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Changes in Business Data Processing |
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Information management as deciding competitive factor |
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Requirements for enterprise-wide information management |
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Reorientation of business software development |
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Component software as a new solution |
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4 | (1) |
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Business application solutions from one source |
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5 | (1) |
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Fundamental technologies for business application systems |
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6 | (1) |
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Topics covered in this book |
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7 | (1) |
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Who should read this book? |
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8 | (1) |
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9 | (6) |
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Client/server computing is a software technology |
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Examples of client/server configurations |
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10 | (2) |
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Use of client/server systems |
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12 | (3) |
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The Importance of Standards |
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15 | (2) |
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15 | (1) |
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Use of standards to benefit the user |
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15 | (1) |
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16 | (1) |
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Technical Foundations for Business Application Systems |
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Microprocessors and memory chips |
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18 | (10) |
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Disk storage technologies |
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28 | (4) |
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32 | (20) |
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52 | (2) |
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Database management systems |
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54 | (8) |
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62 | (2) |
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64 | (7) |
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Graphical user interfaces |
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71 | (4) |
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75 | (1) |
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Development tools for business application systems |
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76 | (5) |
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81 | (5) |
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The Technical Architecture of the R/3 System |
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86 | (46) |
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86 | (3) |
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R/3 hardware configurations |
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89 | (2) |
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91 | (2) |
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93 | (9) |
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102 | (10) |
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112 | (5) |
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117 | (9) |
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126 | (6) |
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Object-oriented Application Development with the ABAP Workbench |
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132 | (51) |
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134 | (3) |
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Application programming with ABAP |
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137 | (15) |
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Report development using ABAP |
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152 | (4) |
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156 | (7) |
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163 | (15) |
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178 | (5) |
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183 | (20) |
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Evolution of the Business Framework |
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184 | (2) |
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Business Framework basics |
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186 | (8) |
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The components of the Business Framework |
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194 | (9) |
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R/3 Business Processes over the Internet |
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203 | (10) |
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Consumer-to-business and business-to-business |
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204 | (1) |
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204 | (1) |
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Internet Transaction Server |
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205 | (3) |
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208 | (2) |
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R/3 Internet application components |
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210 | (3) |
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Workflow, Documents and Communication |
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213 | (17) |
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SAP Business Communication |
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213 | (9) |
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222 | (2) |
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224 | (6) |
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An Overview of the Business Applications of the R/3 System |
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230 | (14) |
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Basic principles of the R/3 application architecture |
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230 | (2) |
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232 | (2) |
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234 | (4) |
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Human Resources Management |
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238 | (3) |
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241 | (1) |
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Cross-application concepts and functions |
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241 | (3) |
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Process-oriented Implementation of the R/3 System in a Company |
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244 | (18) |
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Claudia Jansen-Niedermeier |
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Continuous business engineering versus classic re-engineering |
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244 | (1) |
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The AcceleratedSAP implementation method |
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245 | (4) |
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249 | (11) |
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260 | (1) |
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261 | (1) |
| Abbreviations |
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262 | (6) |
| Bibliography |
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268 | (5) |
| Index |
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