Supply Chain Management Based on SAP Systems - Architecture and Processes

Supply Chain Management (SCM) is not a buzzword like many others in management and IT - it is here to stay. "Megatrends" such as globalization and increasing specialization result in a complex division of labor at national and international levels. Lean and agile supply chains have become a major management target, and the interorganizational coordination of business processes has become highly relevant. The complexity of today's supply chains cannot be mastered without the support of powerful information systems. SAP has established itself as the market leader in this type of IT systems. The book describes SCM using a pyramidal framework and relates it to the SAP SCM Solution Map. Desired features of IT support for SCM are formulated, and the extent to which SAP systems provide these features is shown. We describe the functionalities of SAP APO(TM) in detail, present case studies on implementing and running SAP SCM(TM) systems, and discuss SCM aspects of the new SAP Business ByDesign(TM) approach.

List of contents

The Scope of Supply Chain Management.- Processes of SCM Covered by mySAP SCM 5.0.- SAP Systems for Supply Chain Management.- Supply Chain Management Case Studies.- Supply Chain Management in Midsize Companies, Based on the New Hosted Solution SAP Business ByDesign(TM).

Product details

• Authors: Jörg Thomas Dickersbach, Gerhard F. Knolmayer, Peter Mertens, Alexander Zeier
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.12.2008
• EAN: 9783540687375
• ISBN: 978-3-540-68737-5
• No. of pages: 207
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 18 mm x 244 mm
• Weight: 444 g
• Illustrations: XI, 207 p.
• Series: SAP Excellence
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; Management, B, Business and Management, Information Retrieval, Operations Management, IT in Business, Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet), Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet), Management & management techniques, Application software, Information Technology, Management science, Business mathematics & systems, Management of specific areas, Engineering economy, Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing, Engineering economics, Industrial Management, Production management, Engineering: general, Internet searching, Business—Data processing, Business applications