Third Edition: Thoroughly Updated and Expanded, with Extensive New Coverage!
In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, you’ll master the entire SAP project lifecycle, from planning through implementation and system administration through day-to-day operations. Using this book’s straightforward, step-by-step approach, you’ll gain a strong real-world foundation in both the technology and business essentials of today’s SAP products and applications—from the ground up.
Step-by-step instructions walk you through the most common questions, issues, and tasks you’ll encounter with SAP.
Case study-based exercises help you build and test your knowledge.
By the Way notes present interesting pieces of information.
Did You Know? tips offer advice or teach an easier way.
Watch Out! cautions warn about potential problems.
Learn how to…
- Understand SAP’s newest products for enterprises and small-to-midsize businesses, and choose the right solutions for your company
- Discover how SAP integrates with Web services and service-oriented architecture
- Develop an efficient roadmap for deploying SAP in your environment
- Plan your SAP implementation from business, functional, technical, and project management perspectives
- Leverage NetWeaver 7.0 features to streamline development and integration, and reduce cost
- Walk through a step-by-step SAP technical installation
- Master basic SAP system administration and operations
- Perform essential tasks such as logon, session management, and printing
- Build SAP queries and reports
- Prepare for SAP upgrades and enhancements
- Develop your own personal career as an SAP professional
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Customer Reviews & Comments
This is probably the most up-to-date overview book on SAP there is (as of mid-2006), unfortunately it's much more useful for those who will be day-to-day end users of SAP than it is for implementors, administrators, or auditors. What you need to know to begin to navigate the SAP GUIs is covered here, but if you don't or haven't actually worked with a large company's supply chain or customer relationship management systems this information isn't going to do you a lot of good--it's about SAP (specifically using the front-end, for the most part), not ERP/CRM. If you're going to be using SAP day-to-day this book may help you get started more quickly, especially if you can follow along on your computer while reading.
If you're going to be implementing, administrating, or auditing/securing SAP, you won't get much out of this book. If you're serious about learning SAP your best bet, unfortunately, is to take an instructor-led, hands-on course.
