Sams Teach Yourself SAP in 24 Hours (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

by George W. Anderson (Author), Danielle Signorile Larocca (Author) "SAP AG (pronounced ess-aye-pea aye-gee) is based in Walldorf, Germany and is the world's largest enterprise software company..." (more)
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Product Description

A new edition of this book is now available, ISBN-10: 0137142846  ISBN:13  9780137142842

 

Sams Teach Yourself SAP in 24 Hours, Second Edition is the perfect tool for learning one of the most sophisticated enterprise solutions available today. Designed to being with the basics, you will become acquainted with the entire SAP system, from navigation to creating your own reports. You'll also cover:

• Implementation tools and methodologies
• NetWeaver
• ECC 5.0
• Designing Screens and menus
• Reporting
• Integration with Microsoft Office
• And more

Written by leading SAP consultants with over 20 years of combined experience, this easy-to-understand tutorial is ideal for getting up and running with SAP quickly and efficiently.

About the Author

George W. Anderson, a senior SAP Basis Consultant and Project Manager for HP's Consulting and Integration Services organization, specializes in implementing and optimizing HP and other technology vendor' platforms for SAP's customers. An 8-year veteran of numerous successful implementations, upgrades, and other SAP engagements, he is a certified SAP Technical Consultant and PMI Project Management Professional. A frequent speaker at SAP technical and user conferences and events, George is also the author of SAP Planning: Best Practices in Implementation (2003) and mySAP Toolbag for Performance Tuning and Stress Testing (2004).

Danielle Larocca is a certified SAP consultant and programmer. She has 15 years experience writing technical documentation for SAP and competitive products. She has certifications from the SAP academy in seven areas, including the basis system, manufacturing, human resources, and ABAP programming. She has been writing documentation for SAP and other enterprise systems for several years.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Sams; 2 edition (November 17, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672328224
• ISBN-13: 978-0672328220
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #158,502 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good but not Great..., December 29, 2006

By	Arjun Kansiawala (Vienna, VA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I was looking for a book that would provide a beginners introduction to SAP. Well this book did fulfill my needs to a great extent. This book is probably the most up to date introductory book on SAP. It also provides a good concise history, purpose, and value for each of the SAP modules. However the book fails to show how various modules link to each other. It also fails to explain why there are so many modules. I did find answers to all these questions but that was with the help of other books.

This book will set you in right direction but don't expect it to answer all your questions. It seriously needs some good technical diagrams. Diagrams in the book are of no value.

29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars More for day-to-day users than anyone, November 3, 2006

By	The Grumpy Hacker (Milwaukee - Top 5000 Reviewer!) - See all my reviews

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.

30 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great collection of everything SAP, if your patient, February 21, 2006

By	Reader "BR" (Charlotte, NC) - See all my reviews

If your willing to wade through the different focus, you will find this a very useful book. It is by no means complete but nonetheless highlights how SAP has evolbved from R/3 to mySAP ERP and Business Suite, and ties in and explains Netweaver and where ECC fits in. The authors jump around between user, business and technical topics and theres less screen images than the first edition. Overall it's a great buy though.