Testing SAP R/3: A Manager's Step-by-Step Guide shows how to implement a disciplined, efficient, and proven approach for testing SAP R/3 correctly from the beginning of the SAP implementation through post-production support. The book also shows SAP professionals how to efficiently provide testing coverage for all SAP objects before they are moved into a production environment.

CATT contains a full set of functions for creating, staring, managing and logging test procedures. It provides the following benefits: its fully integrated into the R/3 system, is based on modular concepts that minimize the work required to create new tests and creates detailed logs of test results and saves these centrally in the database.

This book is an essential foundation for IT managers, technical consultants, and R/3 System administrators. With first-hand knowledge gathered from Global Support specialists working on the implementation of over 20,000 R/3 Systems, this book teaches you how to perform your daily system administration tasks with optimal efficiency. This book also helps to prepare you to qualify as a Certified Technical Consultant (CTC) for R/3 Release 4.6 and Enterprise.

SAP R/3 Plant Maintenance offers a clear introduction to this small but sophisticated component and provides a highly practical guide to implementing PM. Beginning with a examination of the key business processes underlying PM functionality, the book goes on to cover all the crucial aspects of maintenance planning and execution in R/3. Particular attention is given to integrating plant maintenance with a company's natural process flow.

SAP R/3 for Everyone is the nontechnical user's guide to working with SAP R/3, the leading business enterprise software product in the world. Written and road-tested by experienced SAP R/3 users and trainers, this book saves typical SAP R/3 users time and trouble by providing them with the universal skills needed to work with any module of this complex software. SAP R/3 can be used effectively by anyone who can perform a handful of simple procedures that are employed in nearly every SAP R/3 transaction. The authors explain these procedures in plain English, using illustrations and real-world examples. After a brief explanation of the architecture and operation of SAP R/3, readers get step-by-step instruction in Logging on and off, managing passwords, and customizing the SAP application window and screens Navigating between screens with menu folders, transaction codes, and the menu bar Setting up customized favorites folders with quick links to the initial screens of transactions and other useful resources Understanding the four basic transaction types Working on initial screens, including tips and techniques for entering codes, searching for codes, customizing initial screens, and using multiple selection screens and selection options Customizing output reports with filters, sorts, sums, and display variants Exporting output reports to Microsoft Excel and Word and e-mailing output reports to other SAP users Practical and jargon-free, SAP R/3 for Everyone provides readers with the skills and confidence they need to efficiently conduct any business activity with SAP R/3.

The book shows how to design the most important business processes in the sales area of each company by using the SAP module SD. It contains valuable tips and examples that show sales reps and managers and distribution center employees how to get up and running quickly with SAP while saving time and money. The book provides a concise introduction setting out the case for integrating business functionality on the web. Furthermore the book helps to understand SAP APO in the context of SCM. It is addressed specifically to those who need to implement APO in the context of the sales processes. Last not least the author offers a walk-through of the process, from inception through planning, designing and testing.

SAP R/3, the world's foremost three-tiered relational database, is based on client/server technology and distribution of the software services needed over multiple servers. Change and transport management, implemented by configuring the R/3 System appropriately, focuses mainly on a specific element within the R/3 architecture; the database. Change and Transport is concerned with: -- The role the database plays in the R/3 architecture.-- The architecture of the database itself, in terms of the R/3 data components and R/3 clients.

Before use, standard ERP systems such as SAP R/3 need to be customized to meet the concrete requirements of the individual enterprise. This book provides an overview of the process models, methods, and tools offered by SAP and its partners to support this complex and time-consuming process. It begins by characterizing the foundations of the latest ERP systems from both a conceptual and technical viewpoint, whereby the most important components and functions of SAP R/3 are described. The main part of the book then goes on to present the current methods and tools for the R/3 implementation based on newer process models (roadmaps).

A guide to SAP R/3 programming covers such topics as data modeling, systems architecture, and systems installation.