10 Acronyms Every SAP Consultant Must Know

 When you step into a real SAP project, you realize one thing:

👉 Clients and senior consultants don’t speak in long sentences.
They speak in acronyms.

Miss one, and you feel lost in the conversation.

So here are 10 acronyms you’ll hear daily in real-time projects 👇

1️⃣ SPRO – SAP Project Reference Object (IMG, where config lives)

2️⃣ MRO – Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (PM + logistics term)

3️⃣ BOM – Bill of Material (your equipment’s DNA for spares)

4️⃣ WBS – Work Breakdown Structure (project costs + activities)

5️⃣ PO – Purchase Order (spares, services, vendors – MM/PM)

6️⃣ IDoc – Intermediate Document (system integrations)

7️⃣ RFC – Remote Function Call (system-to-system comms)

8️⃣ BADI – Business Add-In (enhancements, custom logic)

9️⃣ FLOC – Functional Location (technical hierarchy in PM)

🔟 FICO – Finance & Controlling (the settlement point for costs)

1️⃣1️⃣TR — Transport Request
This is how our changes in SAP moves from DEV—->QA—->PROD

💡 Tip for consultants: Don’t just memorize acronyms.

Always connect them to where they appear in the process.
Example: A BOM in PM isn’t just a list of parts — it drives auto-reservations in maintenance orders.

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👉 Acronyms are not just buzzwords.
They’re shortcuts to real-time business understanding.