Enterprise Management with SAP SEM / Business Analytics

In order to make strategy happen there is a need for powerful management information systems. SAP focuses on the application of modern business administration concepts, e.g. Value Based Management, the Balanced Scorecard, the Management Cockpit or flexible planning methods.
The book describes the methodology and implementation of a powerful tool for enterprise management. Practical examples show how SAP Strategic Enterprise Management/Business Analytics (SAP SEM/BA) can help to improve cross functional planning, reporting and analyzing. SAP SEM/BA is a leading edge IT-solution for top management and related departments in large enterprises and groups. It demonstrates the state of the art of modern management information and decision support systems.

List of contents

Current Problems and Requirements.- Business Management Background.- Business Management Instruments.- Information Technology Instruments.- Components of the SAP Solution.- Case Studies.- Conclusion.

About the author

Dr. Marco Meier war wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter der Forschungsgruppe Wirtschaftsinformatik am Bayerischen Forschungszentrum für Wissensbasierte Systeme (FORWISS) und ist heute Geschäftsführer des Bayerischen Forschungsverbundes Wirtschaftsinformatik (FORWIN) mit Sitz in Nürnberg.

Summary

This updated second edition – now with new case studies - describes the methodology and implementation of a powerful tool for enterprise management. Practical examples show how SAP Strategic Enterprise Management/Business Analytics (SAP SEM/BA) can help to improve cross functional planning, reporting and analyzing. The text – ideally suited for practitioners - combines methodological management background and implemented solutions.

Product details

• Authors: Marc Meier, Marco Meier, Marco C. Meier, Peter Mertens, Werne Sinzig, Werner Sinzig
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.07.2009
• EAN: 9783540228066
• ISBN: 978-3-540-22806-6
• No. of pages: 220
• Weight: 503 g
• Illustrations: XI, 220 p.
• Series: SAP Excellence; SAP Excellence
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Management, C, Management und Managementtechniken, Business and Management, Strategy, Unternehmensanwendungen, Data Warehousing, Informationsrückgewinnung, Information Retrieval, Information Retrieval, IT in Business, decision support system, Management & management techniques, Information system, Information Technology, Management science, Business—Data processing, Business applications, Information Storage and Retrieval, linear optimization