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Apress SAP Flexible Real Estate Management by Jayant Daithankar
Learn SAP's real estate management integrated solution to effectively manage the real estate portfolio at your organization. You will configure SAP REFX for business scenarios covering solutions from master data to financial posting and reporting. You will address all phases of the real estate life cycle, including real estate acquisition or disposal, portfolio management, and property and technical management._x000D__x000D__x000D_To succeed in today's global and highly competitive economy, asset optimization in real estate management has become a strategic task. Organizations need to ensure insight into their property portfolio to make informed decisions, improve portfolio performance, and reduce compliance costs. Sophisticated solutions are needed to manage changing consumer demands and the global workforce as well as information management, compliance adherence, and leasing and property management._x000D__x000D_SAP Flexible Real Estate Management by Daithankar is a full-featured book that integrates REFX with Controlling (CO), Plant and Maintenance (PM), CRM, SAP AA (ssset accounting), and SAP PS (project systems). You will refer to real-world, practical examples to illustrate configuration concepts and processes, and learn in an interactive, hands-on way through the use of screenshots, menu paths, and transaction codes throughout the book.What You Will Learn:_x000D__x000D__x000D_Understand the SAP REFX Solutions landscape and industry best practices for SAP REFX implementation_x000D__x000D_Configure SAP REFX_x000D__x000D_Integrate REFX with other modules_x000D_Understand how processes are supported by SAP REFX_x000D__x000D_Who This Book Is For:_x000D__x000D__x000D_CIOs/CEOs of organizations with real estate portfolios, SAP REFX purchasing decision makers, SAP REFX pre-sales teams, SAP REFX implementation/AMS consultants_x000D_ Table of contents :- _x000D_
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Chapter 1: Overview of Real estate Industry, Evolution of industry, trends_x000D_
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Overview, evolution of Industry, Trends, IT Landscapes_x000D_
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Chapter Goal: Elaborate master data concepts and different Real estate views provided by SAP .This chapter teaches you how to configure master data._x000D_
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Chapter Goal: Explain how SAP REFX is integrated with SAP Asset Accounting, SAP Plant and Maintenance ,SAP Project systems ,SAP CRM and Document Management systems _x000D_
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Chapter 6: Service Charge Settlement_x000D_
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Chapter Goal: Explain options available for Sales based contracts, steps required to carry out sales based settlement, different options available._x000D_
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Chapter Goal: Explain transformation impact on business post REFX implementation and impact of new dimension products like S4 HANA, Big data, Mobility, analytics, social media on SAP REFX. _x000D_
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This will provide a complete business scenario for REFX with step by step guide for configuring system. It also covers master data creation process in detail. Objective is to enable reader to configure REFX with the help of detailed screen shots and explanation provided._x000D_