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What does an SAP functional consultant do?
by Vikas Yadav marketingWhat does an SAP functional consultant do?
You must be aware of SAP. It is a German
company that is known for creating software products for companies that help
them manage their business operations more effectively. It is mainly known for
its ERP.
SAP ERP's basic functionality includes sales,
handling procurement to shipping, handling costs to finances, and so on. Process
runs through various types of codes. Every business requirement is like a code,
and various codes are put together to form a complete business process in SAP.
To handle all such coding and transaction work, professionals are appointed.
Herein, a functional consultant performs the real-time duty of understanding
the requirement and transforming it into a business process.
What is the role played by a functional
consultant?
A functional consultant initiates a
conversation with the customer’s representatives and evaluates the demands of
the consumers. He looks after the abstract and algorithm business models,
identifies the use cases, and transforms them into logical and technical views.
The role of a functional consultant follows:
- Customization
of the respective business area and preparing the system according to the
constraints of the respected use case.
- Documentation
of the settings and preparation of the guidelines is done by the
consultant in order to make necessary changes or repair work that needs to
be processed with due effort.
- It’s the
duty of the SAP functional consultant to give proper training to the users
and make sure that the system is working properly, allowing a complete and
correct business flow.
- If required,
he also does the testing work that tests the behavior of the system.
The main duty of the consultant is to transfer
external know-how to the client and make sure that the SAP system works
properly without any defects. A functional consultant uses their intelligence,
understanding of processes, and capability to search for the defects that bring
out a perfect business process at the end.
What role does a functional consultant play in
end-to-end implementation?
In end-to-end implementation, a functional
consultant generates the required knowledge about the running business process
and its designs and learns about the processes and complications, if any. After
the study, flow diagrams and DFDs are prepared.
The consultant needs to configure the
information and document it as per the categories in their predefined
templates. Also, the consultant needs to do mapping and GAP analysis for each
module.
Before configuring the future business
processes, an SAP functional consultant needs to prepare DFD/ERD, which are
also known as "To be" documents that are prepared as a result of
mapping and GAP analysis.
If required, functional consultants are asked
to prepare the test scripts as well. Even end-user manuals and user training
are also a part of the work undertaken by the functional consultants.
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In short, the role of a SAP functional
consultant is to understand business requirements or map business processes in
SAP and configure the system to meet customers’ needs in standard SAP process.
If there are certain business requirements that cannot be met by the SAP
standard process, then the consultant will create new programs and tools to
meet those demands.
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About Vikas Yadav 
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