Product Description

(Pearson Education. SAP Press) Text for SAP partners, consultants, customers, and others working with SAP. Discusses industry specific solutions for aerospace and defense, automotive, chemicals, insurance, media, mill products, oil and gas, retail, engineering and construction, and high tech, among other industries. DLC: SAP AG.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1242719 in Books
• Published on: 2001-06-13
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 192 pages

Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

From the Back Cover
Edited by SAP co-chairman Dr. Henning Kagermann, this book offers expert analysis of the current state of twelve key industries and demonstrates how the relationship between mySAP and SAP's industry-specific strategy addresses the unique demands of each sector.

Taking each industry in turn, the authors first examine the market trends to which they must react, with particular attention given to changes wrought by the internet revolution. Industry requirements are then set alongside their SAP solution, illustrated by up-to-date 'solution maps' developed in collaboration with SAP and its customers and partners. Real-life case studies are used to detail how the careful application of SAP solutions can help companies meet the challenges facing their own particular industry.

MySAP Industry Solutions is essential reading for SAP partners, consultants, customers and anyone working in the SAP environment. Beginning with an overview of the SAP strategy as a whole, the book goes on to examine the following industry-specific solutions:

* mySAP Aerospace & Defense
* mySAP Automotive
* mySAP Banking
* mySAP Chemicals
* mySAP Consumer Products
* mySAP Engineering & Construction
* mySAP Healthcare
* mySAP High Tech
* mySAP Higher Education & Research
* mySAP Insurance
* mySAP Media
* mySAP Mill Products
* mySAP Mining
* mySAP Oil & Gas
* mySAP Pharmaceuticals
* mySAP Public Sector
* mySAP Retail
* mySAP Service Providers
* mySAP Telecommunications
* mySAP Utilities

MySAP Industry Solutions is part of the Business Roadmap Series from SAP Press. Aimed at users, managers and consultants, this series emphasizes the business background and the processes which underpin the functionality of the SAP product. Building on this deeper understanding, the books offer sound, practical guidance on how best to tailor the system to the requirements of your business. 0201721929B06202001

About the Author

Henning Kagermann is co-chairman of the Executive Board and CEO of SAP AG. He is responsible for the worldwide business of the SAP group including sales, consulting and customer relations. He is also responsible for customer-specific development requirements in the context of mySAP and he oversees the coordination of regional and industry-sector business plans.

Gerhard Keller worked for SAP for many years and is co-founder of bflow, an independent online business-to-business network for developers and decision-makers working in the SAP environment. He is the author of a number of successful books on SAP-related topics, and is series editor of the SAP Press Business Roadmap Series.

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Customer Reviews

Catalog of industry intelligence
You need not be a SAP R/3 consultant to benefit from this interesting book. In fact, I am not an R/3 expert and have little direct experience with the product. My motivation for reading this book is to better understand ERP in general as it applies to various industry segments, and SAP R/3 and PeopleSoft in particular because of a consulting assignment.

Before reading this book I was under the mistaken impression that SAP R/3 was inflexible and required any company implementing it to completely redesign their business processes to accommodate the software. In many respects this is true. However, SAP has a tagline that "All Industries Are Not Created Equal", which means that a generic solution enforced by an application is not a real solution at all. Using this book I discovered two things: (1) SAP R/3 is a lot more flexible than I heard and can be highly customized using industry-specific solution maps to a number of industries, and (2) the market challenges of the 20 industries covered in this book.

What I like is the consistent way each industry if presented, using a fixed format that discusses each industry's market trends, requirements and solution maps. As a consultant who works across a wide landscape of industries I was able to quickly absorb some of the characteristics of each industry and their key challenges, as well as see how an ERP solution fit within them. Of course, learning about how SAP as a product supports these industries is also useful, and I suspect essential to consultants and constancies focused on this particular product.

The book is a quick read, informative and definitely a worthwhile investment to anyone who is involved in ERP in general and SAP R/3 in particular.

An acceptable introduction to mySAP.com, but light on detail
Sorry, but this is more an SAP advertisement for why you should consider mySAP.com, than a reference on what it is. In fairness, the various industry solutions are reasonably well explained, and so is how mySAP.com addresses those industries. But it's really about the level of depth and detail, which is not much in this case. For example, at the end of each chapter, a case study is provided. These, however, are generally a bit vague and "marketing-sounding", while the name of the company or client is often omitted, affecting credibility.

Granted, the whole subject is extensive, however, I was expecting more. It doesn't help that this is a translation from German, which tends to make the reading a bit "stiff" and academic compared to what we are accustomed to in North America.