SAP R/3 Business Blueprint: Understanding the Business Process Reference Model - Softcover

Curran, Thomas A.; Keller, Gerhard; Ladd, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0135211476 ISBN 13: 9780135211472

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1997

Synopsis

This book will explain Business Process Engineering and show how SAP's R/3 can be used to accomplish BPR. SAP is the product name for a leading selling Client/Server software package which is directed at the large systems marketplace. SAP's R/3 is the technology that makes BPR workable from an information technology point of view.

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Let SAP's R/3 change the way you think about business engineering

This book is a businessman's bible about business process design. Using SAP's leading enterprise software product R/3 as a backdrop, it is the first book to explain the structure and content of common business processes that management deals with on a daily basis.

The authors paint the future of business process change by giving the reader the terminology, content, and technology behind an evolving standard for enterprises in the new age(the business blueprint. Here is a collection of process and object descriptions that are the basis for streamlining your company in the future. The book explains how to understand the process content of systems like R/3 and apply it to your company.

Most business software is applied on top of existing structures, to mimic old-fashioned methods and procedures. R/3 allows users to design and model processes all along the value chain, crossing functional and organizational boundaries, to achieve true integration.

SAP R/3 Business Blueprint uses three main sections to present this paradigm in a style that is accessible across the organization:

• Business Engineering sketches the big picture for high-level decision makers, without getting bogged down in technical detail. Senior managers can gain familiarity with the major features and tools available under R/3, and learn the most important aspects of its evaluation and implementation.
• Process Design details R/3's applications to such specific fields as sales, production, finance, and human resources. Practical business process scenarios are used throughout the book to show R/3 in action in a variety of settings.
• Architecture, Framework, and Tools provides nuts-and-bolts information for IS professionals. A thorough overview of the technical specifications and structure shows how organizations can easily implement R/3 to improve stabilization and communication across departments and processes. In particular, this book explains the impact of new technologies such as Windows( NT( and the Internet on future business process design. It considers the scenarios that companies will need to integrate based on a common business process understanding.

Developed by an international team, SAP R/3 Business Blueprint draws on nearly a decade of client/server history in organizations around the world to present a complete, inside look at this powerful tool for enterprise-wide business engineering.

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About the Author

THOMAS A. CURRAN is founder and President of Component Software (Cambridge, MA), which produces front office applications for the enterprise. Curran worked for five years as technology strategist and product manager for SAP(TM) AG and has guided numerous projects for clients worldwide.

ANDREW LADD, Ph.D., is a professional writer and communications consultant. He teaches at Emory University (Atlanta, GA) and serves as Director of Communications for Component Software, Inc. Ladd has written extensively on the ERP market and its impact on the modern enterprise.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0135211476
• ISBN 13: 9780135211472
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320