Business Planning with SAP SEM: Operational and Strategic Planning with SEM-BPS - Hardcover

Fischer, Roland

9781592290338: Business Planning with SAP SEM: Operational and Strategic Planning with SEM-BPS

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1592290337 ISBN 13: 9781592290338

Publisher: SAP PRESS, 2004

Finally, a comprehensive and practical reference on how to exploit the vast potential of SAP SEM for integrated business planning.

This book focuses on the functions of SEM-BPS (Release 3.2) as well as potential processes and scenarios. First, discover the basics of business planning; then, develop the know-how and learn the key techniques required for a successful implementation. Taking into consideration your short-term, middle-term, and long-term plans, as well as their interactions, you'll quickly gain an in-depth understanding of SEM's project-oriented applications.

Whether you're looking for guidance to apply SEM-BPS in your company in order to maximize the interrelation of operative and strategic planning, or to fully leverage interaction with SAP BW, this exceptional reference book is where you'll get competent and reliable answers to your most pressing questions.

Highlights include:

Basics of Business Planning
Dynamic Simulation
Introduction to SEM-BPS
Planning Workbench, Powersim, Status and Tracking Systems (STS), Integration
Profitability and Financial Planning with SEM-BPS
Procedure model, Specialized model, DP concept, Implementation, Optimization
SAP Business Information Warehouse (BW)
Data modeling, SEM-relevant settings, Business Content

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About the Author:

Roland Fischer has worked in the area of Global SAP Program Management at Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Basel (Switzerland), since 2003. Before that, he worked as a management consultant at IDS Scheer AG for more than five years where he was responsible for the development of the Business Intelligence area in France. At the same time, he was engaged in project management in the SEM environment with the focus on Business Planning and Simulation. Roland Fischer has years of experience both in accounting and controlling.

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