Are you ready to use Enterprise Resource Planning systems? ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING IN DISTRIBUTION takes you inside the world of general information technology with real ERP stories, companies and names, then shows you how the advanced Enterprise Resource Planning system explores likely future technology developments today.

The first and only book to offer detailed explanations of SAP ERP sales and distribution As the only book to provide in-depth configuration of the Sales and Distribution (SD) module in the latest version of SAP ERP, this valuable resource presents you with step-by-step instruction, conceptual explanations, and plenty of examples. If you're an SD consultant or are in charge of managing an SAP implementation in your enterprise, you'll want this valuable resource at your side SAP is one of the leading Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software products on the market, with over 40,000 implementations Covers the latest version of SAP ERP-ECC 6.0 Covers common through advanced configurations, so it's helpful no matter what your level of experience with SAP Explains the conceptual framework behind the configuration process If your company uses the SD module, keep this indispensable guide on hand.

Your Hands-On Guide to SAP ERP Sales & Distribution Written by senior SAP consultant Glynn Williams, Implementing SAP ERP Sales & Distribution is packed with tested, time-saving tips and advice. Learn how to use SAP ERP Central Component 5.0 and 6.0 to create sales documents and contracts, control material and customer master data, schedule deliveries, and automate billing. You'll also find out how to deliver robust financial and transactional reports, track customer and credit information, and interoperate with other SAP modules. Configure and manage the SAP ERP SD module Track sales, shipping, and payment status using master records Create multi-level sales documents and item proposals Develop contracts and rebate agreements Deliver materials and services requirements to the supply chain Plan deliveries, routes, and packaging using Logistics Execution Perform resource-related, collective, and self billing Generate pricing reports, incompletion logs, and hierarchies Handle credit limits, payment guarantees, and customer blocks Integrate user exits, third-party add-ons, and data sharing Configure pricing procedures and complex pricing condition types

In this book for Sales and Distribution business users, you'll get simple explanations to the most common SD tasks, with helpful screenshots and lists of transaction codes you'll use. Start the journey with master data setup, and then move on to explore sales, shipping, and billing tasks. Elevate your functional skills by mastering reporting and financial supply chain activities.

Customize your SD project to meet your unique sales setup From quotations and sales orders to shipping and outbound delivery documents, learn how to align an SAP ERP Sales and Distribution implementation with the critical processes that help each business thrive. Get configuration guidance for sales, billing and credit management, distribution, and more. Up to date for EHP 7, this second edition teaches the ins and outs of SD customization and use. Master Data Setup Learn how to customize master data for customers, materials, and batches, and how to maintain this data in a functional implementation after go-live. Key SD Functionality From sales and pricing to billing and beyond, learn how to configure a system to get the most out of critical SD functionality like returns processing, product delivery, and route determination. Highlights: Organizational structure Master data Sales Pricing Credit management Picking and packing Delivery Billing Reporting and analysis with SAP HANA

When work began on the first volume ofthis text in 1992, the science of dis tribution management was still very much a backwater of general manage ment and academic thought. While most of the body of knowledge associated with calculating EOQs, fair-shares inventory deployment, productivity curves, and other operations management techniques had long been solidly established, new thinking about distribution management had taken a definite back-seat to the then dominant interest in Lean thinking, quality management, and business process reengineering and their impact on manufacturing and service organizations. For the most part, discussion relating to the distri bution function centered on a fairly recent concept called Logistics Manage ment. But, despite talk of how logistics could be used to integrate internal and external business functions and even be considered a source of com petitive advantage on its own, most of the focus remained on how companies could utilize operations management techniques to optimize the traditional day-to-day shipping and receiving functions in order to achieve cost contain ment and customer fulfillment objectives. In the end, distribution manage ment was, for the most part, still considered a dreary science, concerned with oftransportation rates and cost trade-offs. expediting and the tedious calculus Today, the science of distribution has become perhaps one of the most im portant and exciting disciplines in the management of business.

Proven strategies for companies seeking to accelerate an ERP implementation Almost all large and midsize corporations worldwide will be involved in implementing enterprise resource planning and/or e-business applications over the next two to three years. This is the only book that discusses how to implement a rapid ERP system and shows how e-business is impacted by the implementation of an ERP system. This book also provides valuable tried and true methods of keeping the project under or within budget. A quality ERP transaction foundation is a prerequisite for taking advantage of many of the new e-business opportunities that executives have placed high on their list of priorities. This valuable guide examines the strengths and weaknesses of ERP and shows when rapid implementation is not appropriate. The book also provides outsourcing alternatives and the use of application service alternatives, and shows how e-business is impacted by the implementation of an ERP system. Murrell G. Shields (McLean, VA) is the Director of Management Solutions and Services and National Leader of Technology and Infrastructure Services at Deloitte & Touche.

The natural gas business consists of two major aspects, sourcing and transportation, and distribution has been a growing area of interest to industry, government and academia. With the emphasis on promoting natural gas sector, there is an increasing need to have a well documented book that deals with the business issues, particularly the transportation and distribution of this sector, specifically aimed at petroleum engineers and professionals. This book fills this gap to provide structured material that deals with managerial and regulatory aspects with an applied technical perspective wherever needed.

"... To sum up, there should be a copy on the bookshelf of all engineers responsible for detailed planning of the Product Delivery Process (PDP). The Editors highlight the impressive gains reported by companies exploiting the potential of coordinating organizational units and integrating information flows and planning efforts along a supply chain. This publication is strong on coordination and planning. It is therefore recommended as an up-to-date source book for these particular aspects of SCM." International Journal of Production Research 2001/Vol. 39/13