Implementing Sap R/3 : How to Introduce a Large System into a Large Organization, 2nd Edition [Hardcover]

Nancy H. Bancroft (Author), Andrea Sprengel (Author), Henning Seip (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1997

Best-selling SAP R/3 implementation guide. New section on SAP configuration and implementation pitfalls.

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Amazon.com Review

Frankness is a quality permeating the pages of Implementing SAP R/3: How to Introduce a Large System into a Large Organization. Mining nearly three decades worth of combined consulting experience, authors Bancroft, Seip, and Sprengel provide incisive and brutally honest insight into what it means to overhaul both business and computing practices with SAP R/3. The book focuses more on business and process reengineering than configurations or programming. Implementing SAP R/3 does manage to provide a balanced view of the technological components of the R/3 system. The authors take pains to explain what types of businesses it is best suited for, its failures and shortcomings, as well as its triumphs.

The explanation of R/3 that kick starts this book is highly approachable, detailing the philosophical and technical underpinnings of this system. The other three loosely constructed sections deal almost exclusively with the complexity of an R/3 implementation. Throughout these portions, the authors emphasize the importance of identifying and establishing project goals, a point liberally illustrated by various case studies. Additionally, a terrific glossary is tucked away in the final pages, as are four appendices. These appendices cover data-modeling and relational-database concepts, content and structure of the SAP data dictionary, and the development of Advanced Business Application Programming/4GL (ABAP4). --Sarah L. Roberts-Witt

From the Back Cover

This book answers the most critical technical and management questions faced by any manager or IT professional involved in SAP R/3 implementation. In this book, three leading SAP R/3 consultants offer a complete tour of SAP R/3, its architecture and key components. They introduce the basics of configuring an R/3 System, including training and in-house user groups. Using many case studies, they show how top companies have used SAP R/3 as the basis of a reengineering program - and the lessons they've learned along the way. This new edition adds detailed technical information in two entirely new chapters: The R/3 System in Depth, and Configuring SAP R/3. SAP R/3 is increasingly implemented by global companies, so this edition also adds new coverage of the issues that arise in international implementations. All IT professionals and managers and senior executives involved in - or considering - implementing SAP R/3 enterprise solutions.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 336 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2nd edition (September 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 013889213X
• ISBN-13: 978-0138892135
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,295,679 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars This book is only for people of no implementation experience, November 16, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Implementing Sap R/3 : How to Introduce a Large System into a Large Organization, 2nd Edition (Hardcover)

This book will serve well for managers who are planning to or going through their first R/3 implementation project. However, you probably would not need it any further after you have succeeded in your first project. Realistic people and organisational issues for project management are presented with limited technical detail.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Book!, May 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Implementing Sap R/3 : How to Introduce a Large System into a Large Organization, 2nd Edition (Hardcover)

I think this is still one of the best reference books for implementing SAP, particularly the change management aspects. The 2nd edition had many updates that should negate older, more negative comments.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A must read for SAP R/3 implementation managers, April 15, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Implementing Sap R/3 : How to Introduce a Large System into a Large Organization, 2nd Edition (Hardcover)

If you can read only one book on R/3 implementation, this is the one. Clear, to the point and well organized, Bancroft describes the classic SAP implementation. Good insights into choosing the implementation team. Even with the advent of ASAP, this is the best on the subject.