mySAP ERP For Dummies [Paperback]

Andreas Vogel (Author), Ian Kimbell (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 076459995X | ISBN-13: 978-0764599958 | Publication Date: September 30, 2005 | Edition: 1

• SAP is the world's leading provider of ERP software and services, with worldwide revenue in 2004 of $9.7 billion and a 57 percent market share among major business application providers; it is one of the world's largest software companies overall
• ERP is a flexible, open technology platform that helps businesses run more efficiently (and profitably) by providing integrated management of key operations and supply chains
• Written for IT professionals who find it hard to get through SAP's complex documentation, our book demonstrates how ERP can cut costs, provides a clear overview of how the ESA (enterprise service architecture) model affects ERP, and shows how to implement the new ERP in the real world
• Topics covered include reducing the cost of an existing IT backbone, using the new ERP to address a company's "pain points" and challenges, and proving the value of ERP through ROI (return on investment) and TCO (total cost of ownership) studies

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From the Back Cover

Meet mySAP ERP, the leading ERP solution

Discover how to reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) and innovate with mySAP ERP

So, you need to stay competitive and reduce your costs? mySAP ERP helps you do just that. By combining rich ERP functionality, analytics, enterprise services, composites, and model-driven development tools with SAP NetWeaver, mySAP ERP enables innovation while reducing cost of ownership. This book also shows you how mySAP ERP provides you with a number of levers to make your organization more productive and agile.

Discover how to

• Identify and solve business problems with SAP Analytics
• Gain flexibility through ESA
• Innovate with composite applications
• Utilize 25 industry-specific ERP solutions
• Take full advantage of SAP Netweaver

About the Author

Andreas Vogel joined SAP in the Corporate Consulting Team/Office of the CEO in 2003, where he worked on various projects related to SAP strategy. In the beginning of 2005, Andreas joined the Solution Management Team for mySAP ERP, where he lead the effort to service-enable mySAP   ERP. Andreas now serves as vice president of Field Support for mySAP ERP, where he is responsible for the introduction of mySAP ERP 2005 into the market.
Before joining SAP, Andreas held various research, technology, and business positions around the world, among them principal research scientist at the DSTC (Brisbane, Australia), chief scientist at Borland (San Mateo, CA), and CTO and cofounder of Mspect Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA).
Andreas holds MSc and PhD degrees in computer science from Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany. Andreas previously published three books on CORBA and Enterprise Java Beans with Wiley.

Ian Kimbell joined SAP in the marketing organization in February 1998, where he held several positions in industry and solution marketing, which culminated in developing the SAP Solution Maps and marketing mySAP.com Ian then spent a two-year assignment in the SAP Chairman’s office as a board assistant before moving on to development as VP for mySAP ERP Strategy and Business Development for mySAP ERP 2004. He has now returned to marketing and is vice president of Solution Marketing for mySAP ERP.
Before joining SAP, Ian held various international IT and marketing positions during his 11-year tenure with DuPont.
Ian has become well known at the SAPPHIRE conferences in recent years, where he has regularly appeared in the keynote presentations, demonstrating the mySAP Business Suite.
Ian holds two business degrees, including a British Bachelor of Arts with honors in European Business and a German Diplom Betriebswirt.

Product Details

• Paperback: 312 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (September 30, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 076459995X
• ISBN-13: 978-0764599958
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #394,599 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good 'Big Picture' Overview of What ERP Can Do, January 13, 2006

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John Matlock "Gunny" (Winnemucca, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: mySAP ERP For Dummies (Paperback)

The concept of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) has been around a long time. With the increasing power of computers and the reluctance of people to pay the huge amounts of money demanded for their software by the big suppliers (such as SAP) smaller packages have been developed. mySAP ERP consists of software in four areas that most corporations have needs. These include: Financials, Operations, Corporate Services, and Human Capital Management.

While a basic description of mySAP ERP can be gotten off of the SAP web site, it's pretty sales oriented in nature. This book is written to give the beginning user a good introduction to what you (as a CEO or IT manager of a company) might expect to get out of an ERP package.

This book is an introduction to what an ERP package can do for you, written in the traditional 'For Dummies,' style. It's not loaded down with technical jargon, it is not a detailed instruction manual of how to use the software. It's a well written introduction that gives the big picture.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Ok for beginners, December 26, 2006

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A. Kashyap "akashyap" (Plano, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: mySAP ERP For Dummies (Paperback)

This book covers different parts of SAP in a concise manner. But it is not a technical book at all! Provides a nice overview of the history of SAP, NetWeaver, and platform components. The mySAP ERP (which I was looking forward to reading) is all in one chapter.

Not detailed at all. Good overview of many pieces of SAP. It is really for beginners/day-to-day users of ERP systems.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars muSAP ERP for Dummies, May 26, 2007

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butch tornquist "Robert Tornquist" (Austin Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: mySAP ERP For Dummies (Paperback)

I have used and read many of the "Dummies" manuals for software and SAP is a good system to learn some extra tips and user tools from. SAP is a very in depth program that learning all the extras that this system can offer is plus for any individual. This book has many extras that were not given in the much training that it took to learn this program. SAP can be a bit overwhelming and using this tool is a very big help bringing this program into a system that it is meant to offer. Great book.