SAP SCM: Applications and Modeling for Supply Chain Management (with BW Primer) - Hardcover

Wood, Dan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471769916 ISBN 13: 9780471769910

Publisher: Wiley, 2007

Synopsis

SAP SCM: Applications and Modeling for Supply Chain Management empowers you to capitalize on the sophistication of SAP APO. This book provides clear advice on the inevitable, critical decisions that can lead to project success or failure and shows you, wherever you are on the supply chain management staff―buyer, planner, ground controller or analyst―to fully exploit the agility SAP APO offers.

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About the Author

DANIEL C. WOOD is a senior business system analyst for supply chain management at Intel Corporation; he also serves as an adjunct faculty in the Department of Information Systems at Arizona State University's W.P. Carey School of Business.

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Praise for SAP SCM: Applications and Modeling for Supply Chain Management

"This should be required reading for any company moving from ERP to an advanced SCM solution. Dan covers the different aspects of SCM and how they fit together. He also explains why you should keep the model simple and not try to model everything in the supply chain. The '98% solution' is good enough."
Steve Blair CPIM, Senior System Analyst in a Fortune-500 high tech company

"This excellent, resourceful step-by-step guide is a must-have book for SAP pro-fessionals. The book is not only wide-ranging, but comprehensive on specific SCM topics with something to offer all types of SAP role groups including project managers, executives, developers, consultants, and end-users."
Srini Uppala, SCM Consultant

". . .Dan has dealt comprehensively with supply chain planning and execution components to enrich and elevate the knowledge base for both starters and matured analysts . . .The executive lessons chapter in this book guides decision makers on how to approach product implementation and leverage the best ROI returns to the corporations successfully."
Srinivas Gudipati, Senior Manager, SAP Supply chain Practice, SEAL Consulting Inc.

The decision to adopt SAP SCM as the software engine that powers the supply chain is a critical strategic commitment that is too expensive and far-reaching to be left to chance supply chain execution is at stake. SAP SCM: Applications and Modeling for Supply Chain Management will empower professionals to capitalize on the sophistication of SAP APO. This book provides clear advice on the inevitable, critical decisions that can lead to project success or failure and teaches supply chain management staff including buyers, planners, ground controllers, and analysts to fully exploit the agility SAP APO offers.

"This should be required reading for any company moving from ERP to an advanced SCM solution. Dan covers the different aspects of SCM and how they fit together. He also explains why you should keep the model simple and not try to model everything in the supply chain. The '98% solution' is good enough."
—Steve Blair CPIM, Senior System Analyst in a Fortune-500 high tech company

"This excellent, resourceful step-by-step guide is a must-have book for SAP pro-fessionals. The book is not only wide-ranging, but comprehensive on specific SCM topics with something to offer all types of SAP role groups including project managers, executives, developers, consultants, and end-users."
—Srini Uppala, SCM Consultant

". . .Dan has dealt comprehensively with supply chain planning and execution components to enrich and elevate the knowledge base for both starters and matured analysts . . .The executive lessons chapter in this book guides decision makers on how to approach product implementation and leverage the best ROI returns to the corporations successfully."
—Srinivas Gudipati, Senior Manager, SAP Supply chain Practice, SEAL Consulting Inc.

The decision to adopt SAP SCM as the software engine that powers the supply chain is a critical strategic commitment that is too expensive and far-reaching to be left to chance–—supply chain execution is at stake. SAP SCM: Applications and Modeling for Supply Chain Management will empower professionals to capitalize on the sophistication of SAP APO. This book provides clear advice on the inevitable, critical decisions that can lead to project success or failure and teaches supply chain management staff including buyers, planners, ground controllers, and analysts to fully exploit the agility SAP APO offers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471769916
• ISBN 13: 9780471769910
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336