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Springer Supply Chain Management Based on SAP Systems Order Management in Manufacturing Companies by Gerhard F. Knolmayer, Peter Mertens, Alexander Zeier
Since SAP is emphasizing recent developments in operations management in its SCM initiative, this book describes the methodological background from the viewpoint of a company using SAP systems. It describes order processing both in an intra- and interorganizational perspective, as well as describing future developments and system enhancements._x000D_ Table of contents :- _x000D_
1 Fundamentals of Supply Chain Management.- 1.1 Order Management, Logistics, and Supply Chain Management.- 1.2 Main Topics in Supply Chain Management.- 1.2.1 Principles.- 1.2.2 Tasks and Competencies.- 1.2.3 Interfaces and Complexity.- 1.2.4 Cooperation.- 1.2.5 Types of Supply Chain Management.- 1.2.6 Methodology of the Supply Chain Council.- 1.2.7 Potential Benefits and Controlling.- 1.2.8 Possible Obstacles.- 1.3 Software Support for Supply Chain Management.- 1.3.1 Enterprise Resource Planning Systems.- 1.3.2 Supply Chain Management Systems.- 2 Application Systems in the Individual Business Functions.- 2.1 Engineering.- 2.1.1 Development Teams.- 2.1.2 Concurrent Engineering and Simultaneous Engineering.- 2.1.3 Variant Policies.- 2.1.4 CAD Systems.- 2.1.5 Product Data Management.- 2.2 Sales.- 2.2.1 Approaching the Customer.- 2.2.2 Quotation System.- 2.2.3 Order Entry and Verification.- 2.2.4 High-Level Sales Strategies.- 2.3 Procurement.- 2.3.1 Sourcing Strategies.- 2.3.2 Centralized and/or Decentralized Procurement.- 2.3.3 Intra- and Inter-Company Organizational Changes.- 2.3.4 IS for Procurement.- 2.4 Production.- 2.4.1 Organizational Structures in Manufacturing.- 2.4.2 MRP Systems and Beyond.- 2.4.3 Non-traditional Concepts.- 2.5 Distribution.- 2.5.1 Distribution Types and Tasks.- 2.5.2 Intermediaries in the Distribution Process.- 2.5.3 Information Systems in Distribution.- 2.6 Service Management.- 2.6.1 Call Center.- 2.6.2 Help Desk.- 2.6.3 Archiving Systems.- 2.7 Recycling and Disposal.- 2.7.1 Recycling-Oriented Product Development.- 2.7.2 IS for Recycling and Disposal.- 3 SAP's Supply Chain Management System.- 3.1 Advanced Planner and Optimizer.- 3.1.1 Supply Chain Cockpit.- 3.1.2 Demand Planning.- 3.1.3 Advanced Planning and Scheduling.- 3.1.4 Transportation Planning and Vehicle Scheduling.- 3.1.5 Available-to-Promise.- 3.2 Business-to-Business Procurement, EnterpriseBuyer.- 3.2.1 Web-supported Autonomous Procurement.- 3.2.2 Connecting Catalogs.- 3.3 Logistics Execution System.- 3.3.1 Warehouse Management System.- 3.3.2 Transport Management System.- 3.4 System Architectures.- 3.4.1 Architecture Variants for Hierarchical Planning.- 3.4.2 Supply Chain Management in Homogeneous SAP Environments.- 3.4.3 Supply Chain Management in Heterogeneous SAP Environments.- 4 Recent Developments in Order and Supply Chain Management based on SAP Systems.- 4.1 MySAP.com Solutions - Effects of the Internet on the SAP Environment.- 4.2 Interview with Professor Dr. Claus Heinrich.- 5 Case Studies on Supply Chain Management.- 5.1 Description.- 5.1.1 Colgate-Palmolive Case Study.- 5.1.2 fischerwerke Case Study.- 5.1.3 Salzgitter Case Study.- 5.1.4 Wacker Siltronic Case Study.- 5.2 Summary.- 6 Internet Resources for Supply Chain Management.- 6.1 Portals.- 6.2 Communities, Societies, and Professional Associations.- 6.3 Research Companies.- 6.4 Consultancies.- 6.5 Vendors of SCM Software.- 6.6 Universities.- 6.7 Journals.- Abbreviations.- References._x000D_