Rightshore!: Successfully Industrialize SAP® Projects Offshore

Rightshore!: Successfully Industrialize SAP® Projects Offshore

At a time when business demands urge companies to innovate and CIOs face increasing cost pressures, offshore delivery offers the opportunity to industrialize the implementation processes for system harmonization, consolidation, and enhancement, thereby realizing substantial cost savings and quality improvements. Rightshore^® - a registered trademark of Capgemini - is about organizing the distributed delivery process that embraces on-site, nearshore and offshore services.

This book describes successful global delivery models utilizing industrialized methods to deliver SAP^® projects from India. While the first part is devoted to management concepts, service offerings and the peculiarities of working together with India, the second part features eight case studies from different industries and from around the world describing how India delivery centers have been successfully deployed in SAP^® development projects

Business Information Warehouse for SAP (Prima Tech's Sap Book Series)

Business Information Warehouse for SAP (Prima Tech's Sap Book Series)


Describes the inner workings of SAP BW, from its evolution into a warehouse to its architecture and structure, discussing how SAP compares with other data warehouse vendors. The CD-ROM contains resources like books, Web sites, and vendors, sample code with simple programs, and 18 screen cam movies demonstrating SAP BW.

Sams Teach Yourself SAP in 24 Hours (2nd Edition) (Sams Teach Yourself in 24 Hours)

Sams Teach Yourself SAP in 24 Hours (2nd Edition) (Sams Teach Yourself in 24 Hours)


Sams Teach Yourself SAP in 24 Hours, Second Edition is the perfect tool for learning one of the most sophisticated enterprise solutions available today. Designed to being with the basics, you will become acquainted with the entire SAP system, from navigation to creating your own reports. You'll also cover:

• Implementation tools and methodologies
  
• NetWeaver
  
• ECC 5.0
  
• Designing Screens and menus
  
• Reporting
  
• Integration with Microsoft Office
  
• And more
  

Written by leading SAP consultants with over 20 years of combined experience, this easy-to-understand tutorial is ideal for getting up and running with SAP quickly and efficiently

Upgrading SAP (with CD-ROM)(Computer Science)(Business)(SAP R/3) (Computer Science)

Upgrading SAP (with CD-ROM)(Computer Science)(Business)(SAP R/3) (Computer Science)

The purpose of this book is to remove the veil of secrecy surrounding SAP upgrade techniques and concepts, and to provide the user with a detailed description of the steps needed for a successful implementation. This popular, but very complex software system must be constantly reconfigured and upgraded to accommodate its latest releases. This book provides a complete overview of the process to upgrade from one SAP release to the next one and explains with detailed descriptions, the use of all relevant SAP upgrade tools. Along with a technical description of the SAP NetWeaver Application Server (AS), it also discusses personnel issues and the economic ramifications of such an upgrade project. Examples in this book are based on various different SAP products and releases, such as SAP NetWeaver 2004, 2004S (also known as NetWeaver 7.0 and 7.1), and SAP Business Suite 2005 with SAP ERP 6.0, BI, CRM, SCM, and SRM. Conceived as both a teaching book and as a reference manual, it covers all the techniques, background information, notes, tips, and tricks needed for any SAP upgrade project. A CD-ROM accompanies the book with templates and outlines for the upgrading process, as well as third-party SAP related material. Features Examples in this book are based on various different SAP products and releases, such as SAP NetWeaver 2004, 2004S (also known as 7.0) and 7.1 and SAP Business Suite 2005 with ERP, BI, CRM, SCM and SRM Includes a CD-ROM accompanies the book with templates, Power Point slides, and outlines for the upgrading process, as well as third-party SAP related material Brief Table of Contents(Selected Topics Only) 1. Introduction 2.What Is SAP Software? 3. SAP Layers and Architecture. 4. SAP Software Logistics. 5. Reason For Upgrading. 6. Difference between Upgrade and Implementation. 7. Hardware Related Items. 8. Upgrade Technology 9.Unicode Conversion. 10. Upgrade Project Management. 11. Third Party Tools. 12. SAP New Dimensions Products. 13. SAP Netweaver Java AS. 14. Support Tools. 15. The Direction of SAP. About the CD. Index.

mySAP CRM: The Offcial Guidebook to SAP CRM Release 4.0

mySAP CRM: The Offcial Guidebook to SAP CRM Release 4.0

SAP® NetWeaver Portal Technology: The Complete Reference

SAP® NetWeaver Portal Technology: The Complete Reference


Your Hands-on Guide to SAP NetWeaver Portal Technology

Master SAP NetWeaver Portal with the most comprehensive, step-by-step reference available on the entire portal implementation life cycle. Written by SAP architect Rabi Jay, this book provides everything you need to plan, design, install, configure, and administer SAP NetWeaver Portal, including SAP NetWeaver Application Server Java.

SAP NetWeaver Portal Technology: The Complete Reference is filled with detailed descriptions, numerous illustrations, and hundreds of expert tips. Design and deploy portals with high availability, scalability, and performance. Implement single sign-on to backend systems and integrate SAP and non-SAP applications. Configure reliable J2EE engine and portal security, and devise a flawless portal backup and restore strategy. Improve performance using portal workload, GC, thread dump, and HTTP analysis.

• Plan futuristically using PAM, release planning, and maintenance strategy
• Design global portals using federated portal networks and external-facing portals
• Implement self-registration and delegated user and content administration
• Enable authorization using security zones, UME actions, and ACL permissions
• Manage users centrally using LDAP, UME, and Identity Management
• Implement user-, type-, and attribute-based authentication
• Brand your portal using portal desktop rules, themes, and framework pages
• Configure portal transports, and deploy patches and business packages using JSPM
• Monitor your portal using CCMS and GRMG Availability Monitoring
• Manage your portal centrally using NWA and maintain systems using SLD

The 123s of ABC in SAP: Using SAP R/3 to Support Activity-Based Costing

The 123s of ABC in SAP: Using SAP R/3 to Support Activity-Based Costing


Incorporate the Benefits of Activity-Based Costing into the Efficiencies of Your SAP R/3 System

Given SAP's dominance in the enterprise resource planning (ERP) market, many companies and their managers encounter SAP AG applications in some form or another. Many of these organizations have recognized the value of utilizing Activity-Based Costing/Management concepts to perform more accurate cost assignments or drive performance initiatives. Managers are then faced with trying to determine how Activity-Based Costing can be incorporated into the SAP environment. The 123s of ABC in SAP is the first book of its kind designed to help business managers understand the capabilities of the SAP R/3 business application to support Activity-Based Costing, Management, and Budgeting.

Divided into three parts-the conceptual foundation, the capabilities of SAP ABC, and integration with other tools-the book provides readers with the following:

• An explanation of how Activity-Based Costing can be used with SAP
• Helpful hints for implementing ABC into SAP
• Insights into the most common difficulties and potential solutions when implementing ABC into SAP
• Summary tables that highlight key decisions to be made, implementation hints, and organizational challenges
• Detailed descriptions of SAP software applications to support the Activity-Based Costing approach as well as the integration of SAP R/3 with Oros software
• Examples of the tandem usage of Resource Consumption Accounting with Activity-Based Costing

Special Edition Using SAP R/3 (3rd Edition)

Special Edition Using SAP R/3 (3rd Edition)

The SAP R/3 Guide to EDI and Interfaces

The SAP R/3 Guide to EDI and Interfaces

This book in the tradition of IT-cookbooks, where the reader will find quick recipes and reliable information to cover all aspects of SAP Interfacing and quickly became a standard work for the R/3 world.

Implementation Strategies for SAP R/3 in a Multinational Organization: Lessons from a Real-World Case Study

Implementation Strategies for SAP R/3 in a Multinational Organization: Lessons from a Real-World Case Study


It is important for those in charge of implementing an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system to identify and understand the issues they face. Implementation Strategies for SAP R/3 in a Multinational Organization: Lessons from a Real-World Case Study provides readers with an instructive insight in the very complex process of ERP implementation in a global company. This book describes the issues, problems, and challenges of ERP execution as well as the strategies companies use to react to and resolve them successfully. The reader can focus on different types of issues – organizational as well as technical. It is a goldmine for instructors who can use the cases in different course settings and with different student audiences. Researchers and practitioners will also find value in the detailed descriptions of challenges faced by companies such as Robert Bosch GmbH.

Testing SAP R/3: A Manager's Step-by-Step Guide

Testing SAP R/3: A Manager's Step-by-Step Guide

Testing SAP R/3: A Manager's Step-by-Step Guide shows how to implement a disciplined, efficient, and proven approach for testing SAP R/3 correctly from the beginning of the SAP implementation through post-production support. The book also shows SAP professionals how to efficiently provide testing coverage for all SAP objects before they are moved into a production environment.

Enterprise Management with SAP SEM/ Business Analytics (SAP Excellence)

Enterprise Management with SAP SEM/ Business Analytics (SAP Excellence)

In order to make strategy happen there is a need for powerful management information systems. SAP focuses on the application of modern business administration concepts, e.g. Value Based Management, the Balanced Scorecard, the Management Cockpit or flexible planning methods.The book describes the methodology and implementation of a powerful tool for enterprise management. Practical examples show how SAP Strategic Enterprise Management/Business Analytics (SAP SEM/BA) can help to improve cross functional planning, reporting and analyzing. SAP SEM/BA is a leading edge IT-solution for top management and related departments in large enterprises and groups. It demonstrates the state of the art of modern management information and decision support systems.

SAP BW Certification: A Business Information Warehouse Study Guide

SAP BW Certification: A Business Information Warehouse Study Guide

Provides an overview to the exam's topics, including a "Need to Know" list that identifies areas that must be understood in-depth.
Includes exercises that can be performed, usually with a small test BW server.
Contains practice test questions that assess the readers knowledge of the current exam topics.
Serves as a complement to the classroom training provided by SAP.

SAPscript Made Easy 4.6

MAPI, SAPI, and TAPI Developer's Guide

This guidebook (known as Printout Design Made Easy until Release 3.1H) helps reduce consulting time in development and modification of SAPscript forms. The book explains in an intuitive step-by-step manner how to do most common task (like moving/adding fields, printing bar codes and/or company logos etc.). These task help adapt forms quicker and more efficiently by using the new graphical WYSIWYG-based tools Form Painter and PC Editor.

Sams Teach Yourself Sap R/3 in 10 Minutes (Sams Teach Yourself...in 10 Minutes (Paperback))

Sams Teach Yourself Sap R/3 in 10 Minutes (Sams Teach Yourself...in 10 Minutes (Paperback))

When you consider that SAP R/3 boasts some 8,000 tables and a mind-boggling number of Germanic-language data tags, it's hard to believe you could ever learn anything about SAP AG's flagship enterprise resource planning product in 10 minutes. However, SAMS Teach Yourself SAP R/3 in 10 Minutes, a slim volume written by SAP consultant Simon Sharpe, manages to provide a pragmatic blueprint of this software behemoth from a user-level perspective.
Catchy as it is, the title is slightly misleading. Instead of one 10-minute learning session, the book actually contains a series of exercises designed to familiarize new users with SAP R/3's core functionality. These lessons go from the very basic, such as how to log on and move between screens, to much more advanced topics, such as understanding configurations and creating documents. Each lesson is carefully constructed and provides a numbered list of steps to walk you through the tasks. In addition, the book's pages are studded with time-saving tips, real-language definitions of computerese, warnings, and relevant screen shots.
As Sharpe makes clear, the book is not intended for implementers or administrators. As a reference for new users to SAP R/3 or departments exposed to a recent implementation, SAMS Teach Yourself SAP R/3 in 10 Minutes comes extremely close to accomplishing its stated goal. -Sarah L. Roberts-Witt

SAP R/3 Administrator's Handbook

SAP R/3 Administrator's Handbook

Demystify today's premier client/server enterprise softwareThe all-in-one guide to successfully implementing enterprise-wide business process engineering now brings you up to speed on the #1 software's latest features. SAP R/3 Handbook, Second Edition, by JosÈ Antonio Hernandez, explains in easy-to-follow steps all stages of R/3 installation, implementation, operation and support. You learn about the workings of the ABAP/4 development workbench, the transport system, R/3 service distribution, systems architectures and system administration, and get an in-depth look at the Basis system. In this new edition, you'll find new and expanded chapters on the latest SAP features, including:*The Profile Generator and the Management of Users and Authorizations*SAP Database Administration including Oracle8 and Microsoft SQL Server 7*Advanced new options within the CCMS, including new R/3 installation tools*Much more

SAP R/3 for Everyone : Step-by-Step Instructions, Practical Advice, and Other Tips and Tricks for Working with SAP

SAP R/3 for Everyone : Step-by-Step Instructions, Practical Advice, and Other Tips and Tricks for Working with SAP

SAP R/3 for Everyone is the nontechnical user's guide to working with SAP R/3, the leading business enterprise software product in the world. Written and road-tested by experienced SAP R/3 users and trainers, this book saves typical SAP R/3 users time and trouble by providing them with the universal skills needed to work with any module of this complex software.SAP R/3 can be used effectively by anyone who can perform a handful of simple procedures that are employed in nearly every SAP R/3 transaction. The authors explain these procedures in plain English, using illustrations and real-world examples.After a brief explanation of the architecture and operation of SAP R/3, readers get step-by-step instruction in* Logging on and off, managing passwords, and customizing the SAP application window and screens* Navigating between screens with menu folders, transaction codes, and the menu bar* Setting up customized favorites folders with quick links to the initial screens of transactions and other useful resources* Understanding the four basic transaction types* Working on initial screens, including tips and techniques for entering codes, searching for codes, customizing initial screens, and using multiple selection screens and selection options* Customizing output reports with filters, sorts, sums, and display variants* Exporting output reports to Microsoft Excel and Word and e-mailing output reports to other SAP usersPractical and jargon-free, SAP R/3 for Everyone provides readers with the skills and confidence they need to efficiently conduct any business activity with SAP R/3.

SAP NetWeaver For Dummies

SAP NetWeaver For Dummies

* Shows IT directors and managers how to get up and running with Netweaver, SAP's Web services-based business integration and application platform* SAP, the world's third-largest independent software supplier, has nearly 20,000 corporate customers in 120 countries, including sixty-five percent of the Fortune 100* Explains how SAP Netweaver can integrate existing applications; serve as the foundation for mySAP Business Suite and SAP xApps; work with .NET, J2EE, and Websphere; and enable portals, collaboration, data management, and development environments* Offers plain-English explanations along with a dash of humor and fun-the perfect antidote for people overwhelmed by the complex SAP Netweaver documentation* Cowritten by the SAP technology evangelist for Netweaver, this book provides inside information on new product revisions that will not be available anywhere else* Includes SAP-provided Netweaver content on CD-ROM.

MAPI, SAPI, and TAPI Developer's Guide

MAPI, SAPI, and TAPI Developer's Guide

The purpose of this guide is to show the reader how to take advantage of the communications power of their Microsoft Windows operating system to develop applications that combine e-mail, fax, data, audio and video into integrated applications that will increase productivity and improve overall performance. The CD-ROM contains all the source code and examples from the book.