SAP ERP Financials: Configuration and Design [Hardcover]

Naeem Arif (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2008

This comprehensive reference provides you with a real-world understanding of the SAP ERP Financials application. You'll learn how to design and configure an SAP ERP Financials solution to satisfy your business requirements, including the more complex areas of configuration, and you'll explore how to manage data migration as part of an SAP ERP Financials implementation. Using the real-world, holistic business information provided in this book, you'll learn everything from the general areas of SAP ERP Financials and how they fit in the SAP landscape, to how the new General Ledger can work for you.

This invaluable guide is the one resource you need to understand the configuration and design process, the enterprise structure, reporting, data migration, Accounts Payable and Receivable, integration with other components, and all other critical areas of SAP ERP Financials. SAP ERP Financials: Configuration and Design is a must-have tool for all implementation teams, project managers, and consultants working on an SAP ERP Financials upgrade or new implementation.

Highlights:

• Enterprise Structure
• The General Ledger
• Integration Areas
• Accounts Payable
• Accounts Receivable
• Asset Accounting
• Controlling
• Reporting
• Data Migration

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Naeem Arif is an experienced SAP Consultant, having started his SAP career in 1995 on version 3.0h. He has been involved in the successful delivery of more than 12 projects across the full SAP ERP Financials landscape, working for some of the largest SAP consultancies in the world. Sheikh Tauseef is a highly-experienced SAP consultant with a track record of delivering quality SAP ERP Financials implementation projects across North America, Europe and Pakistan. During his career, Tauseef, who is a Chartered Accountant, has worked for global consultancies and brings an international perspective to the book.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 462 pages
• Publisher: SAP PRESS, 1st edition (March 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592291368
• ISBN-13: 978-1592291366
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #902,723 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Don't accept mediocrity!, October 18, 2010

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This review is from: SAP ERP Financials: Configuration and Design (Hardcover)

Other reviewers have called this book "sloppy", but I bought it based upon generally good reviews and the scarcity of comprehensive SAP configuration textbooks. However, after reading the book almost cover-to-cover, I was amazed at the number of errors, omissions and typo's that one good proof-reading should have caught. Why should we continue to accept mediocrity? Would the authors of this book be as sloppy during a real-life SAP configuration project? Of course not, or they would never get work again. SAP Press does itself a diservice by endorsing this type of book... or do they feel that a mediocre error-filled book is acceptable?

I notice that one of the authors lists a review here that includes the 12 chapters and their content. Maybe he can explain why the book references "Chapter 13" which isn't there, or material in the "appendix" which is also non-existent.

I gave the book 2 stars because there is good information covering FI configuration, and the coverage of some topics is fairly comprehensive. However, other topics are not clearly explained or adequately demonstrated though examples or screen-prints. Speaking of the screen-prints, many of them do not show the specific settings that the text is describing.

I am a former SAP FICO configuration specialist who needed an update and refresher primer. I have found another text, "Configuring SAP R/3 FI/CO" by Hurst & Nowak that is far superior for new as well as experienced SAP consultants. It's a shame that this 10-year-old book has not been updated, but still it provides a much better foundation for the SAP configuration specialist and provides excellent examples and explanantions throughout. I would recommend that you start with this book, then buy newer texts to learn about the latest changes and updated functionality (such as "New GL"). According to an ad in the back of the Arif & Muhammad book, Hurst & Nowak have a new book out covering just CO, but I haven't yet been able to locate an available copy online.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must have book for learning FI/CO, May 27, 2008

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Andy Garcia (Chicago) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SAP ERP Financials: Configuration and Design (Hardcover)

This is a great introduction to SAP FI/CO. Extremely well-written and easy to follow, this book uses practical examples and provides solutions to commonly encountered issues on the job.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good overall introduction, but surprisingly sloppy..., October 31, 2008

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redbird1122 "redbird1122" (SC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SAP ERP Financials: Configuration and Design (Hardcover)

This book offers a good introduction to the main pieces of SAP ERP Financials, including the New GL, however I was quite surprised by the sloppy editing. This book is full of errors (gramatical as well as content). Be careful when purchasing this book, it obviously wasn't proof read.