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German contributors appraise SAP R/3 software (up to version 4.5) for the executive planning market, in 11 chapters covering the information technology challenges this tool for streamlining business processes is intended to address. Chapters are oriented to the conception and planning of R/3 implementation, the structure and functioning of the major R/3 modules, and the application report. Includes a glossary of general and business programming computer terms.Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR


Book Description
Covers the decision-relevant aspects of implementing SAP R/3. Covers in detail strategic planning, methods and tools, linking to the Internet and Intranet, and challenges encountered when implementing SAP R/3 into a company. Contains information on business application components and how they work with SAP R/3, including financial accounting and controlling, sales and distribution, logistics/material management, and human resources.


Book Info
Provides a summary of the relevant aspects of the SAP R/3 system and presents the information in a deliberately concise, factual format. Text is targeted toward executives so that they can evaluate the effect of SAP R/3 in their own organizations. Softcover. DLC: Conception and planning of the R/3 implementation.


About the Author
Michael Rebstock, Ph.D. (Germany) has been a consultant in SAP R/3 implementation, project management, marketing information systems, EDI, workflow analysis and corporate modeling since 1988. In 1995, he was appointed Professor of Business administration and Business Computing at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences. Presently, Dr. Rebstock focuses his research and consulting work in Internet connection of SAP R/3, electronic commerce, international project management and requirements analysis, corporate modeling, and process optimization. Knut Hildebrand, Ph.D. (Germany) has many years experience as an SAP consultant. He has successfully implemented SAP R/3 in numerous projects. In 1996, Dr. Hildebrand became a professor of business studies, specializing in business data processing, at the University for Economics in Ludwigshafen on the Rhine, where he heads the SAP Laboratory. In his consulting work, Dr. Hildebrand focuses on business standard software (SAP R/3), information management and business reengineering.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Covers the decision-relevant aspects of implementing SAP R/3. Covers in detail strategic planning, methods and tools, linking to the Internet and Intranet, and challenges encountered when implementing SAP R/3 into a company. Contains information on business application components and how they work with SAP R/3, including financial accounting and controlling, sales and distribution, logistics/material management, and human resources. Currently no competition at this price point that covers the new releases of SAP R/3. Covers the newest release of SAP, versions 4 and 4.5. Contains case studies provided by hands-on SAP R/3 consultants. Written to the level of CEO, CFO, and IT executives, unlike the competition that writes to beginners and programmers.

SYNOPSIS

CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, and corporate executives.

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