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Implementing SAP R/3: The Guide for Business and Technology Managers (Sams White Book)

Vivek Kale

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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 6 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

ALL THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW FOR IMPLEMENTING SAP! 5 out of 5 stars.
26 of 28 people found this review helpful.

Even if you do not have any idea on what is involved in implementing SAP, this book will bring you upto speed, very fast.

I picked this book up when I was asked last month (post-Y2K) to evaluate and give a detailed plan for implementing SAP quickly! This book provided me with all the answers and I was able to give a credible presentation to our VP operations. It blends the business and technical issues perfectly.

I am now using it to guide us (almost everyone has a copy!) through the SAP project using ASAP.

In passing I must mention author's interpretation on the technological advances in past century including Internet as sliding and/or altering space time is simply amazing. I had never ever thaught it that way; read it, it is stunning!

Refer to this book for any ENTERPRISE related issues as a whole. There is lots of useful info. and advice here.

Editorial Review:

Implementing SAP R/3: The Guide for Business andTechnology Managers provides a framework and a complete plan that enables business and technical managers to take the optimal decisions that are necessary for the successful implementation of SAP in their organizations. It presents the details needed to plan and present confidently a case for choosing SAP, without ever asking the software vendor or involving the vendor's personnel.

SAP Consulting and Project Management (Book/CD-ROM package)

Joy Ghosh

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Total reviews: 2 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Hey! The CD had nutin on it! What a Rip! 3 out of 5 stars.
14 of 15 people found this review helpful.

The book had a lot of fluff in it that is already covered in a bunch of other books. I was hoping that the CD would have some good templates so I didn't have to re-invent the wheel...thats the main thing that attracted me to the book. But the CD contained a single boring power point presentation on a rather mundane aspect of SAP. I feel like I got a bit ripped off, considering that the cover states that there's all this great stuff.

About half of the book wasn't that great, First, advice about how to fill out a resume, or how to behave in an office is a bit out of context. Second, covering the highlights of all the various SAP modules had been beat to death in other books. Third, covering what the new "mySAP.com" really is, and what it isn't, is covered in the trade rags, so why spend () bucks?

There is some good advice in the book for managing a SAP project, and there are pictures/diagrams of various boilerplate documents that can be used to help manage a SAP project. But without them being on the CD, the book just ain't that great.

Editorial Review:

Managing a full cycle implementation of SAP R/3 requires more than just technical know-how. It takes careful project planning, organizing, optimum functional and technical configuration and system testing, which can be a complex process. Using the tools found inside this practical guidebook, you'll be able to successfully navigate through the critical stages of a project, and complete the job on time and within budgetary constraints. Worksheets, presentations and templates found both in the book and on the CD-ROM give tips on custom development, configuration, performance tuning, self and team management, and can help you keep tabs on schedules and monitor progress of the project. For SAP consultants, project managers or anyone wanting insight on how to successfully manage a SAP implementation project, this is the most significant and authoritative book available.

Basis Administration for SAP (SAP R/3)

Gareth M. deBruyn

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Total reviews: 14 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

Thanks 5 out of 5 stars.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.

I don't usually leave comments on books I've purchased through Amazon or anywhere else, but I felt compelled to do so on this one. Not only did I gain a good understanding of SAP Basis Administration, but the first hand knowledge shared from the author who's been there - done that, was very helpful. The hints and tips gained from this book will go into my own personal "cookbook" for sure. Nice work, for once I feel like I got my money's worth.

I WANT MORE 1 out of 5 stars.
2 of 3 people found this review helpful.

Why can't someone write an IN DEPTH BOOK on SAP BASIS? I feel like the real inside information is not being shared by these so called "experts". We've all taken BASIS 101 - now give us more! I'm still waiting for a book that gives MORE.

Love the book! 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

I've been doing Basis Admin work for over 5 years now, and thought I knew just about all there was too know about it. This book showed me some hints and tips I never even thought of, and you can bet I'll use them in my job. Finally, a book written by someone who's been there and done it, and not by a professional writer who's never even touched SAP. Good work Robert!

Editorial Review:

This book covers SAP Basis topics such as strategies for managing logon IDs, performance monitoring, backup management, and other hub activities. Written by a proven Fortune 50 Basis consultant, this book is indispensable for all administrators, managers, and consultants working with SAP Basis.

SAP R/3 Testing with CATT (SAP Press)

Gerhard Oberneidermaier, Marcus Geiss

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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 6 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Reference Book to SAP R/3 Testing 5 out of 5 stars.
7 of 7 people found this review helpful.

Easy to read, easy to summarize and most importantly you can start putting it to use day one. If you are beginning to look at the advantages of utilizing the CATT tool within your SAP project or you have reached that threshold of being able to capture scripts but need to take advantage of the power, risk reductions and cost savings provided by implementing test procedures on a more integrated level, then this is your book. The added bonus is it also provides an overall view of the system development life cycle utilizing the various different implementation methodoligies known today in an easy to understand format.

Superb read for all you SAP Testers 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

This book was given to me by my director, and so at first glance, I thought this book would put me to sleep.
For all you SAP Tester, after the first day of reviewing this book, I found it to be very easy to read and understand.
The terminolgy was easy to comprehend and at the back of the book there is a glossary for you to look up, if your not sure of the abbreviations used.

It's a definite book to be included in any SAP library.

Editorial Review:

CATT contains a full set of functions for creating, staring, managing and logging test procedures. It provides the following benefits: its fully integrated into the R/3 system, is based on modular concepts that minimize the work required to create new tests and creates detailed logs of test results and saves these centrally in the database.

FileMaker Pro 6 for Windows & Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Nolan Hester

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Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

If you recently upgraded to FileMaker Pro 6 to take advantage of its new digital image management features or its full XML support, you'll also want to upgrade to FileMaker Pro 6 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide. Revised to include all of the new features in FileMaker Pro 6, this update to the popular Visual QuickStart Guide is still the fastest and easiest way to learn FileMaker Pro. Loaded with screenshots and clear, concise explanations of database publishing techniques, FileMaker Pro 6 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide takes you from working with records and files to creating and designing databases, printing and networking with FileMaker, and Web publishing with FileMaker in no time. Step-by-step tasks show you how to use new digital image management features to organize and work with massive amounts of digital photos with minimal effort. You'll also learn to take advantage of FileMaker's new XML support to easily share and integrate data with other applications-even those not running FileMaker.

Special Edition Using Sap R/3: The Most Complete Reference (Special Edition Using...)

Asap World Consultancy

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Total reviews: 23 Average rating: 2.5 of 5

Anticlimax 2 out of 5 stars.
2 of 3 people found this review helpful.

Lame result of an ambitious and wordy project. The book targets a too broad audience and in the process it misses much of its value. Nevertheless, this book has a virtue as a good source of reference for SAP project management and business process overviews.

Editorial Review:

A complete guide to SAP- a thorough overview of each major module and how they work together. The exhaustive employment section provides leads for SAP consultants, as well as information about becoming a consultant yourself. New coverage of SAP's vertical market focus on the aerospace, automotive, and mid-sized manufacturing industries.

• Coverage of SAP's latest release of R/3-version 3.1-with Internet capabilities for creating on-line commerce or intranets. Plus coverage of new modules and SAP's vertical market strategies
• Updated section on the SAP employment market and listing of all SAP consultants worldwide-now in a "yellow pages" format for easy reference!
• Evaluate SAP R/3 and the effects it can have on your company-both positive and negative-before you implement it
• Nearly three times the content of our competition!

Administering Sap R/3: The Fi-Financial Accounting and Co-Controlling Modules

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Total reviews: 11 Average rating: 2.0 of 5

Don't buy this book 1 out of 5 stars.
20 of 20 people found this review helpful.

I found this 500-page book completely useless. The book doesn't have any (!) illustrations, it's plain text only, and it basically rephrases standard SAP OnLine Help. I found the standard SAP FI/CO Online Help more readable than this book ...

Waste of Ink! 1 out of 5 stars.
9 of 9 people found this review helpful.

This book is pretty useless and gives you just enough information to really screw things up.

Great for the person needing process knowledge of FI or CO 5 out of 5 stars.
7 of 7 people found this review helpful.

I have ordered/read 6 books on the FI and CO modules in the last two weeks. My experience is that this book is the most detailed and beneficial of all. For someone who is looking to understand the process side of these SAP modules I would strongly recommend this book. If you are looking to learn more about the config, BUY A CONFIG book, not this one. The negative reviews seem to be related to the fact that people don't understand what this book is trying to accomplish (process understanding). If you have a medium understanding of SAP R/3 and a limited to medium knowledge base of accounting (internal and external) concepts, this book is a winner.

very exiting to read and get a deep knowledge about control 3 out of 5 stars.
0 of 5 people found this review helpful.

helpful to understand the logic of finance and controlling concepts. navigation are clearly explained.

How to do Everything with iMovie

Gene Steinberg

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Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

Misleading Title for a Beginners Guide 1 out of 5 stars.
6 of 7 people found this review helpful.

This book is very misleading. It claims to be a book about doing "Everything" with iMovie. The reality is that 50% of the book is generic movie blurb without a mention of iMovie. The rest is a beginners guide to iMovie.

If you want well rounded iMovie books. Get Pogues Missing Manual book and also a copy of Erica Saduns book. Then you will be able to do everything with iMovie.

Give this one a miss.

This Book Shows You How to Make Movies 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 4 people found this review helpful.

... iMovie is a very easy-to-use program, but the most important part of making a good movie is the raw footage, and "How to do Everything with iMovie" shows you how to handle everything from camcorder selection to the subtleties of proper lighting. It makes it unique among the iMovie books I've read, which focus strictly on software and not on the most important subjects of all. ... I highly recommend this book. You will learn how to make great videos, even with a cheap camcorder.

Editorial Review:

Now you can make exciting digital movies using this easy-to-use and information-packed resource. Covering all editing basics, as well as serious film-making techniques, you will be able to successfully apply visual effects and control sound with pinpoint accuracy-- and deliver digital stories you never thought possible.

SAP(R) R/3 Implementation Guide

Bradley D. Hiquet, Anthony F. Kelly

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Total reviews: 13 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

Author and consultant Bradley D. Hiquet puts a new and much-needed shine on the old technology-reference-book model in SAP R/3 Implementation Guide: A Manager's Guide to Understanding SAP. Instead of forcing readers down the tedious but often necessary path of configuration commands, Hiquet chronicles the fictional journey of ElectroTech, a manufacturer of industrial electrical components and factory automation products, through its SAP R/3 implementation and rollout. Except for the book's first section, which deftly handles the requisite company, target market, and application overview, the rest is dedicated to this gigantic composite case study.

Assisted by real-life consultants at Conley, Canitano, and Associates, Inc., Hiquet has constructed the book to first address the myriad tribulations of ElectroTech's various departments, followed by an explanation of how implementing the cross-departmental SAP R/3 application can theoretically solve the problems. This approach is extremely effective. First, it provides specific examples of how antiquated and disjointed computing systems can adversely affect productivity and profitability. And second, it puts a human face on the issues. The book wraps up with a brief but informative chapter that outlines pragmatic, time-tested methods to help companies prepare for and successfully complete a SAP R/3 implementation. Sarah L. Roberts-Witt

Administering SAP R/3: The Production and Planning Module (Que-Consumer-Other)

Asap World Consultancy, ASAP World Consulting, Randy Haubner

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Total reviews: 5 Average rating: 2.5 of 5

Big job, great results 4 out of 5 stars.
6 of 7 people found this review helpful.

As far as I can see these guys have made a big part of job about description of PP customizing and implementation. I am a PP consultant, and I find out a lot of very useful tips concerning this part of SAP R/3. An integration with CO and MM has also been described. So I recomend this issue to any interested in PP people.

Editorial Review:

Administering SAP R/3: The Production and Planning Module is the ideal manual for installing or administering the Production and Planning module--or for those managing a site utilizing the Production and Planning module. The book provides specific examples of how to develop, implement and utilize the Production and Planning module with an existing SAP R/3 system. It focuses on the business and technical decisions that need to be made before, during and after administration of the PP module. This book is filled with practical examples of how to structure a production and planning department and contains processes to utilize the production and planning module to save time and money.