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Book Description

Publication Date: March 17, 2000

The Preconfigured Client (PCC) consists of a set of transport files, documentation, and an installation guide. It gives a significant head start on R/3 configuration by providing a tested, U.S.-oriented environment in which many business processes run out of the box. This guide provides information about the Preconfigured Client (PCC) and what is preconfigured.

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The Guides Audience

This guide:
 Is written for consultants and customer project teams
 Provides information about the Preconfigured Client (PCC)
 Answers the following types of questions:
 - Why should you use the PCC?
 - What is configured?
 - What does the organizational structure look like?

Other documents:
 The Preconfigured Client Installation Guide provides a step-by-step description on transporting the PCC to an R/3 System. Extensive knowledge of R/3 Basis is not required.
 Appendix D describes the Computer Aided Test Tool (CATT) scripts that come with the PCC and explains how to use CATTs.
 The Preconfigured Client Vertex/Taxware Interface Guide describes a PCC add-on that enables an interface to VERTEX or to Taxware, third-party sales tax systems. This guide and the transports are available on our web site.

What Is the Preconfigured Client?
The Preconfigured Client (PCC) consists of a set of transport files, documentation, and an installation guide. It gives a significant head start on R/3 configuration by providing a tested, U.S.-oriented environment in which many business processes run out of the box. The PCC is used as the starting point for configuration instead of a copy of client 000, and also makes an excellent sandbox client where different business scenarios can be configured and tested from its solid base.

For example, immediately after installing, you can run complete business scenarios. A complete purchasing process may involve the following steps:
1. Create material and vendor
2. Create purchase order
3. Receive goods
4. Receive invoice
5. Make payment

The testing tools that come with the PCC guarantee that many complete processes run out of the box in a just-installed PCC. A comprehensive set of CATT scripts not only ensures the quality of the configuration but also can help familiarize users with the supported business processes. PCC CATTs are described in a separate document, the Preconfigured Client CATT Procedures.

Many processes in the following modules have been configured to run in a just-installed PCC:
 Financial Accounting (FI)
 Asset Management (AM)
 Investment Management (IM)
 Controlling (CO)
 Projects System (PS)
 Materials Management (MM)
 Sales and Distribution (SD)
 Production Planning - product costing (PP)

About the Author

The R/3 Simplification Group at SAP Labs, Palo Alto, develops or helps develop "Accelerators" to make R/3 implementations quicker, cheaper, and easier. The R/3 Made Easy guidebook series was created to help customers speed up their R/3 implementations. The Made Easy guidebooks are all written by authors with field experience in the area they cover.

Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, SAP Labs, Inc. researches and develops cutting-edge software products for the SAP business application systems. SAP Labs, Inc. employs over 450 people from 15 countries and is a member of the worldwide SAP AG company network. Our mission is to develop country-specific products for American and Canadian customers and to integrate new technologies developed in the Silicon Valley in the SAP systems worldwide.

SAP AG is headquartered in Walldorf, Germany and is the world's fourth largest software firm. It employs over 18,000 people in more than 50 countries and is currently the largest software company trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: SAP). SAP Labs, Inc. is a subsidiary of SAP America, the SAP marketing, training, and consulting headquarters in the United States.

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