SAP R/3 Business Blueprint: Understanding Enterprise Supply Chain Management (Prentice Hall PTR Enterprise Resource Planning)

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Contents
Foreword
Preface
Copyright and Trademark Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1 Business Engineering
	Chapter 1 Business Engineering and Enterprise Optimization
		1.1 SIGNIFICANCE OF BUSINESS ENGINEERING
		1.2 PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS ENGINEERING
		1.3 ELEMENTS OF BUSINESS ENGINEERING
		1.4 REQUIREMENTS FOR SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF BUSINESS ENGINEERING
		1.5 IT IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES
		1.6 EFFECTS OF INTEGRATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
		1.7 EVOLUTION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
		1.8 CLIENT/SERVER TECHNOLOGY
		1.9 BENEFITS OF CLIENT/SERVER TECHNOLOGY
		1.10 SAP™ AND CLIENT/SERVER TECHNOLOGY
		1.11 BEYOND BUSINESS ENGINEERING
		1.12 CONCLUSION
	Chapter 2 The Business Blueprint
		2.1 PROS AND CONS OF BUSINESS BLUEPRINTS
		2.2 GENERAL DESIGN OF THE R/3™ BLUEPRINT
		2.3 Focus OF THE R/3™ BLUEPRINT
		2.4 EVENT-DRIVEN PROCESS CHAIN METHODOLOGY
		2.5 DESCRIBING COMPLEX BUSINESS PROCESSES
		2.6 EPC METHODOLOGY AND VIEWPOINTS IN THE R/3™ REFERENCE MODEL
		2.7 SUMMARY
	Chapter 3 Configure to Order
		3.1 STANDARD SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES
		3.2 MAPPING WITH THE BUSINESS BLUEPRINT
		3.3 REDLINING THE BLUEPRINT
		3.4 EXTENDING THE BUSINESS-PROCESS DESIGN
		3.5 CONCLUSION
Part 2 Process Design
	Chapter 4 Value Chain Thinking
		4.1 THE VALUE CHAIN PRINCIPLE
		4.2 R/3™ AND THE VALUE CHAIN
		4.3 OVERVIEW OF PART 2: VALUE CHAIN THINKING
	Chapter 5 Sales Logistics
		5.1 STANDARD ORDER HANDLING SCENARIO
		5.2 CONTRACT HANDLING AND SCHEDULING AGREEMENTS
		5.3 THIRD-PARTY ORDER HANDLING
		5.4 CUSTOMER CONSIGNMENT STOCK HANDLING
		5.5 CASH ORDER HANDLING
		5.6 RUSH ORDER HANDLING
		5.7 MAKE-TO-ORDER SALES ORDER HANDLING
		5.8 ASSEMBLY-TO-ORDER SALES ORDER HANDLING
		5.9 EMPTIES AND RETURNABLE PACKAGING HANDLING
		5.10 RETURNS HANDLING
		5.11 DECENTRALIZED SHIPPING
		5.12 R/3 SALES LOGISTICS SUMMARY
	Chapter 6 Production Logistics
		6.1 PRODUCTION BY LOT SIZE
		6.2 REPETITIVE MANUFACTURING
		6.3 MAKE-TO-ORDER PRODUCTION
		6.4 PROCESS MANUFACTURING
		6.5 PROJECT-RELATED "ENGINEER TO ORDER"
		6.6 QUALITY MANAGEMENT FOR GOODS RECEIPT FROM PRODUCTION
		6.7 R/3 PRODUCTION LOGISTICS SUMMARY
	Chapter 7 Procurement Logistics
		7.1 PROCUREMENT OF STOCK MATERIAL
		7.2 PROCUREMENT OF CONSUMABLE MATERIALS
		7.3 PROCUREMENT OF CONSIGNMENT MATERIALS
		7.4 PROCUREMENT OF SUBCONTRACT WORK
		7.5 STOCK TRANSFER PROCESSING
		7.6 EXTERNAL SERVICES MANAGEMENT
		7.7 R/3™ PROCUREMENT LOGISTICS SUMMARY
	Chapter 8 External Accounting
		8.1 VENDOR HANDLING
		8.2 CUSTOMER PROCESSING
		8.3 OTA VENDOR PROCESSING
		8.4 CREDITOR SUBSIDIARY/HEAD-OFFICE PROCESSING
		8.5 GENERAL LEDGER PROCESSING
		8.6 SPECIAL-PURPOSE LEDGER HANDLING
		8.7 CONSOLIDATION
		8.8 R/3™ EXTERNAL ACCOUNTING OVERVIEW
	Chapter 9 Organization and Human Resource Management
		9.1 RECRUITMENT
		9.2 BUSINESS EVENT HANDLING
		9.3 BUSINESS TRIP MANAGEMENT
		9.4 TIME MANAGEMENT HANDLING
		9.5 INTERNATIONAL PAYROLL PROCESSING
		9.6 SALARY ADMINISTRATION
		9.7 BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION
		9.8 PERSONNEL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
		9.9 R/3 PROCUREMENT LOGISTICS OVERVIEW
	Chapter 10 Business Planning and Controlling
		10.1 COST OBJECT CONTROLLING
		10.2 PROFITABILITY ANALYSIS
		10.3 PROFIT CENTER ACCOUNTING
		10.4 OVERHEAD COST MANAGEMENT
		10.5 R/3™ BUSINESS PLANNING AND CONTROLLING SUMMARY
	Chapter 11 Capital Asset Management
		11.1 PLANNED PLANT MAINTENANCE
		11.2 DAMAGE-RELATED MAINTENANCE PROCESSING
		11.3 PROJECT-BASED MAINTENANCE PROCESSING
		11.4 CASH MANAGEMENT
		11.5 BUDGETING
		11.6 FIXED ASSET PROCESSING
		11.7 LEASED ASSET PROCESSING
		11.8 R/3™ CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT SUMMARY
	Chapter 12 Finance Management
		12.1 TREASURY MANAGEMENT
		12.2 TREASURY MASTER DATA SCENARIO
		12.3 NEW SECURITY MANAGEMENT
		12.4 TREASURY
		12.5 TREASURY INFORMATION SYSTEM
		12.6 CASH MANAGEMENT
		12.7 MARKET RISK MANAGEMENT
		12.8 R/3™ FINANCE MANAGEMENT SUMMARY
	Chapter 13 Customer Service
		13.1 FIELD SERVICE
		13.2 LONG-TERM SERVICE AGREEMENTS
		13.3 IN-HOUSE REPAIR PROCESSING
		13.4 REPLACEMENT PART DELIVERY PROCESSING
		13.5 NOTIFICATION RECEIPT AND PROCESSING
		13.6 EVALUATIONS
		13.7 R/3™ CUSTOMER SERVICE SUMMARY
Part 3 Architecture, Framework, and Tools
	Chapter 14 Architecture of the R/3™ System
		14.1 R/3™ AND THE DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENT
		14.2 THE THREE-TIER CLIENT/SERVER R/3™ ARCHITECTURE
		14.3 BENEFITS OF THE R/3™ THREE-TIER CLIENT/SERVER
		14.4 INTERPROGRAM COMMUNICATION
		14.5 MIDDLEWARE TRANSACTION MANAGEMENT
		14.6 RATIONALE FOR DISTRIBUTED BUSINESS-PROCESS INTEGRATION
		14.7 CAPABILITIES OF APPLICATION DISTRIBUTION IN R/3™
		14.8 TOOLS FOR APPLICATION DISTRIBUTION
		14.9 CONCLUSION
	Chapter 15 R/3™ Framework and Infrastructure
		15.1 BACKGROUND OF BUSINESS INTEGRATION
		15.2 SAP™ BUSINESS FRAMEWORK
		15.3 REPOSITORY AS INTEGRATING FACTOR
		15.4 ENTERPRISE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
		15.5 CONCLUSION
	Chapter 16 Business Engineering in R/3™
		16.1 R/3™ BUSINESS ENGINEER OVERVIEW
		16.2 BUSINESS ENGINEER AND STREAMLINED IMPLEMENTATIONS
		16.3 MODELING THE DISTRIBUTED ENTERPRISE
		16.4 USING THE R/3™ REFERENCE MODEL
		16.5 GUIDELINE FOR IMPLEMENTING R/3™
		16.6 PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROCEDURE MODEL
		16.7 ACCELERATEDSAP™
		16.8 WORKFLOW AND PERSONNEL ORGANIZATION
		16.9 OPEN REPOSITORY INTERFACE
		16.10 BUSINESS ENGINEER: FUTURE VISION
	Chapter 17 Next Generation Enterprise
		17.1 WHAT Is INTERNET ERP?
		17.2 NEXT GENERATION APPLICATION COMPONENTS
		17.3 THE INDUSTRY REFERENCE MODEL, PROCESS CONFIGURATION, AND VERTICAL MARKETS
		17.4 SUPPLY CHAIN OPTIMIZATION, PLANNING, AND EXECUTION
		17.5 ENTERPRISE APPLICATION INTEGRATION
		17.6 ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
		17.7 DESKTOP ERP: AUTOMATING THE WAY PEOPLE WORK
		17.8 CONCLUSION
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