SAP: An Executive's
Comprehensive Guide
by Grant Norris, Ian Wright, James R. Hurley, John Dunleavy, Alison Gibson
Sap : An Executive's Comprehensive Guide
by Grant Norris, Ian Wright, James R. Hurley, John Dunleavy,
Alison Gibson
Price: $89.00
Written by a team of
experienced consultants, this book is an excellent overview of
the key issues and decisions which will need to be made when
deciding to select SAP, and also while implementing it.
Who should read it: Executives with strategic decisions to
make, client business and technical managers responsible for
the implementation, and senior consultants.
Direct From the Jacket
"Enterprise organizations the world over are turning to
integrated software solutions to help them realize their strategic
redesign and resource planning initiatives. Of the major providors
of these enabling technologies, one company, Systems, Applications
and Products (SAP), stands out above the rest as offering the most
comprehensive and versatile pacxkage of client/server business
applications. Nine out of ten of America's largest companies now use
SAP R/3 software, as do eight of America's ten most profitable
companies. Analysts expect SAP to continue to dominate the world
market for at least another decade.
But what exactly is SAP, and is it right for your company? In what
ways can SAP improve performance and increase productivity and
profits? How much will an SAP implementation cost your company? What
short- and long-term effects can you expect SAP R/3 to have on your
organization's financial, manufacturing, distribution, sales, and
human resources functions? How does one axccurately assess a
company's strategic information systems requirements and make a
business case for SAP? Are there competing systems that might better
fit with your organization? SAP: An Executive's Comprehensive Guide answers these and
many other questions about SAP software solutions. Written by an
interdisciplinary team of business, finance, and information systems
professionals, all of whom have had considerable experience with SAP
implementations, it covers the full range of management, strategic
planning, auditing, systems planning, and implementation issues of
vital concern to CEO's, CFOI's, and IT executives and professionals
considering the move to client/server business systems. With the
help of numerous examples and real-life case studies, the authors
cut through the media hype to provide an assessment of the
advantages and disadvantages of SAP R/3 software and to supply top
management with the information they need to make informed decisions
about implementing SAP R/3 in their organizations."
Our Favorite Excerpt(s)
Page 3 - "The company is called S-A-P, not sap, which comes
from trees"
Page 168 - "Encouraging overt resistancee is one strategy
for identifying and developing responses to individuals experiencing
a values conflict"
Page 217 - "Shortcuts can cause long delays"
