SAP stands for System Analysis and Program Development.

SAP's Business Suite has four applications as below:

1..customer relationship management (CRM) - helps companies

acquire and retain customers, gain marketing and customer

insight

2..product lifecycle management (PLM) - helps manufacturers

with product-related information

3..supply chain management (SCM) - helps companies with the

process of resourcing its manufacturing and service processes

4..supplier relationship management (SRM) - enables

companies to procure from suppliers

5..enterprise resource planning (ERP)