so forth.
Thefollowing list shows the components of the treasury module. TR.
Cash budget management TR-CM. Cash management TR-TM. Treasury
management TR-LO. Loans management TR-MRM. Market risk
managementSAP R/3 Handbook, Third Edition41Human Resources
ApplicationsThe HR module includes all necessary business processes
to manage efficiently all theneeds of a company's human resource
areafrom applicant screening to payrollaccounting or personnel
development. As with the rest of the SAP applications, the aimof
the HR module is to enter data just once and make it available to
other relatedapplications, such as accounting, plant maintenance,
or business workflow.The HR module includes full support for salary
administration and payroll, workschedule models, planning, travel
expenses, and so forth.It must be noted that the HR module and its
associated business process are very countryspecific, because the
software must adhere to specific country laws concerningemployment,
tax, benefits, and so on. For this reason, SAP includes different
proceduresand transactions for different countries.With the newer
releases of the Enterprise Core (R/3), there are four module groups
withinthe human resources applications: PA. Personnel management
and personnel administration, which includes thefollowing:o PA-RC.
Recruitmento PA-BN. Benefits administrationo PA-CM. Compensation
managemento PA-PM HR. Funds and position managemento PA-MA.
Managers desktopo Personnel development (former PD) PT. Personnel
time management, which includes the following functions forWork
Schedules, Time Evaluation, Incentive Wages, Shift Planning, Time
Datarecording, and so on PY. Payroll PE. Training and event
managementLogistics ApplicationsLogistics is the most extensive
area of the SAP applications and contains the largestnumber of
modules. The logistics applications manage all processes involved
in thesupply chain of goods: from raw material procurement to final
customer delivery andbilling. These applications contain
comprehensive business processes for flexiblemanufacturing systems
and lots of tools for decision support. These applications
integrateseamlessly with virtually every other SAP application,
from the financial and controllingmodules to the human resources
processes.The main logistics applications include the following
modules: LO. General logisticsSAP R/3 Handbook, Third Edition42
