Discover SAP Erp Financials

By Manish Patel

Book Overview

Get your money's worth from your SAP ERP Financials system From basic accounting to reporting, navigate SAP's diverse and customizable financial solutions with this detailed, reader-friendly reference. Learn how the components work, the advantages of each, and how SAP ERP Financials addresses the multitude of complex challenges facing today's companies. Perfect for new users, decision-makers, and power users, this book will teach you to improve your efficiency in key financial areas, including profitability analysis, financial supply chain management, cost accounting, and more.

1. Discover What SAP ERP Financials Is All About Read the concise topic overviews, definitions of terminology, and clear explanations of business processes.

2. Gain In-Depth Decision-Making Knowledge Improve your financial processes by learning what each powerful component provides, how it's used, and how it can help you make informed business decisions.

3. Apply SAP ERP Financials in the Real World Explore in-depth case studies and practical examples and find out how companies have improved their business processes and increased their efficiency.

4. Second Edition, Updated and Expanded This book is updated to include new and expanded content on SAP ERP 6.0 EHPs 5 and 6, with an expanded focus on real-world scenarios and practical case studies.

Highlights Include:

Account receivables and payables Investment management Financial closing Travel Management Payroll accounting Consolidation Overhead cost management Project accounting Product costing Financial planning Profitability analysis Credit, collections, and dispute management Treasury and risk management Account determination

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1592294294
• ISBN13: 9781592294299
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: SAP Press
• Length: 604 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 7.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent book for all SAP consultants who need an overview of SAP FI

Being a Procure to Pay consultant(Certified in SRM / MM / FI) i was looking for books on FI to improve my skillset on FI. I initially purchased the book "Optimize your ERP Financials Implementation - Shivesh Sharma" but returned back the book with exchange to other book as the book did not contain any topics on optimization as was advertised and also the purpose for configuration is not explained properly. Then i purchased this book "Discover SAP ERP Financials" by Manish Patel ($40.00 from SAP-PRESS). The book has surpassed the expectations. I thought this would be very basic but the author did an excellent job in explaining the topics with the latest optimization techniques. The case studies and the new optimization techniques are described in a great detail. Though this book does NOT talk about configuration in SAP , but it gives enough knowledge as to WHY you need to configure. In contrast the book by Shivesh Sharma does not have any optimization techniques /case studies and no configuration logic. If you are an MM consultant and would like to venture into AP, then you would be thrilled to read the chapters 3 (Payables) , 4 (Taxation) and 5 (Bank Transactions). Manish Patel mentions about the new optimization techniques including e-payments through ORBIAN and OFX (Open Financial Exchange). SD consultants would love the topic on processing incoming payments through LockBox processing and the EBS (Electronic Bank Statement) processing with the details on Interpretation Algorithm and Search Strings. An excellent case study on how a civic government achieved a better control on working capital management by processing the property tax payments through Lockbox. There is a separate chapter on Collections, Dispute and Credit Management. HR consultants would appreciate the integration of major reservation systems AMADEUS , SABRE , GALILEO with SAP Travel management. It is interesting to read how the miles earned through flights is used for future reservations. Payroll accounting and detailed case study on a corporate plans to implement travel management sums it up. A must have book for SAP consultants of all modules. Also useful to new FI/CO consultants. It is now time for SAP-PRESS to come up with separate books on each of the sub-modules in FI ( AP/AR , Asset Accounting , FI Planning/Consolildation/New G/L ...etc). Manish Patel should team up with experts in each domain and come up with these books with Practical Approach.