Customer Reviews

Using SAP R/3 F1: Beyond Business Process Reengineering

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After reading this book it's completely unclear to me why the author gave this book the subtitle "Beyond Business Process Reengineering" ... This book has nothing to do with BPR, it's simply a book that explains with many screenprints some very basic FI AP/AR/GL business processes. Don't expect any discussion of CO business processes.

The book has a generic, non-US, flavor. US readers will miss discussion of topics like "US sales and use taxes", "check management in AP", "1099 vendors", "lockbox processing", "cost of sales accounting / functional areas", etc.

All in all, the book is okay for people new to SAP who want to get a feel for how you enter transactions in SAP's FI module and don't mind US-specific processes are not discussed.

Finally, the book is very expensive. I believe David Novak's book (Configuring SAP R/3 FI/CO: The Essential Resource for Configuring the Financial and Controlling Modules) is a much better book and much more reasonable priced.

This is an excellent book, it does not contain anything about configuration but it explains FI Processes and transactions very well. It covers submodules GL,AP,AR. It is definitely a very overpriced book, ......... It is also outdated, Im currently working with R/3 4.6B, and this book was written with ver. 3.G or something (Not sure). I recommend it to newbies as well as to intermediate users and consultants (You never know when you might need some extra help). I would like to see a book from the same author about FI Configuration. I would also like him to cover FI-TR (Treasury)

This is the most expensive SAP book on the market, and I can't understand why, except perhaps because it is the only one covering FI decently. There's no content on CO, and it's based on an old version of SAP. Nevertheless, it provides some helpful insights. But the price is outrageous and not justified--on what basis does it rate as the most expensive SAP book on the market? The publisher should stop gouging and start discounting, since the book's worth is just like yesterday's paper, good for a few days and in special cases, but worthless to many, to be superceded by newer entries (unless it is destined to be a classic, which it ain't). Buy under protest!!

I wasted money on this book. Currently, I am working on 4.6C and this book is outdated. This book covers very basic GL,AP,AR, functions and I do not refer this book at all. For beginner, this book might be helpful, however, I do not think any SAP consultants do not need this book.

I thought that this book is very expensive but that was not true! This book goes beyond the reader expectations. It is the key to success in SAP R/3 FI.

This book is easy to read and understand and resembles a user manual with menu paths, explanation and step by step approach. I find it useful as a quick reference. The author also provides additional guidance via email which is a great help.

It's an excellent book for both beginners and professionals who wish to pursue their career on SAP's financial module. The best part thing of the book is its plain, argot-free English, which makes it extremely easy for the readers who are not native English speakers. With a little background in Financial Acounting, one should not have difficulties in reading it.

This book serves not only as a step by step guide to the various functionalities but can also serve as a useful guide to FI professionals who are stuck up in a particular problem.

A must have title.

It appears that this book was written using vers 2.2 - we are already implementing in vers 4.0b. Arguably, many of the processes have not changed - but it is annoying to buy an expensive book that was published in 1998 when vers 3.1 was well established by the time of publication. I still got a few good tips from the book but recommend it for first-time users rather than advanced users or consultants (very little on configuration), particularly given the price (the publisher should consider a cheaper paperback version).

This book enables you to understand in a very short time the way SAP R/3 works and reveals the main functional capabilities of the FI-Module. My review of this book can be summarized as follows: Everyone dealing with the FI-Module of SAP R/3 should read at first this book.