Here, the author, an SAP R/3 expert and president of a consulting firm, shows readers how companies can achieve strategic goals through business process oriented implementation of software such as SAP R/3, Oracle, or Peoplesoft. The updated second edition of this best-selling title will help managers and consultants understand the necessary methods and tools.

Business Process Oriented Organizational Structures and Function Oriented Standard Software - Implications for the Implementation: Business Process Oriented Design of Organizational Structures; Function Oriented Design of Standard Software; Implications for the Implementation of Standard Software; Objective and Structure of this Work

Development of a Procedure Model for Business Process Oriented Implementation of Standard Software: Requirements for Implementing Standard Software; Existing Approaches for Implementing Standard Software; Developing a Procedure Model for Business Process Oriented Implementation
Strategy Based BPO Concept: Defining the Target System; Defining Business Processes; Detailing Individual Information System Views; Splitting up Business Processes; Defining the Scope of the Standard Software Deployment; Determining the Implementation Strategy
Standard Software Based BPO Concept: Defining Consistent Business Terminology; Material Flow Related Supplement of the BPO Concept; Detailing the BPO Concept on the Transactional Level; Detailing the BPO Concept on the Screen Level; Defining a Migration Plan
BPO Implementation: Prime and Execute IT Measures; Prime and Execute Organizational Measures; Live Start of the Standard Software; Optimizing Business Processes in the Live Phase
Comprehensive Model of Business Process Oriented Implementation: Aggregating the Implementation Process Model; Fulfilling the Requirements for the Implementation
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