SAP is a large Enterprise Software company that was established in 1972 in Mannheim, Germany. SAP is an acronym that stands for Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte, which translates into Systems Applications and Products in English. The company historically has a focus on building business applications as the five original co-founders previously worked for IBM.
SAP provides a comprehensive development platform and licenses domain-specific modules that are tailored towards industry-specific functions. Some of the modules include Human Resources (HR), Finance (FI), Materials Management (MM), Plant Maintenance (PM), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Compatible Units (CU), Utilities (ISU), and Customer Relationship Management (CRM). In addition to these modules, underlying platform components exist called BASIS. BASIS administrators are generally responsible for configuring and maintaining the Relational Database Management System (RDBMS...