mySAP ERP for Dummies

mySAP ERP For Dummies
	About the Authors
	Authors’ Acknowledgments
	Contents at a Glance
	Table of Contents
	Foreword
	Introduction
		Why Buy This Book?
		Foolish Assumptions
		How This Book Is Organized
		Icons Used in This Book
	Part I: mySAP ERP in a Services-Enabled World
		Chapter 1: ERP: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
			Just What Is ERP?
			A Brief History of ERP
			What Early ERP Did Right
			Where ERP Had Room to Grow
			The New ERP: mySAP ERP at Your Service
			Service-Enabled: The Foundation of Flexible ERP Today
			Exploring the Benefits of Enterprise Services
			Enterprise Services Provide Building Blocks
			Where Does ERP Fit In?
		Chapter 2: Differentiating Yourself with ERP
			Start by Being Business Model–Driven
			Differentiating versus Standard Processes
			Bringing in Innovation
			Meeting the Two Challenges of Innovation
		Chapter 3: Raising the Bar on Productivity
			Upping Your Usability
			Integrating with Applications You Use Every Day
			How Roles Make Life Easier
			Self-Service for Productivity
			Preconfigured Business Scenarios
			Gaining Productivity through Industry-Specific Scenarios
			Sharing and Outsourcing
			Making Things Run Smoothly with Automation
		Chapter 4: Gaining Business Insight
			Tapping into the Potential of Analytics
			Empowering Business People
			Tallying Up the Analytics You Get in mySAP ERP
			Analytics in Action
		Chapter 5: Keeping IT Flexible
			Creating a Common Language for IT and Business
			How IT Works in a Service-Enabled World
			Using Abstraction to Hide Complexity
			Summing Up the IT Service-Enabled World
	Part II: Getting Under the Hood: The Underlying Technology
		Chapter 6: Meet SAP NetWeaver
			So, What Exactly Is SAP NetWeaver?
			Orchestrating a Technology Symphony
			Giving SAP NetWeaver the Once-Over
			Making Users Productive
			Unifying Data
			Managing Business Information
			Customizing Development
			Unified Lifecycle Management
			Governing Applications
			Consolidating All Your Systems
			Service-Oriented Architecture Design and Deployment
			Guided Procedures: Focus on Activity
			Designing Processes and Managing Solutions: SAP Solution Manager
			What Can SAP NetWeaver Do for You?
			Technology and Data: The Great Equalizers
			SAP NetWeaver Enables Business Process Evolution
		Chapter 7: Bringing Services to Life with SAP NetWeaver
			Working with Services
			A Web Service Description Language Primer
			Modeling with Enterprise Services
			ESA Is Open to Working with Other Tools
		Chapter 8: SAP NetWeaver Up and Running
			Figuring Out ESA Run-Time Architecture
			Business and Technical Protocols: Synchronous versus Asynchronous
			Getting a Handle on the Transactional Behavior of Services
			Simplifying Sessions
			Seamless Security
			Taking a Closer Look at Web-Service Run-Time Architecture
			Discovering XI Run-Time Architecture
		Chapter 9: Composites: Extending mySAP ERP
			What Are Composites?
			The Nature of Composites
			Fitting Together Composite Applications
			SAP xApps: Delivering on the Innovation Promise
			A Case in Point: SAP xApp Cost and Quotation Management
			The Composite Team
			What Can You Do Today with Composites?
	Part III: Implementing Change
		Chapter 10: Knowing What to Expect: Covering Costs and Managing Change
			The Financial Bottom Line of mySAP ERP
			Exploring Costs with a TCO Model
			Making a Plan with Value-Based Services
			Tackling the Change Management Challenge
		Chapter 11: Building an ERP Roadmap
			Zeroing in on Business Goals
			Understanding Your Industry
			Finding a Roadmap
			Getting the Most Out of SAP Solution Manager
		Chapter 12: Following ERP into the Future
			The SAP Roadmap for ESA and ERP
			How mySAP ERP Will Change Going Forward
	Part IV: The Part of Tens
		Chapter 13: Top Ten Ways to Make People More Productive
			Using Both Generic and User-Specific Roles
			Work Lists
			Active Alerts
			Mobile Scenarios
			Voice Technology
			Embedded Analytics
			RFID Technology
			Form-Based Processing
			Guided Procedures
			Easier User Interfaces
		Chapter 14: Top Ten Ways to Enable Innovation
			Creating the Framework for Innovation
			Composing Service-Based Applications Strategically
			Offering Services to Others
			Using Services from Others
			Using Model-Driven Development Tools
			Connecting Analytics to the World
			Working with Composite Processes
			Utilizing Composite Applications
			Collaborating and Sharing Knowledge
			Deploying Hardware Efficiently
		Chapter 15: Top Ten ERP Resources
			Your SAP Account Rep
			ESA Adoption Help
			User Groups
			ERP Events
			Web Sites
			Publications
			SAP Partners and the Ramp-Up Program
			SAP Developer Network
			Solution Manager
			Industry Solutions
	Glossary
	Index