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Ravi Kalakota (Author), Paul Kurchina (Author)
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0974827029 978-0974827025 November 8, 2004
Despite successive waves of enterprise software applications, one frontier remains untouched by automation — processes on the front lines of business, such as field service, sales, and asset management.

Emerging mobile solutions that extend SAP enterprise applications to employees outside the office promise that these processes won’t remain untouched for much longer.

This book reveals how TransAlta, Volkswagen, TÜV Nord, METRO Group, Frito-Lay, and numerous other companies are successfully mobilizing SAP solutions to transform processes. The core drivers motivating these companies include cost reduction, productivity improvement, and operational efficiency.

Mobilizing SAP: Business Processes, ROI and Best Practices guides readers through the real-world mobilization of business processes. Authors Ravi Kalakota and Paul Kurchina analyze the mobile business landscape. They discuss what is behind this trend, how it is paying off, and, most important, provide you with a step-by-step guide on how you can create and implement your own mobile strategy.

The purpose of this book is to help readers achieve and sustain superior performance in their organizations by avoiding mobile strategies that have not been tried and tested and by recognizing and capitalizing on the lasting opportunities for renovating pen, paper, and clipboard processes with mobile solutions.

Based on extensive research, Mobilizing SAP offers insight into how managers of leading firms are leveraging mobile technology to extract more value out of their SAP investments. Readers will find plenty of practical tips and tools to apply mobile technology in a wide variety of business process scenarios.


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Mobilizing SAP is a timely resource for managers looking to enhance mobile workflow while leveraging existing IT investments. -- Jim Balsillie, Chairman and Co-CEO, Research In Motion (RIM)

This book presents a practical how-to guide for extracting tangible ROI from mobile process investments. -- Rob Douglas, President, Psion Teklogix Americas

This is a must-read for SAP customers who want to learn how mobile solutions can contribute to ROI. -- Shai Agassi, Member of Executive Board, SAP

About the Author

Ravi Kalakota, Ph.D., is the CEO of E-Business Strategies. Kalakota holds the distinction of co-writing Frontiers of Electronic Commerce, the e-commerce industry’s earliest and now considered classic book. He also co-authored the business bestseller e-Business: Roadmap for Success, as well as M-Business: The Race to Mobility.

Paul Kurchina is considered an SAP visionary and a leader in exploiting SAP technologies. He has led numerous SAP implementations and has long been involved in a leadership role at the Americas’ SAP Users’ Group (ASUG). Kurchina is currently developing and driving a mobile RFID program at TransAlta, a global electrical generation and marketing company.


Product Details

  • Hardcover: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Mivar Press, Inc. (November 8, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0974827029
  • ISBN-13: 978-0974827025
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,607,707 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars a guide to mobil processes, January 15, 2005
This review is from: Mobilizing SAP: Business Processes, ROI and Best Practices (Hardcover)
This book is a must read for anyone who is interested in improving their mobil processes and in getting better interaction with their customers. Now your contacts demand more, and this shows ways to satisfy their needs with new technology.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good Overview of Mobile Enterprise Applications, January 29, 2005
This review is from: Mobilizing SAP: Business Processes, ROI and Best Practices (Hardcover)
This book presents an excellent overview of mobile enterprise applications. The book gets into the details of SAP Netweaver Mobile technology stack and shows how to leverage it.

The authors do an excellent job of presented a business case for different mobile applications -- Mobile Field Service, Direct Store Delivery, Mobile Asset Management, Mobile Time and Travel, RFID, and Mobile Sales.

If you are looking to leverage or extend the existing SAP enterprise applications -- CRM, ERP, SCM, PLM, HR, Portals -- then this book is for you. It will save you a lot of time by giving a quick overview that might take you months on your own.

Highly recommend this book to business executives, project managers and SAP developers.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Must-Have Resource, September 6, 2006
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This is a tremendous resource for mobile use cases and understanding how mobile solutions bring value to corporations. I continually refer back to this book in my research on mobile supply chains (including RFID), mobile asset management, and mobile sales and marketing.
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