SAP ERP

Get ahead of the game with an enterprise resource planning system (ERP) from SAP

Stay competitive by relying on our proven ERP system to streamline your processes across procurement, manufacturing, service, sales, finance, and HR. Learn more about the different types of ERP systems – and explore their benefits – on our What is ERP? page.

Industry-leading ERP system – for good reason

SAP ERP is the de facto industry standard worldwide – offered for 25 industries, 37 languages, and 45 localisations

The reason our ERP system is so successful is that its nearly 50,000 customers have helped shape its scope through programs like Customer Influence. The latest enhancement package (EhP8) is no exception. Release highlights include improved functionalities for:

Industries: retail, insurance, oil & gas, utilities, public sector, media, and plant maintenance
Lines of business: R&D engineering, finance, commodity management, and HCM
Easier conversion to the SAP S/4HANA in-memory ERP suite

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Upgrade to Enhancement Package 8 for ERP 6.0

Transition to SAP S/4HANA

Learn how the functional and technical capabilities of SAP ERP can simplify the lives of business users and IT:

Functional Capabilities

Procure to Pay

Cut costs with support for end-to-end procurement and logistics processes

Learn more about Procure to Pay

Plan to Product

Accelerate your entire manufacturing process – from planning and scheduling to monitoring and analysis

Learn more about Plan to Product

Order to Cash

Support customer-focused processes – from product sales to service delivery to warranty claims and returns

Learn more about Order to Cash

Request to Service

Boost sales and customer satisfaction by delivering exceptional service in every customer experience

Learn more about Request to Service

Core Human Resources

Get support for recruiting, onboarding, administration, professional development, and promotion

Learn more about Core Human Resources

Core Finance

Streamline and automate your financial operations while ensuring regulatory compliance

Learn more about Core Finance

Deployment Options

On-premise

Cloud: Partner Managed Cloud or SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud

Hybrid model

Key Content

ERP Foundation Starter Value Map

ERP Foundation Starter Road Map

Enterprise Foundation Starter BOM

Stay Connected

SAP ERP Community Network

SAP ERP Enhancement Package Community

SAP ERP Upgrade Community

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Technical Capabilities

Applications – Best-in-class applications built around SAP ERP integration
Cloud – Add-on cloud modules that integrate seamlessly with SAP ERP
Mobile – A secure and intuitive mobile interface for SAP ERP – available anytime, anywhere
Analytics – Integrated, real-time analytics based on reliable ERP data
Database and Technology – Tools, standards, speed, and flexibility that reduce landscape complexity
Languages – Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Chinese Traditional, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

Suggested Resources

Rapid Deployment Solutions for SAP ERP Foundation*

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SAP ERP system requirements

System and software requirements vary according to specific customer scenarios – please refer to the SAP ERP Sizing Guide for details. Also, please see the Product Availability Matrix for the latest information on updates and releases.

System Requirements	Description
Databases	DB2 FOR Z/OS, DB2 LUW 64-BIT, DB2/400, MAXDB 64-BIT, MS SQL SERVER X86_64, ORACLE 64-BIT, SAP ASE FOR BUSINESS SUITE, SAP HANA DATABASE
Operating Systems	AIX 64, HP-UX ON IA64, LINUX FOR ZSERIES, LINUX ON POWER, LINUX ON X86_64, OS/400, SOLARIS FOR X64, SOLARIS/SPARC 64, WINDOWS FOR X86_64, Z/OS
Web Browsers	Apple Safari, Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer
Java Platform, Standard Edition	SAP JVM 6.1
Java 2, Enterprise Edition	J2EE Engine ServerCore

SAP ERP Product Availability Matrix

SAP ERP Sizing Guide

Explore licensing and purchasing options for SAP ERP

SAP ERP can be purchased as a traditional, on-premise application – licensed on a perpetual named-user basis from SAP directly, or as a SAP Business All-in-One solution via an SAP Reselling Partner. The core, SAP ERP Foundation, includes functionality for Human Resources and Finance, as well as essential enterprise processes such as Procure-to-Pay, Order-to-Cash, Plan-to-Product, and Request-to-Service.

Pay only for the ERP modules you need today – and add more users and functionality as your needs change
SAP ERP is also available as a subscription license, hosted on SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud and through Partner Managed Cloud
Contact your local SAP account executive for additional licensing and purchasing options

Buy SAP software now and pay later — with our flexible payment plans and financing options

Read the Enterprise Foundation Starter BOM

See what our customers are saying...

APGENCO

Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation Limited (APGENCO) needed to consolidate data from all its locations to make better decisions at the corporate level. APGENCO chose SAP ERP to automate and standardise processes across its locations. The implementation was completed within budget in 11 months. APGENCO now has automated business processes for sustainable growth.

ERS

Learn how SAP ERP has helped Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS) unify operations and streamline and standardise processes across the organisation, including accelerating purchase requisitions and maintenance orders and increasing the frequency of price calculations.

Artsana

Learn why Artsana upgraded its SAP ERP—and how they took advantage of SAP Solution Manager and SAP Enterprise Support services to make the upgrade a success. The SAP Enterprise Support advisory team played a crucial role in coordinating activities with SAP experts and consultants to resolve critical issues, limit support activities after go-live, assure stabilization, and complete the project on time.

Materion

As a key supplier to the niche microelectronics industry in Singapore, where competition is fierce due to the short lifecycle of products, Materion wanted to improve business efficiency. To do this, Materion installed the latest version of SAP ERP. Learn how new functionality is helping the company streamline business operations end to end – from customer relationship management to financial management.

CAMPOSOL S.A.

CAMPOSOL S.A. is the leading agro-industrial company in Peru. With more than 15,000 workers in the high production season, the company has the goal of becoming one of the five worldwide leaders of the healthy food sector. To help achieve this, CAMPOSOL upgraded its management processes by implementing SAP ERP powered by SAP HANA.

Trigon LLC

At the core of Trigon's success are well-timed sales promotions and unique campaigns—both of which depend on accurate material costing, supported by SAP ERP. SAP ERP has also helped Trigon automate processing of purchase orders, goods receipts, and vendor invoices. SAP ERP also provides better visibility into inventory and material age, which has eliminated underselling and increased profits.

Umasons

To address growing customer demand, Umasons selected SAP ERP to integrate processes across finance, materials, production, and sales—and now has fast point-in-time reporting across all lines of business. As a result, Umasons is able to meet demand, control quality and cost, and avoid waste.

Implementation

Ensure a successful implementation and maximise your ROI with information resources that support the different phases of SAP ERP – from planning and installation to operation.

- Plan
- Install
- Integrate
- Operate
- Train

Plan the installation

Refer to section 3.1 of the Master Guide: SAP ERP 6.0, EHP8* for important planning steps, including scope and requirements, dependencies, landscape planning, business functions, requirements, and testing.

Confirm that you have a license key

To request permanent license keys, you need the authorisation "Request License Keys." Check your authorisations* under myProfile in the SAP Support Portal, or contact an SAP user administrator in your company* to extend your authorisation.

Download the software

Ready to purchase your enterprise resource planning system? Visit the SAP Support Portal* to review the latest release notes, learn about configuration and deployment, and download the SAP ERP 6.0, EHP8 software installation package.

Consider a faster deployment option

Get up and running even faster. Rapid-deployment solutions for SAP ERP Foundation* take advantage of business and implementation best practices. They are published as packages with assets covering solution design and configuration, as well process flow descriptions.

Need additional help with your implementation?
Contact SAP Digital Business Services or SAP Enterprise Support services

Find an SAP partner to help with your implementation

Complete the installation steps

Refer to section 1.3.2 in the Master Guide: SAP ERP 6.0, EPH8. It outlines the installation steps – including system preparation, installation, post-installation steps, content installation, Solution Manager setup, configuration, and testing.

Need additional help with your implementation?
Contact SAP Digital Business Services or SAP Enterprise Support services

Find an SAP partner to help with your implementation

Integration for SAP cloud solutions

As companies digitize the enterprise, leveraging the best cloud solutions with your SAP solutions helps establish your platform for innovation and business process automation. With sophisticated
integration options and built-in integration from SAP, you can connect SAP ERP with SAP cloud solutions.

Explore defined best practice integration scenarios for SAP ERP and SAP Cloud solutions:

Finance

Integration of SAP ERP with SAP Financial Services Network: The hybrid integration scenario offers end-to-end business process integration for payment processing.
Integration of SAP ERP with Concur: This standardised integration enables faster processing of payments in expense reports.

Human Resources

Integration of SAP ERP with SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central: The hybrid integration scenario offers end-to-end business process integration for Core HR and Payroll.

Integration of SAP ERP with SAP SuccessFactors Talent Management: The hybrid integration scenario offers flexible and automated data exchange for basic employee data, compensation planning, recruiting, learning and analytics.

Integration of SAP ERP with SAP SuccessFactors Workforce Analytics: SAP SuccessFactors Workforce Analytics helps gain insights into how investments in talent are impacting business outcomes.

Sales

Integration of SAP ERP with SAP Hybris Cloud for Customer: The hybrid scenario offers data and end-to-end business process integration for opportunity-to-order management including accounts, opportunities, quotes and orders.

Marketing

Integration of SAP ERP with SAP S/4HANA Marketing Cloud: Streamline your marketing operations with greater alignment of your teams and resources, and Improve agility and transparency with marketing planning and budgeting.

Procurement and Sourcing

Integration of SAP ERP with SAP Ariba Procure-to-Pay: The integration scenario for self-service procurement enables you to drive compliant, automated purchasing and collaboration with suppliers.
Integration of SAP ERP with Ariba Network: The hybrid integration scenarios for streamlined sourcing help you reduce the operational cost of procurement processes and optimise the source-to-pay process.

Manage your SAP applications

Learn how to optimally manage, maintain, and run your SAP ERP software with the Application Operations Guide for SAP ERP 6.0 EHP8*.

Enhance SAP ERP 6.0 security

Read the SAP ERP Security Guide for an overview of security-relevant information for SAP ECC and industry extensions.

Need additional help with your implementation?
Contact SAP Digital Business Services or SAP Enterprise Support services

Find an SAP partner to help with your implementation

Enhance your knowledge of SAP ERP

View the SAP ERP training and certification catalogue of instructor-led courses and e-courses, so you can learn when and where it’s convenient for you.

View the catalog

Stay up-to-date with our learning maps

Get role-specific learning maps with implementation and operation information on the latest SAP products and upgrades.

Learn about our online knowledge products (OKPs)*

Need expert guidance with your educational needs? Learn about our education consulting services

Upgrades

Enhancement packages for SAP ERP 6.0 are released on a regular basis, offering additional functionality that can be activated selectively by business function.

SAP has released enhancement package 8 for SAP ERP 6.0, with new features, capabilities, and information resources to help you plan and carry out a successful upgrade.

Obtain project planning guidance

Plan and execute a smooth upgrade project with help from the SAP Upgrade Road Map – available for download here.

Download the SAP Upgrade Road Map

Identify the upgrade paths

Download the Product Availability Matrix to review upgrade paths for our enterprise resource planning modules.

View the product availability matrix

Plan your upgrade

The Master Guide* contains important information about SAP EHP8 for SAP ERP 6.0 installation and upgrade planning.

Read the guide (login required)

Plan landscape changes

The Landscape Planner lets you visualise your existing system landscape, simulate changes, and analyse the potential impact.

Use the planner (login required)

Identify dependencies

Rely on the Upgrade Dependency Analyser to determine whether your upgrade has an impact on other systems in your landscape.

Access upgrade tools

Size the implementation

Use the Web-based Quick Sizer tool to help you select an economically balanced system based on your business requirements.

Open the Quick Sizer tool*

Complete the upgrade steps

The Master Guide contains important information about SAP EHP8 for SAP ERP 6.0 installation and upgrade planning.

Read the guide

Download SAP ERP 6.0 EHP 8

Technical release information

Download installations and upgrades

Download support packages and patches

Ask the community

Visit the SAP ERP upgrade community to join the conversation. Ask questions, post comments, and discuss issues.

Join the community

Ensure a successful, seamless transition to SAP S/4HANA

Get in-depth guidance for implementing and optimising your SAP S/4HANA software to fit your business, streamline operations, and reduce TCO – with the least possible disruption.

Learn more

Need additional help with your upgrade? Contact SAP Digital Business Services or SAP Enterprise Support services

Find an SAP partner to help with your upgrade

Support

Get the support you need to keep your SAP ERP software running at peak performance, maximise the value of your software, and take advantage of new business models and capabilities.

Troubleshoot and Maintain

Find solutions to known issues. Stay up to date with technical planning resources and software updates. See more >>

SAP Support Portal Resources

Search for SAP ERP Notes & Knowledge Base Articles

Get SAP ERP 6.0 EHP7 maintenance dates, upgrade paths and platform availability*

Find out when the next SAP ERP support package or patch will be released

Download SAP ERP 6.0 EHP7 support packages and patches

View your existing license keys or request additional keys

Open a Support Incident when you need technical assistance from SAP

Optimise your systems with self-guided or expert-guided SAP Enterprise Support Academy services

SAP Help Portal documentation

Find out what's new in SAP ERP 6.0 EHP7