SAP R/3 Financial Accounting: Making it work for your business (SAP Press Business Roadmap) [Hardcover]

Sandra Brinkmann (Author), Axel Zeilinger (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0201675307 | ISBN-13: 978-0201675306 | Publication Date: April 11, 2001

The aim of this book is to explain the business background of the various customizing options for R/3's Financial Accounting module and to demonstrate, via illustrated examples, how this relates to the module's practical functions. With the advantage of this overall perspective, managers and users will be better able to implement the module, and the R/3 system, according to their particular requirements.

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Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

From the Back Cover

SAP R/3 is not only an administrative system -- it also serves as an information system, delivering the business knowledge a company needs in order to make the best decisions for its future. The aim of this book is to explain the business background of the various customizing options for R/3is Financial Accounting module and to demonstrate, via illustrated examples, how this relates to the moduleis practical functions. With the advantage of this overall perspective, managers and users will be better able to implement the module, and the R/3 system, according to their particular requirements.

Written for SAP project leaders, team members, consultants and users, SAP R/3 Financial Accounting provides detailed coverage of the following essential topics:

• Customizing and implementing R/3 and the FI module
• Basic principles and terms of business accounting
• R/3 and the principles of computerized accounting
• Organizational structures of R/3 and FI
• Tax on sales/purchases and withholding tax
• Creating year-end financial statements
• Drawing up consolidated accounts
• Asset accounting
• Special purpose ledgers
• Travel management

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 272 pages
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional (April 11, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201675307
• ISBN-13: 978-0201675306
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #904,095 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A Waste of Company Money!, November 5, 2002

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Aram Ausky (Prague, Czech Republic) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SAP R/3 Financial Accounting: Making it work for your business (SAP Press Business Roadmap) (Hardcover)

If my boss reads this review and finds out I'm wasting company money buying useless books like this I've got trouble.
This book isn't a manual. This is a nice review of accounting in general and describes a few accounting functions. For example, it devotes six pages to a description of Bills of Exchange processing - good reading for anyone but not much about how to mechanically process them in SAP.
It mentions SAP, but if you think you'll learn how to use the FI module by reading this book, forget it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars It is not what you are looking for, December 7, 2005

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Michiko "Donna" (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SAP R/3 Financial Accounting: Making it work for your business (SAP Press Business Roadmap) (Hardcover)

Whatever it is you think this book is about, it is not what you think it is. The book does not talk much about the SAP R/3 system at all, but a mix of some basic accounting concepts and a little bit of SAP screen shots. Fortunately I borrowed this book from the library, otherwise I really would be kicking myself for shelling out $ for this useless book. If you want to learn about SAP R/3 system, you probably have better luck in your company's training classes. The only useful part I got from this book is a listing of all the posting keys.
SAP is not a bad system, it is just very complicated and the training is dismal at best. I wish someone will write a better introductory book.
(Review on December 7, 2005)

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The item wasnt available, March 9, 2007

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Cihan Polat "pamuk" (GER) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SAP R/3 Financial Accounting: Making it work for your business (SAP Press Business Roadmap) (Hardcover)

I didnt get the book because it was out of stock, so this was bothering for me.