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 in detail, present case studies on implementing and running SAP SCM systems, and discuss SCM aspects of the new SAP Business ByDesign approach.

1;Foreword by Prof. Hasso Plattner;5 2;Preface;6 3;Table of Contents;7 4;Chapter 1 Introduction;10 5;Chapter 2 The Scope of Supply Chain Management;20 6;Chapter 3 Processes of SCM Covered by mySAP SCM 5.0;68 7;Chapter 4 SAP Systems for Supply Chain Management;81 8;Chapter 5 Supply Chain Management Case Studies;168 9;Chapter 6 Supply Chain Management in Midsize Companies, Based on the New Hosted Solution SAP Business ByDesign(TM);196 10;Abbreviations;202 11;References;206 12;Index;210

ISBN	9783540687399
Article number	9783540687399
Media type	eBook - PDF
Edition number	2. Aufl.
Copyright year	2009
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Length	207 pages
Language	English
Copy protection	Digital watermarking