SAP R/3 is the name of the main
ERP Software[?] produced by the
SAP company. It's new (modern) name is
mySAP (
http://www.sap.com/solutions/erp.asp)
The SAP R/2 was an ERP Software specially adapted to the purchaser needs. The new SAP R/3 software goes one step beyond. It adapts the purchaser of the software to the standarized processes, which the R/3 software is bringing with it. This best-practice solution of processes gives the purchaser an optimization on the internal processes. The radical changes in the historic grown processes of the company need in most cases supported by external consultants.
The name of the company comes from the acronym of German Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung (German: Systems, Applications & Products in Data Processing; SAP AG)