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Business Intelligence, Analytics, and ReportingSAP HANA® — An Introduction (2nd Edition) NEW ................................................4

Enterprise Information Management with SAP ........................................................4

SAP NetWeaver® BW 7.3 — Practical Guide (2nd Edition) .......................................4

100 Things You Should Know About SAP NetWeaver BW NEW .............................4

Implementing SAP HANA NEW ..............................................................................5

Universe Design with SAP BusinessObjects™: The Comprehensive Guide NEW ......5

Integrating SAP BusinessObjects BI with SAP NetWeaver (3rd Edition) NEW ...........5

SAP NetWeaver BW: Administration and Performance Optimization NEW ..............5

Predictive Analysis with SAP: The Comprehensive Guide NEW................................5

Getting Started with SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio NEW ...............................6

The SAP BusinessObjects 4.x Essentials Collection NEW ..................................6

SAP BusinessObjects BI System Administration ........................................................7

SAP BusinessObjects BI Security ..............................................................................7

Reporting and Analysis with SAP BusinessObjects (2nd Edition) ..............................7

SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence® — The Comprehensive Guide (2nd Edition) ....7

Creating Dashboards with SAP BusinessObjects (2nd Edition) .................................7

Human Capital ManagementSuccessFactors with SAP ERP HCM NEW ................................................................8

SAP ERP HCM: Technical Principles and Programming NEW ...................................8

SAP ERP HCM Infotypes — Your Quick Reference to HR Infotypes NEW ...............8

Talent Management with SAP ERP HCM .................................................................9

Discover SAP ERP HCM ...........................................................................................9

SAP ERP HCM Processes and Forms ........................................................................9

Configuring and Customizing Employee and Manager Self-Services in SAP ERP HCM .............................................................................9

Practical SAP US Payroll (2nd Edition) ......................................................................9

Personnel Planning and Development Using SAP ERP HCM (2nd Edition) ................9

SAP Transaction Codes: Your Quick Reference to Transactions in SAP ERP .............9

100 Things You Should Know About HR Management with SAP ...........................9

Finance and ControllingSAP Business Planning and Consolidation (3rd Edition) .........................................10

Implementing SAP Business Planning and Consolidation .......................................10

Integrating Materials Management with Financial Accounting in SAP (2nd Edition) ......10

Actual Costing with the SAP Material Ledger ........................................................10

Accelerated Financial Closing with SAP NEW........................................................10

Configuring Financial Accounting in SAP ..............................................................11

Configuring Controlling in SAP ERP ......................................................................11

SAP Treasury and Risk Management (2nd Edition) ................................................11

Discover SAP ERP Financials (2nd Edition) .............................................................11

Financial Reporting with SAP (2nd Edition) ...........................................................11

Maximizing SAP General Ledger ...........................................................................11

Optimizing Value Flows with SAP ERP ...................................................................11

Controlling with SAP — Practical Guide ................................................................12

Product Cost Controlling with SAP (2nd Edition) ...................................................12

Maximizing Cash Management with SAP ERP Financials .......................................12

Controlling-Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) with SAP (2nd Edition) ..........................12

Implementing SAP Governance, Risk, and Compliance NEW ................................12

Customer Relationship ManagementDiscover SAP CRM (2nd Edition) NEW ..................................................................13

SAP CRM: Technical Principles and Programming NEW ........................................13

Variant Configuration with SAP (2nd Edition) .......................................................13

The SAP CRM Web Client 2-Pack ......................................................................13

Books for DevelopersMobile Development for SAP NEW .......................................................................14

Mobilizing Your Enterprise with SAP .....................................................................14

The Complete Guide to SAP NetWeaver Portal .....................................................14

SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe (2nd Edition) .......................................................14

Function Modules in SAP NEW .............................................................................15

Web Dynpro ABAP™: The Comprehensive Guide .................................................15

The Official ABAP Reference (3rd Edition) .............................................................15

100 Things You Should Know About ABAP Workbench .......................................15

Architecting EDI with SAP IDocs (2nd Edition) NEW .............................................16

BRFplus — Business Rule Management for ABAP Applications ..............................16

SAP Certified Development Associate — ABAP with SAP NetWeaver 7.02 (2nd Edition) ....................................................................................................16

ABAP Data Dictionary ...........................................................................................16

ABAP Objects: ABAP Programming in SAP NetWeaver ..........................................16

ABAP Development for SAP NetWeaver BW: Exits, BAdIs, and Enhancements (3rd Edition) ..............................................................................17

ABAP Development for Sales and Distribution in SAP: Exits, BAdIs, and Enhancements ...........................................................................................17

ABAP Development for Materials Management in SAP: User Exits and BAdIs ........17

ABAP Development for Financial Accounting: Custom Enhancements .................17

The Workflow 2-Pack .......................................................................................17

Discover ABAP (2nd Edition) .................................................................................18

Design Patterns in Object-Oriented ABAP (2nd Edition) .........................................18

OData and SAP NetWeaver Gateway NEW ...........................................................18

ABAP Development for SAP HANA NEW ..............................................................18

Supply Chain Management, Logistics & ManufacturingSAP Product Lifecycle Management NEW .............................................................19

Document Management with SAP DMS NEW ......................................................19

Project Management with SAP Project System (3rd Edition) ..................................19

Production Planning and Control with SAP ERP NEW ...........................................20

Production Planning with SAP APO (2nd Edition) ..................................................20

Demand and Supply Planning with SAP APO ........................................................20

Materials Planning with SAP .................................................................................20

Discover Logistics with SAP ERP and SAP SCM NEW ............................................21

SAP Extended Warehouse Management: Processes, Functionality, and Configuration ...........................................................................................21

Warehouse Management with SAP ERP: Functionality and Technical Configuration (2nd Edition) ..............................................................................21

SAP Transaction Codes: Your Quick Reference to Transactions in SAP ERP ...........21

Integrating Materials Management with Financial Accounting in SAP (2nd Edition) ....................................................................................................22

100 Things You Should Know About Materials Management in SAP ERP .............22

Materials Management with SAP ERP: Functionality and Technical Configuration (3rd Edition) ...............................................................................22

Customizing Materials Management Processes in SAP ERP (2nd Edition) ...............22

Enhancing Supplier Relationship Management Using SAP SRM (2nd Edition) ........22

Sales and Distribution in SAP ERP — Practical Guide .............................................23

Optimizing Sales and Distribution in SAP ERP: Functionality and Configuration .....23

Effective Pricing with SAP ERP ...............................................................................23

100 Things You Should Know About Sales and Distribution with SAP ..................23

Procurement with SAP MM ..................................................................................23

Practical Guide — Plant Maintenance with SAP (3rd Edition) NEW .......................23

Transportation Management with SAP TM ...........................................................23

IT ManagementThe SAP Green Book — A Business Guide for Effectively Managing the SAP Lifecycle ..............................................................................................24

The SAP Blue Book — A Concise Business Guide to the World of SAP..................24

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Rapid Deployment of SAP Solutions NEW ............................................................25

SAP HANA — An Introduction (2nd Edition) NEW ................................................25

Mobilizing Your Enterprise with SAP .....................................................................25

SAP NetWeaver BW and SAP BusinessObjects: The Comprehensive Guide ............25

Project Management with SAP Project System (3rd Edition) NEW .........................25

Books for AdministratorsSAP Performance Optimization Guide: Analyzing and Tuning SAP Systems (7th Edition) NEW ............................................................................................26

SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP System Administration (4th Edition) ..............................26

SAP Administration — Practical Guide ..................................................................26

SAP BusinessObjects BI System Administration ......................................................26

SAP Database Administration with IBM DB2 NEW ................................................26

Authorizations in SAP Software: Design and Configuration ..................................27

SAP BusinessObjects BI Security ............................................................................27

100 Things You Should Know About Authorizations in SAP .................................27

SAP Security and Authorizations Collection ....................................................27

Monitoring and Operations with SAP Solution Manager NEW ..............................28

Managing Custom Code in SAP ............................................................................28

Testing SAP Solutions (2nd Edition) .......................................................................28

SAP Solution Manager (3rd Edition) ......................................................................29

IT Service Management in SAP Solution Manager .................................................29

Implementing SAP Enhancement Packages ...........................................................29

Books for BeginnersUsing SAP: A Guide for Beginners and End Users .................................................30

Discover SAP CRM (2nd Edition) NEW ..................................................................30

Discover Logistics with SAP ERP and SAP SCM NEW ............................................30

Discover SAP ERP Financials (2nd Edition) .............................................................30

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BuSiNESS iNTElligENCE, ANAlyTiCS, ANd REPORTiNg

SAP HANA — An Introduction (2nd Edition)by Dr. Bjarne Berg and Penny Silvia

SAP HANA is shifting SAP into high gear — don’t get left in the dust. In this updated edition of our best-selling book, explore the what, why, when, and how of SAP HANA. From building a business strategy to administering a system (and all the pit stops in between), you’ll have the big picture you need to get started.

Learn how big data, in-memory computing, and SAP HANA come together to influence your business strategies, from trend reporting to predictive analysis. Then, determine which type of SAP HANA implementation is right for you as you uncover what you need to know about the different options, technical requirements, sizing, and migration considerations.

SAP HANA Studio and Information Composer, SAP HANA’s data modeling tools, are covered in detail together with data provisioning in SAP HANA, including step-by-step instructions for SAP Data Services. In addition, the authors help you understand how the SAP BusinessObjects BI platform hooks up to SAP HANA, including information on SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio and SAP Lumira. Plus, take a look into the SAP HANA Administration Console and understand the most important administrative tasks in an SAP HANA system — and much more!

Highlights ■ Big data and in-memory computing ■ SAP HANA implementation options ■ SAP Business Suite on SAP HANA

■ SAP Predictive Analysis and SAP Business Planning and Consolidation

■ Hardware and software requirements

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SAP NetWeaver BW 7.3 — Practical Guide (2nd Edition)by Amol Palekar, Bharat Patel, and Shreekant Shiralkar

They say that the best way to learn is by doing. With this practical guide to SAP NetWeaver BW, put that theory to the test. Start with conceptual explanations and then dive straight into real-world application — all with the help of a case study that teaches you how to meet common business intel-ligence requirements. Whether you want to create objects, extract and transform data, or master the BEx tools, this book is all the help you need.


Enterprise Information Management with SAPby Ginger Gatling, Corrie Brague, Ryan Champlin, Helmut Stefani, Niels Weigel, et al.

The accuracy of enterprise information is the foundation for a business’ success — or failure. With this book, you’ll learn which SAP enterprise information management tools will help you to eliminate cracks in that foundation, and how to get started with these tools. Explore SAP’s different EIM products, assess which options are right for you, and then learn the basics of working with them. With just the right mix of overview information and hands-on, practical guidance, this book will help you ensure that all your decisions are based on clean and trusted information.


100 Things You Should Know About SAP NetWeaver BWby Andrew Joo and Buntic Georgian

If you’re looking to take your knowledge of SAP NetWeaver BW to the next level, then this is the book for you! You’ll benefit from information that reveals the secrets of SAP NetWeaver BW experts as they provide the most useful tricks of working with the major task areas in SAP NetWeaver BW. These “100 Things” provide detailed screenshots, easy instructions, and a hands-on approach to quickly working with SAP NetWeaver BW.

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Implementing SAP HANAby Don Loden, Jonathan Haun, Chris Hickman, and Roy Wells

You know what SAP HANA is — now you need to see it in action. Look no further than this book, which will steer you through a real-life implementation of SAP HANA as a standalone data warehouse. You’ll find step-by-step instruc-tions and screenshots that show you how to get an SAP HANA system up and running, from concept to go-live. If you’re ready to get deeplly technical with SAP HANA, this is the book you need.

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■ Source system analysis ■ SAP Data Services ■ Analytic, attribute, and calculation

views ■ SAP HANA Studio ■ Columnar database technology

■ Denormalization ■ Information Design Tool ■ SAP Information Steward ■ SAP Predictive Analysis ■ SAP BusinessObjects BI toolset ■ SAP Lumira


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BuSiNESS iNTElligENCE, ANAlyTiCS, ANd REPORTiNg

Getting Started with SAP BusinessObjects Design Studioby Xavier Hacking and Jeroen van der A

If SAP business intelligence is your game, SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio is your next challenge. Are you an expert in SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards? A wizard with BEx Web Application Designer? Or maybe you’re a newbie to both? Whatever your answer, this book has the information you need to get to the next level.

Highlights ■ Design Studio vs. Dashboards and BEx

WAD ■ Installation and configuration ■ Usage scenarios ■ Data sources ■ Script Editor ■ Layout Editor

■ Content Assistance ■ Components ■ Properties ■ Methods ■ Chart types ■ DuPont analysis application ■ Sales dashboard application

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The SAP BusinessObjects 4.x Essentials Collection This exclusive collection brings together all of the fundamental knowledge you need to succeed with SAP BusinessObjects. Readers benefit immediately from comprehensive information on virtually all key SAP BusinessObjects-related topics, with volumes of expert insights and practical advice that can be put to use right away. The unrivalled depth and breadth of coverage includes hundreds of pages devoted to SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence, SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards, other reporting and analysis topics, security, administration, and much more.


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SAP BusinessObjects BI Securityby Christian Ah-Soon and David François Gonzalez

“Don’t talk to strangers” — if only data security policies were this easy. Learn to keep your SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence data truly safe from unauthorized actions with this comprehensive guide. Begin with security basics and work your way to advanced concepts; along the way, you’ll explore func-tional and data security, define a rights model, and secure data sources and universes. Step-by-step instructions ensure that you can implement important security techniques in your administration and design work. This book puts the master key to data security in your hands.


SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence — The Comprehensive Guide (2nd Edition)by Jim Brogden, Heather Callebaut Sinkwitz, Mac Holden, Dallas Marks, and Gabriel Orthous

Learn how to revolutionize your company’s data presentation with SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.0’s flexibility and functionalities. No matter how much experience you have had with WebI to date, this comprehensive guide is for you. You can either build a foundational understanding of WebI by beginning with the fundamentals; or you can jump straight into the advanced discus-sions that are new to the latest release, including advanced charting, formula writing, and report scheduling and distribution. This is the resource that will enhance your understanding of SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.0 and give you the means to optimize this versatile tool.


Creating Dashboards with SAP BusinessObjects (2nd Edition)by Ray Li and Evan DeLodder

Impress your audience with eye-catching, infor-mative, and easy-to-navigate dashboards with SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards! In this book, you’ll quickly learn the basics of building your own dashboard and move on to customize your creations with themes, data connections, and other essential features.

Build a strong foundation by understanding the features, options, themes, and commands at your disposal, and benefit from comprehensive examples and practical exercises. Benefit from numerous screenshots that show how different features will look in a dashboard (and view them in color in the e-book!). Tailor and enhance your dashboard by using SDK tools, data connectivity with options like SAP Crystal Reports® and SAP BusinessObjects Live Office, and both SAP and non-SAP tools.


SAP BusinessObjects BI System Administrationby Greg Myers and Eric Vallo

A system administrator’s job isn’t easy. When stuff works, no one notices. When stuff breaks, suddenly everyone knows your name. Your most impor-tant task, then — for your users and for you — is to set up your system right the first time, and to keep it running effectively. With this book, do just that. Guided by step-by-step instructions and screenshots, you’ll learn how to perform the most common administration tasks in an SAP BusinessObjects system.


Reporting and Analysis with SAP BusinessObjects (2nd Edition)by Ingo Hilgefort

Get started with SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence tools! This book will teach you about all the features and functionalities offered in the SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 toolset. Take advantage of the reporting and analytics capabilities of SAP BusinessObjects, and learn how they can be used to satisfy specific business reporting requirements. This book tells you everything you need to know, and then shows how it can be applied via practical, real-life examples.



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SuccessFactors with SAP ERP HCMby Amy Grubb, Luke Marson, and Jyoti Sharma

You’ve heard the interested whispers about its enormous potential; now consult the first comprehensive SuccessFactors resource and learn how you can tap into it. Whether you have an existing on-premise HCM solution or want to use cloud-based functionality from the start, get expert guidance on integrating SuccessFactors into your HCM strategy. Find the details about using the SuccessFactors suite for your entire HR workflow, from talent management to payroll and analytics, and keep your HCM strategy future-focused.

Highlights ■ SuccessFactors implementation

methodology ■ Cloud software considerations ■ The complete BizX suite ■ User interface and navigation

■ SAP HANA Cloud Platform ■ BizX Mobile ■ Technical architecture and security ■ Metadata Framework extensibility ■ Integration options and SAP Add-Ons

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SAP ERP HCM Infotypes — Your Quick Reference to HR Infotypesby Jeremy Masters, Venki Krishnamoorthy, and Christos Kotsakis

As an SAP ERP HCM user or consultant, you know that data is vast and that its maintenance and storage are key to any successful HCM implementation. This handy resource balances big-picture HCM concepts with detailed infotype coverage. Learn how to maintain and store data in the SAP ERP HCM system, how to identify the best infotype for a given task, and how and when to design a custom infotype. With this quick reference, you can finally access important HR infotype information without Internet searches or forum appeals.

Highlights ■ Structured data ■ Data integrity ■ Reporting and analytics ■ Accessing, entering, and maintaining data

■ Authorizations ■ Infotypes by SAP ERP HCM module ■ Custom infotype creation ■ Infotypes best practices


SAP ERP HCM: Technical Principles and Programmingby Dirk Liepold and Steve Ritter

Make this book your day-to-day resource when addressing technical challenges and functional gaps in the SAP ERP HCM system. This guide covers custom development using SAP-provided tools and ABAP code, and trending topics for HCM developers or consultants. Learn how you can improve performance with authorizations, HR Forms Workplace, and ESS/MSS, using detailed examples to advance your programming work. Take your mastery of technical topics to the next level.

Highlights ■ Data conversion and migration ■ BAPIs, Interface Toolbox, and ALE ■ Custom enhancements ■ Reporting tools ■ ABAP List Viewer

■ Authorization and related enhancements ■ HR Forms Workplace ■ Employee and Manager Self-Service ■ Programming techniques



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SAP ERP HCM Processes and Formsby Brandon Toombs and Justin Morgalis

Whether you love them or hate them, forms are an integral part of today’s business processes. Explore how to create forms that simplify your HR processes, align with your core business objectives, and support employee development. Whether you’re setting up the software or using it, this book provides end-to-end configuration steps, business scenarios, and the dos and don’ts of mapping business objectives.


Configuring and Customizing Employee and Manager Self-Services in SAP ERP HCMby Martin Gillet

To get the most out of the self-service offerings within SAP ERP HCM, you need to know how to effectively con-figure and customize the tools. With this detailed guide, you’ll find all of the information you need for customizing employee self-services (ESS), manager self-services (MSS), and the shared services center (SCC). You’ll learn everything about the standard “out of the box” configuration, from the early release with ITS services to the latest Web Dynpro offering in SAP ERP 6.0.


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Talent Management with SAP ERP HCMby Joe Lee, Tim Simmons, Jon Jenkins, and Luke Marson

This book serves as your compre-hensive guide to figuring out and using the Talent Management suite of applications in SAP ERP HCM. You’ll find the information you need in order to plan for and enhance Talent Management. Each chapter includes screenshots and visual aids to help you understand how all of these pieces are part of the whole. Plus, volumes of real-world examples, case studies, and tips and tricks throughout help to bring the text to life.


Personnel Planning and Development Using SAP ERP HCM (2nd Edition)by Richard Haßmann, Christian Krämer, and Jens Richter

Qualified and motivated employees are the most critical asset of every company, and recruiting, retaining, and training them forms the basis for the future. With this book you’ll learn about all of the processes of personnel planning and development, explore the functions and basic cus-tomizing, and find out how to imple-ment and use the components of SAP ERP HCM successfully.


SAP Transaction Codes: Your Quick Reference to Transactions in SAP ERPVenki Krishnamoorthy, Martin Murray, and Norman Reynolds

End your odyssey through the SAP menu tree once and for all! This all-new reference book, covering more than 3000 transactions, helps you navigate through all major modules of SAP ERP 6.0 with ease. Find codes by application, transaction title, or task to perform, and benefit from comprehensive descriptions of when and how to use a transaction.


Discover SAP ERP HCMby Greg Newman

Whether you’re a decision-maker, consultant, or administrator consider-ing implementing SAP ERP HCM — or even if you’re entirely new to SAP — this insightful, detailed guide will give you a complete overview of what SAP ERP HCM is all about. You’ll learn about the core functionality, how it works, and how it can benefit your company. Everything from recruit-ment through benefits management and payroll is explained using real-world examples and case studies.


Practical SAP US Payroll (2nd Edition)by Satish Badgi

If you’re responsible for setting up, configuring, or using payroll function-ality, you know that even its minor idiosyncrasies can cause headaches and holdups in your HR processes. This book provides you with the tools you need to get up to speed on payroll implementation and cutover, time management integration, and troubleshooting of payroll issues. This new edition includes updated infor-mation for SAP ERP 6.0 and enhance-ment packages 5 and 6.


100 Things You Should Know About HR Management with SAPby Ajay Jain Bhutoria and Cameron Lewis

This book unlocks the secrets of SAP ERP HCM and provides users and super-users with 100 tips and work-arounds that you can use to increase productivity, save time, and improve the overall ease-of-use of SAP ERP HCM. The tips have been carefully selected to provide a collection of the best, most useful, and rarest information.



FiNANCE ANd CONTROlliNg

Integrating Materials Management with Financial Accounting in SAP (2nd Edition)by Faisal Mahboob

Master financial accounting (FI) and materials management (MM) with this completely updated and com-prehensive guide. Explore the inte-gration of MM and FI and optimize your entire supply chain network with ease. Ensure that you have the right product, in the right place, at the right quantity and price to meet your business needs. With a practical, straightforward approach, benefit from real-world examples, trouble-shooting techniques, and step-by-step descriptions to create a smooth and efficient procurement process.


Accelerated Financial Closing with SAPby James Fisher, Elizabeth Milne, and Birgit Starmanns

Navigate the complex last mile of finance with speed, efficiency, and ease with this comprehensive end-to-end overview of the financial close process. Guided by practical business workflow scenarios and customer examples, you will develop a single financial close

workflow and learn how to maximize the potential of SAP’s financial close solutions. Next, critically evaluate your financial close process and create an action plan.

In addition to managing your close process, proactively address disclosure management, regulatory reporting and weather regula-tion changes with finesse and flexibility. Visualize your entire global close and identify issues with real time analysis and the SAP Financial Closing cockpit. Close your books in record time with this one-stop resource for all your financial closing needs!

Highlights ■ Sub-ledger ■ General close ■ Asset accounting close ■ Inventory management close ■ Account management close ■ Process governance ■ Disclosure Management

■ Process controls ■ Intercompany reconciliation ■ Financial consolidation ■ Notes management ■ Financial reporting ■ Disclosure statements ■ XBRL


SAP Business Planning and Consolidation (3rd Edition)by Sridhar Srinivasan and Kumar Srinivasan

Master the expanded and new functionality of SAP Business Planning and Consolidation 10.0 and leverage its improvements for your own workflows and planning. This comprehensive guide covers

the features, functionality, and best practices for the SAP NetWeaver version. Revised for the latest release, it explores the improvements to SAP Business Planning and Consolidation’s technical architecture, user interface, and reporting functionality. In addition to learning best prac-tices for budgeting, planning, forecasting, and consolidation, you’ll get to the heart of SAP Business Planning and Consolidation with a foundational understanding of the reporting and analysis framework. Understand how and why SAP Business Planning and Consolidation is the best solution for your business needs.


Implementing SAP Business Planning and Consolidationby Peter Jones

Take the labor-intensive guess-work out of number crunching, financial planning, budgeting, and forecast-ing! With data at your fingertips and this comprehensive guide to BPC, quickly model new business scenarios and efficiently create and approve plans, budgets, and forecasts.

Written for today’s busy financial consultants, business developers, and financial analysts, this book will help you configure and imple-ment the necessary dimensions, master data, and hierarchies for both the Consolidation and the Planning components of SAP Business Planning and Consolidation 10.0.


Actual Costing with the SAP Material Ledgerby Vanda Reis

If you are a controller, consultant, or cost accounting professional, then this is your comprehensive guide to using the SAP material ledger for actual costing! Here, you’ll find the answers to how, why, and where to perform actual costing with the SAP material ledger to optimize your business practices. After a brief overview of how to configure the SAP material ledger, the book delves into more in-depth usages of actual costing and material ledger func-tionalities, such as using alternative valuation runs and actual costing cross-company code.


“ Excellent book for BPC experts and new users alike!”



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Financial Reporting with SAP (2nd Edition)by Aylin Korkmaz

Featuring step-by-step coverage of all major FI reporting functions (includ-ing sub-ledger, corporate finance management, and governance, risk and compliance), this book will help you streamline and simplify financial business processes and automate financial and management reporting in SAP ERP Financials. This new edition includes updated content on statutory reporting, segment reporting, AP and AR reports in SAP ERP, consolidated financial reporting, as well as the most recent reporting tools in SAP ERP and SAP BusinessObjects.


Maximizing SAP General Ledgerby Shivesh Sharma

This indispensable reference book provides implementation teams, functional and technical teams, and end-users with a roadmap for the maximum utilization of SAP General Ledger. It focuses on using SAP General Ledger in real-world situations, details how to customize and optimize it for specific business processes, and shows you how to integrate it effectively with other SAP components.


Optimizing Value Flows with SAP ERPby Andrea Hölzlwimmer and Andreas Vogelsang

Discover how and where value flows move through the SAP system, and where they sometimes trickle off. You will learn the financial pro-cesses in procurement, distribution, and production in detail and how to optimize them for better integration and cost efficiencies. Closing and reporting are also illuminated. The example of a real value-flow project, centered around the introduction of SAP General Ledger, gives you insight into the project management process of working with value flows.


Discover SAP ERP Financials (2nd Edition)by Manish Patel

Business financials is an essential part of every business, large or small. This title offers a very detailed, reader-friendly reference that will give you an in-depth overview of the key compo-nents of SAP ERP Financials. Perfect for new users, decision-makers, and power users, you will learn how to improve your efficiency in key financial areas, including profitability analysis, financial supply chain management, cost-accounting, and more. Updated for SAP ERP 6.0, enhancement packages 5 and 6 with a focus on expanded real-world scenarios and practical case-studies.


Configuring Financial Accounting in SAPby Narayanan Veeriah

There’s no need to look any further! This comprehensive book teaches you how to configure Financial Accounting in SAP ERP for all of your unique business scenarios. Whether you want to change your screen layout for end users or need to define new process variants in any FI component, this book makes con-figuring your solution easy for any business requirement.


Configuring Controlling in SAP ERPby Rogerio Faleiros and Alison Kreis Ryan

Finally — your one-stop resource to SAP ERP Controlling configuration has arrived! If you are involved in the initial implementation or the ongoing maintenance of a CO solution, this book delivers the hands-on advice you need to smooth the customizing process. By accessing the screen-shots, detailed instructions, and technical background information offered here, you’ll be ready to give management the control over the business that it needs!


SAP Treasury and Risk Management (2nd Edition)by Rudolf Bryša, Thomas Fritzsche, Markus Hess, Sönke Jarré, Reinhold Lövenich, Andreas Martin, and Klaus G. Müller

Manage financial risk more effec-tively with this comprehensive guide to SAP’s treasury and risk man-agement solutions, and learn how SAP ERP can

help you meet legal and regulatory compliance requirements with ease. This book extensively presents the best ways to use the compo-nents of the Treasury and Risk Management solution, and identifies practical business solutions. You’ll quickly learn how to maximize the potential of SAP Treasury and Risk Management and how to apply practical financial concepts to system interfaces. Updated for SAP ERP 6.0, EHP6, this book includes expanded coverage on Customizing settings and all new content on transaction management, position management, market data, and hedge management.




Product Cost Controlling with SAP (2nd Edition)by John Jordan

This book will teach you how overhead costs flow from financial postings to cost centers and then on to manufacturing orders. Find answers to your questions regarding the material ledger, transfer pricing and reporting, and discover how to address common problem areas, including month-end processing, long run times, and message and variance analysis. This new edition includes updated content on cost object hierarchies, engi-neer-to-order, and make-to-order, as well as new case studies and real-world examples.


Maximizing Cash Management with SAP ERP Financialsby Eleazar Ortega Van Steenberghe

This book explains the functionality of all key SAP cash management components, including best practices, real-world business scenarios, key configuration, and master data information. It explains how all the components can be integrated, and how both the individual components and the integrated solution can be maximized for optimal performance. Topics covered include electronic banking, Cash Management, Liquidity Planner, In-House Cash, Bank Communication Management, and integration with SAP ERP Financials.


Controlling-Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) with SAP (2nd Edition)by Marco Sisfontes-Monge

If you’re looking for a book that will help get you started with configuring profitability analysis (CO-PA) in SAP, look no further! Get up to speed with the basic tools, methods, and key functional-ities you need for a CO-PA implementation. Find what you need to make CO-PA work best for your business, get an overview of how CO-PA and SAP HANA work together, and benefit from new infor-mation on integration topics, SAP BusinessObjects, and more.


Controlling with SAP — Practical Guideby Janet Salmon

Learn how to perform transactions with fewer steps and less effort, and you’ll discover how to troubleshoot minor problems and system issues. In addition to the core areas of controlling, you’ll also find coverage of more advanced topics, such as SAP NetWeaver BW, SAP BusinessObjects, the SAP Financial Closing cockpit, and topics added in recent enhance-ment packages. This book will help you to master the system and work more efficiently on a daily basis.

Highlights ■ Reporting in SAP ERP ■ Master data ■ Planning and budgeting ■ Actual postings ■ Period close

■ SAP NetWeaver and SAP BusinessObjects ■ Master data in multi-system environments ■ Cost and profitability management ■ Troubleshooting techniques ■ Key tips and tricks



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implementing sAP Governance, Risk, and complianceby Asokkumar Christian, Rajen Iyer, and Atul Sudhalkar

Unsure how to navigate the wild waters and changing tides of corpo-rate compliance and governance? With this comprehensive guide to SAP solutions for governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) , plot your GRC course with confidence. Written for today’s busy GRC consultants, project managers, and analysts, this book will explore the core components of the GRC module — Access Control, Process Control, and Risk Management — and their implementation. Learn how to configure and implement the necessary dimensions, master data, and rules setup for all three core components of GRC. Build a strong GRC foundation that is both adaptive and reactive to regulatory pressures, corporate policies, and unanticipated risk.




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Variant Configuration with SAP (2nd Edition)by Uwe Blumöhr, Manfred Münch, and Marin Ukalovic

With this all-inclusive reference, you have every-thing you need to implement, customize, and use variant configuration with SAP. Whether you’re a consultant, work directly with variant con-figuration, or are a manager, this book contains essential information you need in order to make key decisions on how variant configuration works best for your company.

This book will help you understand how to integrate variant configuration in processes such as quality management and customer service, and explore the necessary customizing steps. Additionally, find extensive coverage on business processes for SAP ERP, including the order engineering workbench, planning variant configuration, and more, and learn about unique configurations and enhancements that are possible within specific industries and how to manage them, accompanied by customer examples and practical suggestions. Benefit from the authors’ and SAP customers’ notes on special challenges encountered when implementing and using variant configuration for product models.


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SAP CRM: Technical Principles and Programmingby Stephen Johannes

Calling all developers and consultants: build the best SAP CRM system you can with this essen-tial, one-stop guide!

In this practical guide to SAP CRM, you’ll establish a firm understanding of the essential concepts and principles of SAP CRM backend architecture and programming. You’ll then find increasingly technical and complex information — extracting and loading data, creating print output, and when and how to use the most common enhancements in SAP CRM functionalities. Accompanied by real-world examples, helpful screenshots, and tips and tricks, this book leaves no SAP CRM backend customization stone unturned. Don’t waste precious time combing through thousands of online posts on SAP CRM and come away empty-handed — find the technical backend information you need!


Discover SAP CRM (2nd Edition)by Srini Katta

It’s a fact: companies that lose their customers’ undivided attention and sight of their customers’ needs will lose those customers. SAP CRM provides you with the tools you need to attract and retain quality customers. Whether you’re new to SAP or need to brush up on SAP CRM, this book will explain the core areas of CRM in an easy-to-understand manner. You’ll understand what SAP CRM is, how it can improve your relationship with your custom-ers, and how it can enhance cost effectiveness while improving profitability. Supported by customer case studies and practical insight, you’ll see the benefits that SAP CRM offers in the real world.



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Mobilizing Your Enterprise with SAPby Sanjeet Mall, Tzanko Stefanov, and Stanley Stadelman

If you’re holding this book in your hands — whether in print form or on a mobile device — you’ve got your ticket to SAP mobility. Learn how to develop a mobile strategy, and then learn how you can use the SAP Mobile Platform to put it in action. Manager, developer, or just kind of curious, you’re officially on your way to unwiring your world with SAP. Move forward!


SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe (2nd Edition)by Jürgen Hauser, et al.

If you’ve ever had any questions about working with SAP’s interactive forms, this book will be a valuable addition to your library. Whether you are a beginning or advanced technical consultant, developer, or form designer, you will learn every-thing you need to know about working with SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe. The book offers a comprehensive discussion of the topic, explaining what interactive forms are, how they are created and used, and how to solve common problems associated with them.

This expanded second edition includes coverage of ABAP Offline Infrastructure, XDC Editor, JobProfiles Editor, parallelization of print jobs, and more.


The Complete Guide to SAP NetWeaver Portalby Manish Chaitanya

An SAP NetWeaver Portal implementation has many stages, and this book will help you every step of the way. From blueprinting, installa-tion, and configuration through portal content development and post-implementation monitor-ing techniques, you’ll find practical explanations and step-by-step instructions that will guide your everyday work. Whether you’re new to SAP NetWeaver Portal or want to learn about the new features in the latest release, this reference is your essential companion.


Mobile Development for SAPby Dave Haseman and Ross Hightower

Developing mobile apps is one thing — developing mobile apps for SAP is quite another. In this book, you’ll learn how to use the SAP Mobile Platform to design and connect hybrid and native apps to SAP. From install-ing the Hybrid Web Container to building Mobile Business Objects (MBOs) to designing and customizing hybrid app user interfaces and functionality, this book will get you up and running in no time.

Highlights ■ SAP Mobile Platform

■ Sybase Unwired Platform

■ Unwired Platform Runtime

■ Sybase Mobile SDK

■ Eclipse IDE

■ Hybrid Web Container

■ Mobile Business Objects

■ Hybrid App Designer

■ Object API

■ iOS

■ Android

■ MAKit




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100 Things You Should Know About ABAP Workbenchby Abdulbasıt Gülşen

Work smarter with the ABAP Workbench! Are you ready to add to your ABAP Workbench arsenal, or maybe replace some cumbersome techniques you’ve been using? Here you go: SAP PRESS equips you with “100 Things” that unlock the secrets of working with the ABAP Workbench!

Tip #46

You can implement custom debugging tasks by taking control from the ABAP Debugger! When you have complex cases that the standard tools offered by the ABAP Debugger can’t solve, the Debugger Scripting tool is here to help. This tip teaches you how to use scripting options to implement your custom requirements in the ABAP Debugger. Find out more on page 150!


The Official ABAP Reference (3rd Edition)by Horst Keller

Get to know ABAP in all its intricacy and detail with this, your comprehensive refer-ence for all ABAP statements. Each chapter discusses the relevant keywords for the topic at hand, and begins with an introduction that explains the essential concepts, such as char-acter string processing, dynpro development, and more. For each statement, this two-vol-ume set offers an explanation of the function, the syntax listing, a description, notes on special usage, and an example. The clear organization of content, a full index, and the comprehensive glossary will help you navigate through the complexities of ABAP with ease.

Bonus DVD: Includes a trial version of SAP NetWeaver 7.02 SP6.


Function Modules in ABAP: A Quick Reference Guideby Tanmaya Gupta

Finding a template should be the easiest part of your work. However, because SAP provides thousands of function modules, you might find yourself spending too much time searching for the right one. Here’s the answer delivered: hundreds of the most-used function modules in this convenient reference!

Don’t know what you’re looking for? Navigate this logically organized reference with the utmost ease — search by name, topic, or keyword to find the function module that will offer the most help. If you work with ABAP in any respect, this book is a must-add to your library.

Highlights ■ Basis FMs ■ Data conversion FMs ■ Report and screen dialog FMs ■ Form FMs ■ Number range, text, and string FMs ■ Frontend FMs ■ Microsoft Office FMs

■ ALE, EDI, and IDoc FMs ■ Authorization FMs ■ Spool and job FMs ■ Message text FMs ■ Transport Management System FMs ■ Log FMs

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Web Dynpro ABAP: The Comprehensive Guideby James Wood and Shaan Parvaze

Writing a Web Dynpro ABAP application may be a job, but it can also be a craft — and in this book, you have the tool you need to become a master. Start with the basics, jump right into advanced concepts, or flip straight to workbooks so you can apply your knowledge to real-life exercises. Whatever your WDA goal may be, this book will get you there.


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ABAP Data Dictionaryby Tanmaya Gupta

If you work regularly with the ABAP Data Dictionary, this is the reference you need. Suitable for both beginners and advanced users, this book will answer all your questions about the central repository of infor-mation for ABAP data. You’ll learn basic background information as well as details about the specific func-tionality of Data Dictionary elements (domains, tables, views, etc.), both of which will help you enhance your programming skills. The book also provides coverage of more complex topics, such as lock objects.


BRFplus — Business Rule Management for ABAP Applicationsby Thomas Albrecht and Carsten Ziegler

This book is your one-stop resource to understanding and using BRFplus: Learn how to create applications with the BRFplus workbench as well as the API, find out how to manage applications and objects, and benefit from an extensive reference chapter on functions, data objects, rules and rulesets, expressions, and actions. Additional chapters on tools, per-formance, deployment, and other advanced topics round off this com-prehensive book.


ABAP Objects: ABAP Programming in SAP NetWeaverby Horst Keller and Sascha Krüger

Based on ABAP Objects, this 1000+ page book describes all concepts of modern ABAP up to release 7.0. Topics covered include SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP, regular expressions, shared objects, class-based exception handling, asser-tions, Web Dynpro for ABAP, object services, dynamic programming, interface technologies (RFC, ICF, XML), and test tools, among others.

Bonus DVD: Includes the SAP NetWeaver 7.0 ABAP Trial Version



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ABAP with SAP NetWeaver 7.02 (2nd Edition)by Puneet Asthana and David Haslam

Build your career and enhance your résumé by mastering the ABAP cer-tification exam. With this book you will develop a thorough understand-ing of the ABAP certification track, the structure of exam C_TAW12_71, and the technical information it covers. Each chapter offers you the key concepts, important terminology, and sample questions and answers about specific technical topics that appear on the test. Make the grade with this one-stop guide to certifica-tion success!


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Architecting EDI with SAP IDocs (2nd Edition)by Emmanuel Hadzipetros

Infiltrate the entertainment industry and take notes — observe how the fictitious Acme Pictures movie company uses EDI and IDocs to make and sell its biggest flick yet. This extensive case study showcases the requirements, standards, and capabilities you’ll encounter as you build an SAP EDI system and optimize electronic information exchange between businesses via IDocs. This second, expanded edition offers coverage on configur-ing IDocs, generating purchase orders and goods receipts, and processing invoices. Pull back the curtain of the essential technology that keeps the business world talking.

Highlights ■ SAP EDI system architecture ■ Business process integration ■ IDoc architecture and configuration ■ Custom IDocs and extensions ■ Mapping specifications ■ Message control ■ Customer purchase orders

■ Replication services ■ Inbound goods receipt and invoices ■ Outbound advance shipments and

invoices ■ Custom IDoc tools ■ EDI and IDocs troubleshooting and

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ABAP Development for Sales and Distribution in SAP: Exits, BAdIs, and Enhancementsby Michael Koch

This book explains solutions to the most common enhancement scenarios in SD, and provides insight on how to implement light and flexible enhancements. You’ll follow along with specific examples of when the standard SD system doesn’t meet business requirements, including sales orders and billing, and understand how to find the right enhancement and implement the solution. Learning about ABAP development for sales and distribution in SAP has never been so practical — jump in with a book that explains the whys and hows!


ABAP Development for SAP NetWeaver BW: Exits, BAdIs, and Enhancements (3rd Edition)by Dirk Herzog

Steer your BW-specific programming and push your implementation beyond standard BI business requirements. Consider this book your trusted guide to the most often-used and helpful custom enhancements in SAP NetWeaver BW. Dive into user exits and BAdls in planning, reporting, and data extracting or importing. You’ll walk away with an understanding of why these custom enhance-ments are necessary, when they should be applied, and how to perform them to meet your unique developmental and consulting needs. This edition is up to date for SAP NetWeaver 7.3.


ABAP Development for Materials Management in SAP: User Exits and BAdIsby Jürgen Schwaninger

Is there more to your materials management (MM) implementation than meets the eye? The SAP standard is good, but it doesn’t always get the job done. Here’s your chance to learn how to take that extra step. With an explanation of basic programming principles, specific examples for the most important MM user exits and BAdIs, and a comprehensive description of all exits, you’ll learn the best options for enhancing and optimizing your MM system.


ABAP Development for Financial Accounting: Custom Enhancements by Sergey Korolev

With this book, you learn how to create custom enhance-ments to standard ABAP code in financial accounting for SAP, which will allow you to address all corporate and/or country-

specific business rules. The author takes a systematic approach to the topic, introducing general information about the subject of enhance-ments, and then offering specific coding tutorials consisting of step-by-step instructions and screenshots. You’ll quickly learn how to find the appropriate enhancement for a particular problem, use all avail-able data, and avoid common programming errors.


The Workflow 2-Pack The first book in this collection explores a general overview of workflow processes and shows you how to deploy and extend existing workflows, and how to create your own successful workflow projects — including key technical details you’ll need if you’re implementing. Then, learn about upgrading workflow, UWL, ABAP Objects, and other effective capabilities, as well as SAP’s overall strategy for Business Process Management. The second book in this collection gives you a guided tour of the developer’s tools, helping you understand when it is necessary to use custom code and how to write this code, as well as how to customize the workflow environ-ment beyond standard programming. Many tips and tricks, guidelines, and practical instructions from the world’s leading SAP Business Workflow experts make these books indispensable references for everyday use.


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Discover ABAP (2nd Edition)by Thorsten Franz and Karl-Heinz Kühnhauser

If you’re new to ABAP and want practical programming guidance, look no further. Discover ABAP offers a clear and concise introduction to SAP’s main programming language, giving you the information you need to immediately start writing code. Based on an extended, real-life example that is carried throughout the book, you’ll quickly develop your own programming solutions, starting from page one. You can then take your new skills to the next level as you successfully use your custom source code in practice. This revised second edition is updated for SAP NetWeaver 7.2/02, and is exactly the tool you need to begin your ABAP experience.


Design Patterns in Object-Oriented ABAP (2nd Edition)by Igor Barbarić

If a proven solution for a recurring problem already exists, why would you reinvent the wheel? This hands-on programming tutorial explains why and how you can use design patterns to help complete your ABAP tasks in less time with better code. Step-by-step, the author guides you through class and interface definitions, as well as the coding for all relevant methods. Plus, benefit immediately from extensively commented real-world code that shows how to implement MVC, Façade, Adapter, Decorator, and more in ABAP Objects.


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oData and sAP netWeaver Gatewayby Carsten Bönnen, Volker Drees, André Fischer, Ludwig Heinz, and Karsten Strothmann

Facebook uses OData, Netflix uses OData, — and now, thanks to SAP NetWeaver Gateway, so does SAP. With this compre-hensive guide, learn everything you need to know about how to use Gateway to make SAP system data accessible from any device,

platform, or environment. Familiarize yourself with the concepts of OData and REST, get step-by-step instructions on developing services, and learn how to administer a Gateway system. OData is the bridge from SAP to the outside world — and whichever side you’re coming from, this book will teach you how to cross it.


ABAP Development for sAP HAnAby Thorsten Schneider, Eric Westenberger, and Hermann Gahm

They say there’s nothing new under the sun — but every once in a while, something novel comes along. With the advent of SAP HANA, even the most seasoned ABAP developers have some learning to do — and, newbie or not, this book is here to help. Install the Eclipse

IDE, brush up your database programming skills, perform runtime and error analysis, transport old ABAP applications to SAP HANA: Whatever your challenge, you’ll find what you need to get up to speed. Expand your horizons!




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Project Management with SAP Project System (3rd Edition)by Mario Franz

Don’t let projects stress you out any longer — get them under control with this book! From development through invoic-ing, no essential project step or

function is left out. Get started with a thorough introduction to the functions and customization of SAP Project System. After mastering the basics, you’ll learn how to map specific business processes and execution, carry out the different phases of project management, and much more.

Highlights ■ Work breakdown structure

and network ■ Milestones, documents,

statuses, and versions ■ Tools for master data

maintenance ■ Scheduling and planning ■ Budgeting functions ■ External services and

internal activities

■ Revaluation, overhead rates, interest calculation

■ Results analysis, cost forecast, settlement

■ Project Information System: Structures and Financials

■ Open PS for Microsoft Project

■ SAP Portfolio and Project Management


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SAP Product Lifecycle Managementby Hanneke Raap

This long-anticipated, up-to-date resource is your comprehensive, functional overview of SAP PLM, from what it is to how it can benefit your business, with a plethora of business scenarios and processes throughout. Learn how each PLM business process is supported by which part of the application, and how to implement those solutions. From product innovation and design to product data management, from change request to execution, and from production com-pliance to analytics, leverage the best practices that will successfully keep your organization ahead of its competition.

Highlights ■ Product strategy and planning ■ SAP Product Portfolio Management (PPM) ■ SAP Governance, Risk, and Compliance ■ Product development and innovation ■ Product data management ■ Maintenance and customer service ■ Product compliance (SAP EHS

Management)

■ Project management ■ Service and maintenance ■ Product quality and change

management ■ SAP Fleet Management ■ Mobility within SAP PLM ■ Reporting and analytics


Document Management with SAP DMSEric Stajda

Managing the creation, storage, and security of documentation is vital to today’s enterprises. This complete and practical resource will guide you seam-lessly through SAP DMS for the real-world. Project managers, functional users, and consultants

will learn everything they need to know to configure and use SAP DMS. Explore the different ways to interact with DMS, including Easy DMS, CAD integration, BAdIs, and user exits. With step-by-step instructions and real-world scenarios, this is a must-have book for anyone interested in learning about and creating an efficient, effective document management system using SAP.

Highlights ■ DMS project

implementation ■ Document approval process ■ Configuring SAP DMS ■ Infrastructure ■ SAP DMS architecture

■ Security and authorizations ■ PLM 7.1 and 7.2 ■ Integration with CAD ■ Easy DMS ■ BAdIs and user exits ■ Document hierarchy


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Production Planning and Control with SAP ERPby Jawad Akhtar

Cars. Coffee. Your computer screen. With this book, you’ll discover the nuances behind the production planning processes you need to work with any type of material, regardless of your background.

Whether your company uses discrete, process, or repetitive manufacturing, you need to keep your supply chain running smoothly and at minimal cost. This book is here to break down the different planning processes for you to do just that. You’ll get an in-depth understanding of the business processes behind production planning, and learn what’s required of your SAP system for each method. You’ll understand what the common elements are between the processes (master data and architecture), and then explore the detailed configuration steps for each type of manufacturing approach. You’ll also find helpful information on how to use shift notes, digital signatures, and the Early Warning System, which will help take your planning to the next level.

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Production Planning with SAP APO (2nd Edition)by Jochen Balla and Frank Layer

This book provides you with a comprehen-sive and practical guide to implementing, customizing, and using production planning in SAP Advanced Planning & Optimization (SAP APO). You’ll learn how to set up the data exchange between SAP ERP and SAP APO to ensure that you’re making the most out of the versatile functions and options of SAP APO-PP/DS. In addition to covering the standard processes, you’ll learn about various advanced processes, such as multi-resource planning and the MRP-based detailed scheduling.


Demand and Supply Planning with SAP APOby Sandeep Pradhan

Eliminate the everyday challenges of ever-increasing customer expectations and changing market dynamics with SAP APO! Understand the whys and hows of the SAP APO component in SAP SCM, including all of the steps and processes that are involved in demand and supply planning. This book gives you the concrete tools you need to have a firm knowledge of your SAP APO options and get started with confidence.


Materials Planning with SAPby Marc Hoppe and Ferenc Gulyássy

With this comprehensive reference, you’ll learn how to implement, optimize, and use SAP ERP and SAP APO for effec-tive materials planning. Expert insights help you understand cross-component materials planning with SAP ERP and SAP SCM as well as modern materials planning procedures. Readers discover how to configure and use the different SAP ERP applications and how best to integrate them with an existing SAP system. In addition, the authors show you how to optimize the tools and determine which settings are useful, and how they affect other settings.




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Discover Logistics with SAP ERP and SAP SCMby Martin Murray

Get your logistics processes on the right track with this reader-friendly guide to SAP’s logistics solutions, SAP ERP and SAP SCM. From procurement to customer service, learn how each component works, the advantages it offers, and how this fully integrated solution addresses the challenges facing today’s companies. En route, learn how SAP can help you improve logistics efficiency in key areas, including inventory and warehouse management, plant maintenance, sales and distribution, and more. This expanded edition gives details on SCM, APO, and EWM and offers coverage of SAP HANA, cloud, and mobility for logistics.

Highlights include: ■ SAP ERP ■ SAP SCM ■ Procurement ■ Inventory management ■ Warehouse management ■ Inbound and outbound logistics

■ Product planning ■ Manufacturing operations ■ Plant maintenance ■ Quality management ■ Sales and service ■ Transportation Management


SAP Extended Warehouse Management: Processes, Functionality, and Configuration by M. Brian Carter, et al.

Learn about the key capabilities of the SAP EWM solution; explore the configura-tion elements available in the standard solution; discover the methods used to solve common business process requirements; and find out how to extend the solution to meet your more complex or unique business requirements.


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Warehouse Management with SAP ERP: Functionality and Technical Configuration (2nd Edition)by Martin Murray

This book provides an expanded, compre-hensive overview of the various function-alities and configurations needed for SAP warehouse management (WM). The author has provided you with the ultimate refer-ence for anyone looking for WM informa-tion, dealing with everything from the very basic key elements through standard WM functionalities, such as stock placement and stock removal, to more recent developments in EWM, Yard Management, and EDI. This is your one-stop guide to help you to under-stand and master WM in SAP, and work more efficiently.


SAP Transaction Codes: Your Quick Reference to Transactions in SAP ERPVenki Krishnamoorthy, Martin Murray, and Norman Reynolds

End your odyssey through the SAP menu tree once and for all! This all-new reference book, covering more than 3000 transac-tions, helps you navigate through all major modules of SAP ERP 6.0 with ease. Find codes by application, transaction title, or task to perform, and benefit from compre-hensive descriptions of when and how to use a transaction.


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Integrating Materials Management with Financial Accounting in SAP (2nd Edition)by Faisal Mahboob

Master financial accounting (FI) and materials management (MM) with this completely updated and comprehensive guide. Explore the integration of MM and FI and optimize your entire supply chain network with ease. Ensure that you have the right product, in the right place, at the right quantity and price to meet your business needs. With a practical, straight-forward approach, benefit from real-world examples, troubleshooting techniques, and step-by-step descriptions to create a smooth and efficient procurement process.


Materials Management with SAP ERP: Functionality and Technical Configuration (3rd Edition)by Martin Murray

Find out how to make the most of your materi-als management (MM) implementation with this completely updated, comprehensive guide. Based on SAP ERP 6.0, this new edition of the best-selling book is a comprehensive reference to the ins and outs of materials management in SAP, with new real-world, practical examples to help you grasp the information quickly and efficiently. You’ll learn everything you need to know, from goods receipt and invoice verification to balance sheet valuation and the material ledger.


Customizing Materials Management Processes in SAP ERP (2nd Edition)by Akash Agrawal

Are you tired of being constantly bogged down by overly technical information? This updated and expanded second edition provides exactly what functional consultants are looking for: information on how to connect materials management (MM) in SAP with industry best business processes and practices. Get the big picture you need as you learn MM configuration steps and identify poten-tial areas for customization. Plus, explore case studies, real-world examples, and much more.


Enhancing Supplier Relationship Management Using SAP SRM (2nd Edition)by Sachin Sethi

This completely updated and expanded new edition is a detailed and practical guide to the essen-tials of SAP SRM 5.0 and 7.0, including a functional-ity overview, new product enhancements, and best practices for optimizing your business processes. Throughout the book, you’ll find tips and tricks, practical examples, expert analysis of the changes in SAP SRM 7.0, and information on how SAP SRM integrates with core SAP ERP components. This is the one resource you need to get the most out of SAP SRM.


100 Things You Should Know About Materials Management in SAP ERPby Martin Murray

Materials management is not an exact science; managing the end-to-end intricacies of a supply chain, as well as the individual nuts and bolts within that network is a huge undertaking. This book provides 100 industry-tested, practical workarounds, and tips for MM users of all levels. You’ll be able to focus less on navigating the complex software, and more on the tools and techniques that save time and increase productivity. SAP PRESS equips you with the “100 Things” that unlock the secrets of working with Materials Management in SAP ERP with detailed screenshots, using easy implementation instructions and a hands-on approach.




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Procurement with sAP MMby Luis Castedo and Matt Chudy


Practical Guide — Plant Maintenance with sAP (3rd edition)by Karl Liebstückel


transportation Management with sAP tMby Bernd Lauterbach, Stefan Sauer, Dominik Metzger, Jens Kappauf, Christopher Suerie and Jens Gottlieb


Sales and Distribution in SAP ERP — Practical Guideby Matt Chudy and Luis Castedo

This book focuses on the practical, day-to-day requirements of working with sales and distribution (SD) in SAP ERP. You’ll learn how to perform transactions with fewer steps and less effort, and discover how to trouble-shoot minor problems and system issues. In addition to the core areas of sales and distribution, such as sales, pricing, delivery, transportation, and billing, you’ll also find coverage of more advanced topics, like special sales processes (cross-company and third-party) and reporting. Each chapter provides you with the menu paths and transaction codes that are used to execute each of the many detailed examples.


Optimizing Sales and Distribution in SAP ERP: Functionality and Configuration by Ashish Mohapatra

If you want to learn how to con-figure and use sales and distribution in SAP ERP to optimize and stream-line your business, this is the book you need. You’ll be able to use SAP ERP to fulfill orders and deliver your products and services more effec-tively, improving performance of the system and getting a better return on investment for your sales and distri-bution implementation. Throughout this book, you’ll find step-by-step instructions and real-world examples that will help you understand and optimize sales and distribution in SAP ERP.


Effective Pricing with SAP ERPby D. Rajen Iyer and Suresh Veeraraghavan

Master the most important issues around pricing in SAP ERP with this one-stop, comprehensive reference. You’ll learn about the key elements of pricing in sales and distribution and materials management, and discover complete, step-by-step instructions on how to configure pricing. This book provides you with a practical perspective on the entire process, with coverage that includes basic and advanced configuration and condition techniques, as well as inte-gration points with other SAP tools, such as financial accounting and cost accounting. Each chapter provides real-world examples, case studies, and practical tips to help you understand and master pricing in SAP ERP.


100 Things You Should Know About Sales and Distribution with SAPby Matt Chudy and Luis Castedo

Work smarter with sales and dis-tribution! Have you ever spent far more time than you should on a sales activity, only to discover that you could have saved time with a simple tip? Here you go: SAP PRESS equips you with “100 Things” that unlock the secrets of working with sales and distribution with SAP.


Current releases


iT MANAgEMENT

The SAP Green Book — A Business Guide for Effectively Managing the SAP Lifecycleby Michael Doane

System installed, project complete? Think twice! Read The SAP Green Book and learn how to continuously align business and IT, as well as understand how to generate the most benefit from your SAP implementation. A must-read for all managers new to SAP!

This book will help you:

■ Overcome implementation mistakes

■ Assess your SAP maturity and your users‘ skills

■ Build and sustain a Center of Excellence


The SAP Blue Book — A Concise Business Guide to the World of SAPby Michael Doane

“SAP is just a piece of software.” — If this sounds familiar, this book is for you. Learn from best-selling author Michael Doane what it means to implement SAP, and how SAP will change your business forever. Benefit from his advice on how to prepare your organization for the transition: how to assess your “SAP maturity,” how to instill the necessary mindset, and how to build a Center of Excellence for continuous business/IT alignment. Countless managers were poorly prepared for the challenge — don’t become one of them!

Highlights ■ What is SAP? ■ Challenges in SAP projects ■ Assessing an organization‘s readiness

for SAP ■ SAP project and system lifecycle ■ Post-implementation pitfalls

■ Center of Excellence ■ Measuring business benefits ■ Selecting and managing external

consultants ■ Management and end-user training


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– Jon Reed, JonERP.com“Michael Doane knows more about what happens when SAP gets implemented than anyone outside of SAP, and many inside. Follow his advice and thrive.”

– Joshua Greenbaum, Enterprise Applications Consulting

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SAP NetWeaver BW and SAP BusinessObjects: The Comprehensive Guideby Loren Heilig, et al.

Finally — the entire SAP business intelligence world in one volume! Get the big picture, and get it from all angles: backend, frontend, and everything in between. Tools covered include BEx Query Designer, BEx Analyzer, BEx Web Analyzer, BEx Web Application Designer (WAD), Analysis, SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence, SAP Crystal Reports, SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards (Xcelsius), and more. Based on SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 and SAP NetWeaver 7.3, this book will get you up to speed on SAP’s evolving BI landscape.


Mobilizing Your Enterprise with SAPby Sanjeet Mall, Tzanko Stefanov, and Stanley Stadelman

If you’re holding this book in your hands — whether in print form or on a mobile device — you’ve got your ticket to SAP mobility. Learn how to develop a mobile strategy, and then learn how you can use the SAP Mobile Platform to put it in action. Manager, developer, or just kind of curious, you’re officially on your way to unwiring your world with SAP. Move forward!


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SAP HANA — An Introduction (2nd Edition)by Dr. Berg and Penny Silvia

In this updated edition of our best-selling book, explore the what, why, when, and how of SAP HANA. From building a business strategy to admin-istering a system (and all the pit stops in between), you’ll have the big picture you need to get started. Learn how big data, in-memory computing, and SAP HANA come together to influence your business strategies, from trend report-ing to predictive analysis. SAP HANA Studio and Information Composer, SAP HANA’s data modeling tools are covered in detail together with data provisioning in SAP HANA, includ-ing step-by-step instructions for SAP Data Services. In addition, the authors help you understand how the SAP BusinessObjects BI platform hooks up to SAP HANA, provide detailed imple-mentation advice, and much more!


Rapid Deployment of SAP Solutionsby Bernd Welz et al.

Rapid deployment: welcome to the new way to implement SAP solutions! This book will get you up to speed on the new, preconfigured implementation meth-odology from SAP, and explain its business benefits for you and your company: implement solutions better, faster, and more cost effectively than ever before. You’ll understand what the rapid-deployment approach involves, the services it includes, how it will benefit you, and you’ll see real-world case studies from varying companies.

Highlights

■ Implementation ■ Best practices ■ Services and training ■ Preconfigured software ■ Rapid Deployment Partner Program

■ Solution implementation and evaluation services

■ SAP Business All-in-One solutions ■ Solution list

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Project Management with SAP Project System (3rd Edition)by Mario Franz

Don’t let projects stress you out any longer — get them under control with this book! From development through invoicing, no essential project step or function is left out. Get started with a thorough introduction to the functions and customization of SAP Project System. After master-ing the basics, you’ll learn how to map specific business processes and execution, carry out the different phases of project management, and much more.



BOOkS FOR AdMiNiSTRATORS

SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP System Administration (4th Edition)by Frank Föse, Liane Will, and Sigrid Hagemann

This updated, all-inclusive resource on the administration of ABAP-based SAP systems is just the tool you need to become up-to-date on the latest changes. This book takes a holistic approach to the topic and provides all of the main concepts and back-ground information on all adminis-tration tools for SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP. Additionally, with the tips and exam questions included, you can use this book to prepare for the Certified Technical Consultant exam.


SAP Administration — Practical Guideby Sebastian Schreckenbach

This administrator’s guide explains the tasks that you have to accom-plish in order to master the adminis-tration of SAP systems. Click-by-click and with numerous screenshots, you will learn about all work pro-cesses that are relevant to everyday practice: routine and special tasks, administration with SAP Solution Manager, and the administration of operating systems, databases, and authorizations. The book is based on SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP 7.0/7.1, and is applicable to users of earlier and later releases.


SAP BusinessObjects BI System Administrationby Greg Myers and Eric Vallo

A system administrator’s job isn’t easy. When stuff works, no one notices. When stuff breaks, suddenly everyone knows your name. Your most important task, then — for your users and for you — is to set up your system right the first time, and to keep it running effectively. With this book, do just that. Guided by step-by-step instructions and screenshots, you’ll learn how to perform the most common administration tasks in an SAP BusinessObjects system.


SAP Database Administration with IBM DB2by André Faustmann, Michael Greulich, André Siegling, Benjamin Wegener, and Ronny Zimmermann

When you’re working with IBM DB2 for Linux, Unix, and Windows, you’re responsible for maintaining the Rolls Royce of the SAP-certified database systems. This book helps you keep it shiny and up to speed: you’ll find all of the unique, powerful administrator’s tools, tasks, and strategies that IBM and SAP have developed. From setup and sizing to troubleshooting the database, you’ll find the information you need for a smooth ride.


SAP Performance Optimization Guide: Analyzing and Tuning SAP Systems (7th Edition)by Thomas Schneider

Is your SAP system as agile as it can be? Learn how, where, and when to kick your SAP system’s performance up a notch with tools, tips, and procedures for analysis tuning. This seventh edition of Thomas Schneider’s best-selling resource will teach you how to optimize system performance: head off any bottlenecks, update your skills for the new release of SAP NetWeaver 7.3, and integrate new technologies like SAP HANA and SAP Sybase ASE. Make your SAP system faster, sleeker, and stronger with this updated and revised optimization guide.

Highlights

■ System and load distribution ■ Memory management and buffering ■ Performance problems ■ Remote function calls ■ Java Workload Monitor and J2EE ■ Java Virtual Machine ■ SQL statements and locks

■ System architecture ■ Hardware and database analysis ■ SAP NetWeaver Application Server ■ SAP NetWeaver BW queries ■ Workload distribution and interfaces ■ SAP HANA and BW Accelerator




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100 Things You Should Know About Authorizations in SAPby Massimo Manara and Andrea Cavalleri

Work smarter with authorizations! Have you ever had an unauthorized user access something in your system that you could have sworn was off limits? Here you go: SAP PRESS equips you with “100 Things” that unlock the secrets of managing your security and authorizations in SAP.

■ Learn 100 little-known time-saving tips and tricks ■ Receive detailed instructions and guiding screenshots ■ Take home practical, expert advice for system administrators

Full of screenshots and instructions, this book will help you pick up new tips and tricks in no time, such as implementing effective auditing practices and better security.


SAP BusinessObjects BI Securityby Christian Ah-Soon and David François Gonzalez

“Don’t talk to strangers” — if only data security policies were this easy. Learn to keep your SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence data truly safe from unauthorized actions with this comprehensive guide. Begin with security basics and work your way to advanced concepts; along the way, you’ll explore func-tional and data security, define a rights model, and secure data sources and universes. Step-by-step instructions ensure that you can implement important security techniques in your administration and design work. This book puts the master key to data security in your hands.


Authorizations in SAP Software: Design and Configurationby Volker Lehnert, Katharina Bonitz, and Larry Justice

This comprehensive guide shows you how to develop and implement an authorization concept that will withstand the toughest demands. Permissions are covered extensively, with a focus on the relationship between organiza-tional performance and the necessities of legal and regulatory compliance. You will learn how the tools and functions of the change management process play a critical role in the performance of an SAP system, and how various permis-sions in SAP solutions and processes function in detail.


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Testing SAP Solutions (2nd Edition)by Markus Helfen and Hans Martin Trauthwein

This complete guide to test planning and test execution answers all of your questions. Not only will you learn the basics for a test strategy and a test methodology that fit the requirements of your solution, you will also understand functionality and usage of all the tools SAP and their partners provide for testing: Extensive, practical chapters on the most important tools, SAP Solution Manager and eCATT, as well as substantial coverage of TDMS, HP Quality Center, and SAP LoadRunner show exactly how to perform functional and performance tests. In addition, for each tool you’ll find a real-life project report from a well-known SAP customer.



Managing Custom Code in SAPby Tony de Thomasis and Alisdair Templeton

Custom code is a vital component of any successful SAP implemen-tation. But it must be managed, or it becomes an obstacle to future enhancement and innovation. Take the proactive approach to taming your custom code with this book: always be in control, make changes when and where they are needed, don’t get slowed down by bad code, and always be ready for the next upgrade.

Highlights ■ Custom Code Lifecycle

Management ■ Reverse Business Process

Documentation ■ Solution Documentation

Assistant

■ Guided Self-Services ■ SAP Clone Finder ■ SAP NetWeaver 7.1 UPL

technology ■ Reporting metrics and

dashboards


Monitoring and Operations with SAP Solution Managerby Lars Teuber, Corina Weidmann, and Liane Will

Skip the hypothetical discussions of what SAP Solution Manager does — get real-life, technical knowledge that will help you monitor your systems and analyze your business processes today! With release 7.1, say goodbye to CCMS and welcome an array of new options and possibilities to monitor issues across the system landscape.

This book leaves no stone unturned in the area of monitoring and operations. After an overview of SAP Solution Manager’s architecture, you’ll get familiar with the new monitor-ing and alert infrastructure. You’ll then find detailed instruction on how to operate and configure all of its related tools. Throughout the book, practical examples, case studies, and guiding screenshots will help you get your SAP system running the way you want it to.

Highlights

■ Change diagnostics ■ Project implementation ■ Data volume management ■ Administration reporting ■ Central system administration

■ Data volume management ■ Root cause analysis ■ Job scheduling management ■ Role management




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SAP Solution Manager (3rd Edition)by Marc O. Schäfer and Matthias Melich

What’s new in SAP Solution Manager 7.1? In this book, you’ll find much more than the answer to this question. Discover all of the platform’s functions and learn how to support and improve the planning, operation, and optimization of your solution with SAP Solution Manager. Comprehensive and up-to-date, this definitive book leaves no questions unan-swered! Whether it’s the new monitoring and alerting infrastructure, custom code manage-ment, or change impact analysis that you are interested in, you can take a look under the hood of SAP Solution Manager and understand its concepts.

Highlights

■ Solution Implementation and Documentation

■ Test Management ■ Requests for Change, Quality Gates,

and Transport Management ■ Incident Management and

Service Desk

■ Monitoring, Root Cause Analysis, and Technical Administration

■ Business Process Monitoring and Job Management

■ Maintenance and Upgrade Management

■ Manage In-House Developments



IT Service Management in SAP Solution Managerby Nathan Williams

Stay ahead of the curve with IT Service Management (ITSM)! This comprehensive guide provides everything you’ll need to work effec-tively with the latest versions of ChaRM and Application Incident Management (the new Service Desk). Based on release 7.1 of SAP Solution Manager, the book first presents an overview of ITSM, its user interfaces, and how to prepare your system to support it. If you’re already familiar with ITSM, skip ahead to find in-depth configu-ration and functionality details on AIM and ChaRM.

Follow step-by-step instructions and screenshots that explain what these different tools accomplish, how to configure them, and how to use them. You’ll also learn how to work with the software with expert, practical tips and best practices gained from the author’s expe-rience. With this all-in-one resource to ITSM, you’ll be using the new and improved functionalities in SAP Solution Manager in no time!


Implementing SAP Enhancement Packagesby Martina Kaplan, Christian Oehler

This book provides numerous step-by-step instructions to describe how you can successfully install SAP enhancement packages (EHPs) and activate them via the Switch Framework. You’ll learn technical details about the architecture, how to approach an EHP project from planning through activation, how to handle enhancement package tools, and which benefits the enhancement package strategy provides.

Highlights

■ Enhancement package concept

■ Switch and Enhancement Framework

■ Business functions ■ Enhancement package

project phases and activities

■ SAP Solution Manager and SAP EHP Installer

■ Test catalog and test case templates

■ Analysis and optimization of enhancement package installations



Using SAP: A Guide for Beginners and End Usersby Olaf SchulzLearn about how SAP software works and how to navigate the system. Whether you use this as an exercise book or as a reference book, you’ll find what you need to help you become more com-fortable with SAP ERP.

Highlights include: ■ SAP products and concepts ■ Logging in ■ Navigating the system ■ System layout and user

data ■ Evaluation and reports ■ Printing ■ Automating tasks ■ Messages and the business

workplace

■ Roles and authorizations ■ Help functions ■ Materials management ■ Sales and distribution ■ Financial accounting ■ Controlling ■ Human capital

management


“Finally, a book specifically

designed for end users and

those new to SAP.”

BOOkS FOR BEgiNNERS

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Discover SAP ERP Financials (2nd Edition)by Manish Patel

Business financials is an essential part of every business, large or small. This title offers a very detailed, reader-friendly reference that will give you an in-depth overview of the key compo-nents of SAP ERP Financials. Perfect for new users, decision-makers, and power users, you will learn how to improve your efficiency in key financial areas, including profitability analysis, financial supply chain management, cost-accounting, and more. Updated for SAP ERP 6.0, EhP 5 and 6 with a focus on expanded real world sce-narios and practical case-studies.


Discover SAP CRM (2nd Edition)by Srini Katta

SAP CRM provides you with the tools you need to attract and retain quality customers. Whether you’re new to SAP or need to brush up on SAP CRM, this book will explain the core areas of CRM in an easy-to-understand manner. Perfect for managers and consultants, this book comprehensively explains what SAP CRM is, how it can improve your relationship with your customers, and how it can enhance cost effective-ness while improving profitability.

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Discover Logistics with SAP: SAP ERP and SAP SCMby Martin Murray

Get your logistics processes on the right track with this reader-friendly guide to SAP’s logistics solutions, SAP ERP and SAP SCM. From procurement to customer service, learn how each component works, the advantages it offers, and how this fully integrated solution addresses the challenges facing today’s com-panies. En route, learn how SAP can help you improve logistics efficiency in key areas, including inventory and warehouse man-agement, plant maintenance, sales and distribution, and more. This expanded edition gives details on SCM, APO, and EWM and offers coverage of SAP HANA, cloud, and mobility for logistics.

Highlights include: ■ SAP ERP ■ SAP SCM ■ Procurement ■ Inventory management ■ Warehouse management ■ Inbound and outbound logistics

■ Product planning ■ Manufacturing operations ■ Plant maintenance ■ Quality management ■ Sales and service ■ Transportation Management


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