BCO5651: ERP Implementation IMG Tutorial Part 1 - Homework Assignment

This assignment solution addresses key concepts in ERP implementation, focusing on the IMG (Implementation Guide) tutorial for SAP systems. It covers various aspects, including the IMG tool's functionality, different IMG structures (SAP reference, enterprise, and project IMG), and the differences between the IMG menu and the Easy Access menu. The solution provides step-by-step instructions for configuring organizational structures, such as transportation zones, company codes, and personnel areas. It also includes detailed explanations on assigning company codes to controlling areas, financial areas, and credit control areas, along with creating general ledger accounts and assigning field status variants. The assignment demonstrates the practical application of IMG in customizing and managing an SAP system based on client requests, as well as providing a comprehensive understanding of enterprise resource planning.

Question 1
Implementation guide, it is a tool that supports in modifying the SAP system based on clients’ requests.it
is a tool used to organize and manage the SAP system in your company (Lech, 2016).
Question 2
Sap reference IMG
Enterprise IMG
Product IMG
Question 3
Transportation zone is an object that clusters several locations, example when one warehouse delivers
number of locations they are grouped in a transportation zone.
Question 4
It is a function in the system within which the applications are synchronized and it is utilized in deciding
the customer you want to connect.
Question 5
True, yes it is a tree like structure where each component is connected to each other.
Question 6
 To organize, correct and evaluate customizing or implementation projects.
 Offer configuration SAP roles in cost effective manner safe and timely.
 To ensure consistency, this is by helping in assignment of configuration data from quality assurance
systems to production systems (Cacciottoli, 2016).
Question 7
The different ways in which implementation guide is displayed include: the SAP reference IMG, which
you have to install the SAP (Scheer, and Habermann, 2000), it contains all IMG activities sorted by
application component and then into categories general structure and the enterprise structure. Secondly, the
enterprise IMG structure that contains all IMG activities of the application components which are to be
implemented. Thirdly, the project IMG this is a subset of the SAP reference IMG or Enterprise IMG, it
contains the IMG activities of the application component which are implemented in a particular
customizing tasks.

Question 8
Systems ,Application and Product easy access menu is the user interface configuration used by the end
user, it is assigned to the individual however IMG menu is the backend configuration based on clients
request and the results will appear on Easy Access (Cacciottoli, 2016).
Question 9
Navigate through IMG; go to Enterprise Structure > Definition > Human Resources Management >
Personnel Areas
Question 10
The connection between a company code and personnel area is done by allocating a personnel area with a
company code. According to (Clarke, 4Sight Tech Inc, 2012), the process of assigning the company code is
as follows, on the command file execute tcode then go to SAP reference IMG, then on the display IMG
screen, click Assignment on the navigation menu, follow Human Resource Management then follow
Assign Personnel Area to Company code.

Reference List
Cacciottoli, A., 2016. First Steps in SAP FI Configuration. Espresso Tutorials GmbH.
Clarke, H.J., 4Sight Tech Inc, 2012. Enterprise project management system and method therefor. U.S.
Patent 8,306,841.
Lech, P., 2016. Implementation of an ERP system: A case study of a full-scope SAP project. Zarządzanie i
Finanse. Journal of Management and Finance, 14(1), pp.49-64.
Scheer, A.W. and Habermann, F., 2000. Enterprise resource planning: making ERP a
success. Communications of the ACM, 43(4), pp.57-61.