Common SAP Interview Questions

Q : What is ERP?
A : ERP stands for Enterprise Resource Planning, which means a program package with the concepts to integrating complex business processes as a whole to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of an enterprise. In the early days, the ERP package is mainly targeting the manufacturing industry for managing core business process such as production and finance. But now the ERP software is designed also to cover all the basic processes in a medium size to a large companies.
Q: Name different types of ERP?
A: There are many types of ERP system today, they are SAP, BANN, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, Siebel, among them, the SAP ERP software is the most sought after ERP system because of its advantages over other ERP system.
Q: What is exactly SAP?
A: SAP actually a name of a company that was first founded in 1972 under German Name, the SAP AG which headquartered in Walldorf, Germany. SAP Stands for (Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte) , translated in English means Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing.
Q: Why choose to implement SAP instead of other ERP System?
A: Because SAP is highly configurable, it has a very powerful data handling and can reduce data redundancy, it offers a great data integrity and consistency.
Q: Can BW (Business Warehouse) implemented and run without any SAP R/3 implementation?
A: Yes you can run BW with no SAP R/3 implementation, because you can use the business content in BW using a third party software, such as Acta, Infomatica, DataStage or other flat files and process it using BW.
Q: What is IDES?
A: IDES stands for International Demonstration and Education System, it’s actually a sample application for demo and training purposes that has all the functionality and capabilities you found in the SAP system.

Q: What is the importance of WF?
A: WF (Business Work Flow) is a tool for automatic control and execution of cross application processes, the processes will involve coordinating people, all the work steps, the required data. You can also use business work flow to define business processes that are not yet mapped in the SAP R/3 System, it’s also use to trigger events based on business actions.

Q: What is SAP R/3?
A: R/3 means Real time 3 tier applications, the SAP R/3 is an integrated software modules that integrating complex business processes within a company, it allows a fast distribution of information in real time and robust performance due to its 3 tier application.
Q: Explain the 3 tier application concept in SAP R/3?
A: 3 tier application is a technique to separate an application into 3 different layers/tiers, they are the presentation layer, application layer and the database layer. Application programs in an R/3 System are run on application servers. The application servers communicate with the presentation components, the database, and also with each other, using the message server. All the data are stored in a centralized server. This server is called database server.