Integrated Business Processes with ERP Systems

by Magal, Simha R.; Word, Jeffrey

• ISBN13: 9780470478448
• ISBN10: 0470478446
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-08-09
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Integrated Business Processes with ERP Systems, 1 st Edition, provides a comprehensive introduction to business processes and ERP concepts. The authors have based this textbook on the official SAP ERP training curriculum so that readers will be very well prepared to take and pass the entry-level consultant certification exam from SAP. This certification is the ticket to the highest paying jobs and is extremely sought after by SAP customers and partners. The authors have the full support of the SAP University Alliance program to promote this book as the gold standard for SAP courses.

Author Biography

Simha R. Magal, Ph.D., is professor of management (MIS) and director, ERP initiative, in the Seidman College of Business at Grand Valley State University. He received his doctorate from the University of Georgia. His primary research interests include e-business and enterprise systems. Dr. Magal’s articles have appeared in such publications as MIS Quarterly, Journal of MIS, and Information and Management, among others, and he has served on the editorial boards of several journals. Dr. Magal has taught courses related to business processes and enterprise systems that utilize SAP for more than a decade. He is an SAP-certified associate consultant and a TERP10 academy instructor.

Jeffrey Word, Ph.D., is vice president of product strategy at SAP AG. He is responsible for defining SAP's future product strategy and for fostering product innovation within SAP. Dr. Word has worked for several Global 1000 companies in the high-tech industry for nearly 20 years, specializing in business consulting and IT strategy. At SAP, he has driven the evolution of the company’s enterprise technology strategy, with a special focus on corporate process improvement initiatives and services-based IT architecture design. Dr. Word earned his Ph.D. in information systems at Manchester Business School in England.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Business Processes

The Functional Organizational Structure

Business Processes

Global Bike Incorporated (GBI)

How to use This Book

Introduction to Enterprise Systems

Enterprise Systems

Data in an Enterprise System

Reporting

Introduction to Accounting

Organizational Data

Master Data

Key Concepts

Processes

Reporting

The Procurement Process

Organizational Data

Master Data

Key Concepts

Process

Reporting

The Fulfillment Process

Organizational Data

Master Data

Process

Credit Management Process

Reporting

The Production Process

Master Data

Process

Reporting

Inventory and Warehouse Management Processes

Inventory Management

Organizational Data in Warehouse Management

Master Data in Warehouse Management

Processes in Warehouse Management

Reporting

The Material Planning Process

Master Data

Process

Reporting

Process Integration

Procurement, Fulfillment, and IWM Processes

Procurement, Fulfillment, Production, and IWM Processes

Index.

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