Using Sap R/3 Fi: Beyond Business Process Reengineering (Hardcover)

by Ben W. Rockefeller (Author)

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Product Description
This book is for the professional financial manager, accountant, or bookkeeper who needs to learn the basics of SAP R/3 FI quickly, without wading through a morass of technical jargon. Featuring a clear, functional outline, copious sample screens, and simple step-by-step instructions, Using SAP R/3 FI presents the most widely used FI functions in plain, argot-free English, following menu lines from the actual program.

The book also provides details about using FI for international business, such as translating the chart of accounts, keeping accounts in foreign currency, entering transactions in foreign currency, and revaluing accounts and open items in different currencies. You'll also learn the highlights of integrating R/3 FI with SD (order entry, shipping, and invoicing) and MM (purchasing, receiving, and inventory control). This remarkably detailed manual shows you how to use R/3 FI for all your basic accounting functions, including
* General ledger
* Accounts receivable
* Accounts payable
* System administration
* And much, much more.

From the Publisher
This user-friendly approach to SAP accounting packaging provides a step-by-step guide to setting up this complicated program. It is written from a practical, rather than technical, point of view, ideal for SAP's business users. Written in plain English, it includes menu sequences and sample screens.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 491 pages
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (January 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471179965
• ISBN-13: 978-0471179962
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.7 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,872,027 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Misleading title for an overpriced book!, October 21, 2001

By	Hugo De Groot (Sunnyvale, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great buy, at least for me., August 10, 2000

By	Carlos F. Galindo (Atlanta, GA, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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)

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Most costly SAP book, out-dated, but only one on FI, no CO, March 16, 1999

By A Customer

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!!