SAP R/3 Business Blueprint: Understanding Enterprise Supply Chain Management - Softcover

Curran, Thomas A.; Ladd, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130853402 ISBN 13: 9780130853400

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1999

Synopsis

Using SAP's leading enterprise software product R/3 as a backdrop, the book clearly demonstrates how common business process can be defined and then reengineered for maximum value. This new edition explains SAP's latest R/3 releases and strategic initiatives in language that's easy to understand and apply. It begins with a Business Engineering section that sketches the "big picture" for high-level decision makers, helping them understand the major features and tools of the latest R/3 release, and the key issues associated with its implementation. Next, the Process Design section introduces R/3's applications in specific fields such as sales, production, finance, and human resources. Finally, the Architecture, Framework, and Tools section provides up-to-date, detailed implementation help for IT professionals.

About this title

About the Author

Thomas Curran is President of Component Software (Cambridge, MA), which produces desktop ERP applications. He worked for five years as technology strategist for SAP AG.

Andrew Ladd is Director of Communications for Component Software, Inc., for whom he was written numerous white papers and technical documents.

From the Back Cover

 

The complete business and implementation guide to SAP™ R/3™!

In order to gain the maximum value from SAP™ R/3™, you need to understand the rich business framework embedded in R/3™ and know how to implement it within your unique organization.

The revision of this best-selling classic does both: documenting the deep process knowledge built into R/3™, helping decision-makers understand its benefits and offering start-to-finish guidance for R/3™ implementers organization-wide. Newly updated to reflect R/3™ Release 4.5, this book delivers:

• Detailed coverage of finance, human resources, production, purchasing, sales, and service management with SAP™ R/3™
• Key business-process scenarios, presented in common business terms
• An overview of the IT infrastructure provided by SAP™ for e-commerce and supply chain management
• Analysis of R/3™ middleware transaction management and application distribution
• Practical coverage of the R/3™ Repository, SAP™ Business Framework, and R/3™ Business Objecs
• Updates on the latest methodologies for R/3™ evaluation and the tools for R/3™ implementation
• A view of SAP™ R/3™ beyond Y2K and the challenges for the next generation enterprise using the Internet

You won't find a clearer guide to SAP™ R/3™. You'll discover how key components of R/3™ link together, how they integrate the entire enterprise, and how to keep deriving business benefits from R/3™ long after it's been installed.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0130853402
• ISBN 13: 9780130853400
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 432