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Sunday 5 July 2009

The difference between Basis and Netweaver and whats with all the versions?

Although the installation of SAP is still commonly called Basis, from the diagram below, we can see SAP Basis is old (See Blue blocks). Basis has had many functionalities added to it over the years and is currently called Netweaver 7.0. So when you hear Basis, think Netweaver 7.0



Netweaver 7.0 comes with SAP ERP 6.0

So what does that mean?

SAP is the Acronym for Systems, Applications and Products.

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is a company-wide computer software system used to manage and coordinate all the resources, information, and functions of a business from shared data stores

ERP 6.0 is commonly known as ECC 6.0 and is the latest ERP solution which brings together core ERP functionality with the Technology of SAP Netweaver 7.0 and Business Intelligence (BI) to provide a more comprehensive and an even more complete ERP offering to organizations.

ECC stands for Enterprise Core Components (currently on version 6) and enables SAP to build and develop an environment of Finance, Logistics, Sales, Material Management, HR, etc that can function upon the foundation of the central component.

Netweaver 7.0 contains the SAP Kernel core and the operational environment.

Well, I hope that has cleared something up.
Posted by Sandman at 19:03
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  1. Anonymous10 August 2009 at 15:46

    This naming issue, introduced by SAP is one of the hardest things in understanding people have to cope with.

    Means ECC:
    Enterprise Core Component
    as mentioned above and initial defined by SAP?

    or is it:
    ERP CENTRAL COMPONENT, which was the acronym SAP states later on?

    But: Is ERP on a same Level than other Applications like SRM CRM SEM ...? Or why does it stands out?

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