Product Description

Discover what SAP is all about and learn how the new products and solutions can improve your business processes. In this completely updated edition, you'll find what you need to really understand where SAP can fit into your operations. Whether you're a decision-maker, consultant, or new SAP professional, this practical guide will take you on a complete journey from the history of SAP to a detailed look at each solution and the technology that runs them. Everything from the newest solutions for sustainability and the SAP BusinessObjects portfolio to the tried-and-true solutions for small to midsize businesses, financials, CRM, HR, supply chain management, and more are covered. Highlights -Business Suite 7 -SAP BusinessObjects -Supply Chain Management -Financials -Human Capital Management -Customer Relationship Management -Supplier Relationship Management -Strategy for Small to Midsize Businesses -SAP Composite Applications -Duet™, Alloy™, and SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe®

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #191367 in Books
• Published on: 2009-12-30
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 440 pages

About the Author
Nancy Muir is a professional author who has written over 50 books on technical and business topics. Ian Kimbell is in charge of solution enablement for small and midsize enterprises for SAP, and he has over 25 years of experience in IT.

Customer Reviews

There's no other book like it
I am a senior manager who is often called upon to make choices for my company about enterprise-computing products, and I've struggled to understand many of the key concepts and products out there. This book brought SAP and its product line into clear focus, explaining exactly what each product does in easy to understand terms. In addition it helped me understand concepts such as service-oriented architecture. I don't have to be an IT person, nor an SAP consultant to see how SAP relates to my business needs. Whatever I choose for our enterprise computing products, I'm very glad I chose this book to help me see the enterprise forest for the trees!

Good Overview for an SAP novice
I bought this book for a friend who is not an SAP consultant, but is a manager in the logistics department who was been chosen to be part of a PP team. I got him two books, this one and the "Discover Logistics with SAP ERP" book, also from SAP Press. I read both of the books before giving them to him and I thought the books complemented each other quite well. The Discover SAP book was a good general overview and the Discover Logistics book was a good overview to all the logistics functions in SAP; PP, MM, SD etc.

This book (and the "Discover Logistics" book) is a good overview for someone who does not know much about SAP but is going to be a part of an SAP team or lead an team from a users perspective. This is not a book I would recommend to a consultant or someone who has been working with SAP for sometime.

Simplified and straight to the point
This is the best introductory book I have read so far, It touches on the diffrent areas of the SAP software, It is very well written and simplified, I'd recommend this book for every person who would like to start on the SAP path