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Sanitation Workers (People in My Community)
by JoAnn Early MackenWhen the streets are clean and the air has a fresh scent, we have sanitation workers to thank for it. Each one of us will leave over 100,000 pounds of trash behind in our lifetime. Readers will learn how sanitation workers ensure that our gobs and gobs of trash are disposed of properly. Tools of the trade are explored, allowing your readers to gain a new appreciation for this important community
Sanjeev Kapoor: The Recipe for Success
by Boris Groysberg Mahima Rao-KachrooIndia's most recognized celebrity chef Sanjeev Kapoor has been an integral part of the country's food industry since 1993. As a celebrity chef, Kapoor enjoyed a 17-year run of his hit TV cooking show "Khana Khazana", published more than 100 cookbook titles in multiple languages and endorsed a variety of brands. Kapoor later turned entrepreneur when he established a restaurant company that has partnered with more than 60 restaurant franchisees worldwide and launched his own TV channel-FoodFood. Although Kapoor has multiple businesses, he continues to find more exciting growth opportunities coming his way.
Sanofi Pasteur: The Dengue Vaccine Dilemma
by Vincent Dessain David E. Bloom Emilie Billaud V. Kasturi RanganIn 2012, Sanofi Pasteur was racing to develop a vaccine against dengue, a mosquito-borne disease, and was evaluating this product in a Phase IIb trial conducted with school children in Thailand. But while the candidate vaccine met the high safety expectations and a good balanced immune answer, it had a proof of efficacy of only 30%, far below the 70% mark the company had targeted. Guillaume Leroy, vice president of the Dengue Company at Sanofi Pasteur, reflected on the Phase IIb trial's surprising outcome and the way forward. He had to decide whether to go ahead with the vaccine trials and production, and if so, needed to develop a strategic plan on how to price and deliver the vaccine for a rapid roll-out.
Santa Fe
by Carlos Eduardo Gonzalez LlañaEl libro que todo hincha del Santa Fe debe tener. Carlos Eduardo González relata cada estrella con minucia y una prosa exquisita. Recuerda a los jugadores y goles que dejaron una huella imborrable en la institución. Repasa los partidos y competiciones internacionales que marcaron la historia del club. Y además realiza once perfiles de ídolos de Santa Fe (Sekularac, Cañón, Gottardi, #el Tren# Valencia, Leider Calimenio, Omar Pérez, entre otros). Un maravilloso libro de consulta para todas las generaciones de uno de los equipos grandes de Colombia, el decano de campeones, que volvió a mostrar su jerarquía con la conquista de la octava estrella. Un amuleto bibliográfico indispensable en la biblioteca de cualquier hincha albirrojo.
Santander's Acquisition of Abbey: Banking Across Borders
by Pankaj Ghemawat Eduardo Ballarin Jose Manuel CampaBanco Santander, Spain's largest commercial bank, announced in July 2004 the acquisition of Abbey National Bank, the fifth largest U.K. commercial bank. This transaction was the largest ever cross-border acquisition in European banking and would result in the 10th-largest bank in the world. Discusses the main sources of value creation from international expansion and acquisitions in the commercial banking industry. Also, highlights the barriers to integration within the single market of the European Union in a regulated service industry such as commercial banking.
Santro: The Car That Built a Company
by Bvr Subbu`There?s no business like the car business!? Within months of its launch in late 1998, with every well-known global automobile brand jockeying for a foothold in a small-car market almost monopolized by Maruti Udyog Limited, Hyundai Motor India?s debut production, the Santro, emerged as a force to reckon with. The first car to be conceptualized and designed for ? and then developed and manufactured in ? India, the `Sunshine Car? has, over a period of sixteen years, set the record for the quickest small car brand to go from zero to one million units sold. It achieved profitability for Hyundai at an unprecedented speed and made an impressive global impact as a made-in-India automobile in markets as diverse as Algeria and Zimbabwe, Western Europe and North America. In Santro: The Car That Built a Company, BVR Subbu, who spearheaded much of the Santro?s success, reveals the hitherto untold story of how this small car made such a big impact. Vivid anecdotes detail the challenges of introducing a new product in a new market, the canny business strategies that were employed to get the better of rival brands, the unforgettable marketing campaigns that made all the difference ? and the thrills of the high-stakes power battles and everyday drama that characterize corporate India. By turns revelatory, insightful and delightfully engaging, this is a business story with a difference about a car like no other.
SAP: Industry Transformation
by Pai-Ling Yin Andrei Hagiu Daniela BeyersdorferSAP seeks growth in the small- and medium-sized enterprise market. To do so, it has created a platform strategy with SAP Netweaver. What are the advantages and challenges for an incumbent entering a new market? What are the benefits and challenges of implementing a platform strategy?
SAP 2014: Reaching for the Cloud
by Karim R. Lakhani Marco Iansiti Noah FisherIn May 2014, Bill McDermott will become the sole CEO of SAP AG, the world leader in the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) field. The case occurs in January 2014 at SAP's investors meeting, at a time when the company's stock is near record high. A 2010 strategy committed the company to a transition to cloud computing. The main driver behind this transition was the development of SAP HANA, an in-memory computing technology that combined database, data processing, and application platform functionality. Ownership of cloud infrastructure was a key question. SAP could build, own, and operate its own data centers, or partner to locate SAP HANA and other products with other cloud infrastructure providers, such as Amazon, Microsoft, or IBM. McDermott also had to make decisions around the organization and leadership of the company's cloud efforts.
SAP 2014: Reaching for the Cloud
by Karim R. Lakhani Marco Iansiti Noah FisherIn May 2014, Bill McDermott will become the sole CEO of SAP AG, the world leader in the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) field. The case occurs in January 2014 at SAP's investors meeting, at a time when the company's stock is near record high. A 2010 strategy committed the company to a transition to cloud computing. The main driver behind this transition was the development of SAP HANA, an in-memory computing technology that combined database, data processing, and application platform functionality. Ownership of cloud infrastructure was a key question. SAP could build, own, and operate its own data centers, or partner to locate SAP HANA and other products with other cloud infrastructure providers, such as Amazon, Microsoft, or IBM. McDermott also had to make decisions around the organization and leadership of the company's cloud efforts.
SAP AG: Orchestrating the Ecosystem
by Karim R. Lakhani Marco IansitiBusiness ecosystems require careful orchestration and strategic choices regarding make/buy/partner decisions and membership access. This case examines the strategic and technological issues related to managing SAP's thriving ecosystem of user communities, software vendors, integration partners and technology providers. It details how the ecosystem gets developed and the challenges in meeting the needs of the internal organization, large partners, and small up and coming firms. SAP executives, in this case, have to make a decision if a relatively small startup firm should be elevated to the highest strategic partnership level, normally reserved for very large firms.
SAP AG: Orchestrating the Ecosystem
by Karim R. Lakhani Marco IansitiBusiness ecosystems require careful orchestration and strategic choices regarding make/buy/partner decisions and membership access. This case examines the strategic and technological issues related to managing SAP's thriving ecosystem of user communities, software vendors, integration partners and technology providers. It details how the ecosystem gets developed and the challenges in meeting the needs of the internal organization, large partners, and small up and coming firms. SAP executives, in this case, have to make a decision if a relatively small startup firm should be elevated to the highest strategic partnership level, normally reserved for very large firms.
SAP Analytics Cloud für Dummies (Für Dummies)
by Klaus Freyburger Karsten OehlerDas ist alles in der Cloud Dieses Buch ist Ihnen eine große Hilfe, wenn Sie sich mit SAP Analytics Cloud beschäftigen wollen oder müssen. Die Fachleute Klaus Freyburger und Karsten Oehler erklären Ihnen die Grundideen der SAP Analytics Cloud. Sie erläutern das Wichtigste zum Navigieren in der Anwendung, zur Datenmodellierung und -integration, zu Stories und Reporting, Planung, Administration und vielem mehr. Anhand zahlreicher Fallstudien werden Sie Schritt für Schritt durch die wesentlichen Konzepte geführt und können diese im System umsetzen. Sie erfahren Welche typischen Anforderungen an Planung und Analyse gestellt werden Wie Sie mit wenigen Mitteln gute Visualisierungen erzeugen Wie Sie eine unternehmensweite Simulation umsetzen Wie Sie mit Scripting Berichte individualisieren
SAP Business Analytics
by Sudipa DuttaroyFocus on SAP business analytics business gains, key features, and implementation. The book includes example implementations of SAP business analytics, the challenges faced, and the solutions implemented. SAP Business Analytics explains both the strategy and technical implementation for gathering and analyzing all the information pertaining to an organization. Key features of the book are: A 360-degree view of an organization's data and the methods to gather and analyze that data The strategies that need to be in place to gather relevant data from disparate systems Details about the SAP business analytics suite of products The technical implementations used to gather data from disparate systems such as ERP and CRM Real business cases as examples Analytics is the driving force in today's business, be it healthcare, marketing, telecommunications, or retail and hence the most vital part of any organization's strategy. What You'll Learn Gain an understanding of business analytics in general Absorb the technical details of the SAP business analytics suite of products Discover the challenges faced during an enterprise-level analytics project implementation Learn the key points to be kept in mind during the technical implementation of an SAP business analytics project Who This Book Is For Analytics strategists, BI managers, BI architects, business analysts, and BI developers.
SAP Business Intelligence Quick Start Guide: Actionable business insights from the SAP BusinessObjects BI platform
by Vinay SinghDesigning and deploying solutions using the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 4.2.Key FeaturesGet up and running with the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platformPerform effective data analysis and visualization for actionable insightsEnhance your BI strategy by creating different types of reports and dashboards using SAP BusinessObjectsBook DescriptionThe SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform is a powerful reporting and analysis tool. This book is the ideal introduction to the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform, introducing you to its data visualization, visual analytics, reporting, and dashboarding capabilities.The book starts with an overview of the BI platform and various data sources for reporting. Then, we move on to looking at data visualization, analysis, reporting, and analytics using BusinessObjects Business Intelligence tools. You will learn about the features associated with reporting, scheduling, and distribution and learn how to deploy the platform. Toward the end, you will learn about the strategies and factors that should be considered during deployment.By the end, you will be confident working with the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform to deliver better insights for more effective decision making.What you will learnWork with various tools to create interactive data visualization and analysis Query, report, and analyze with SAP Business Objects Web IntelligenceCreate a report in SAP Crystal Reports for EnterpriseVisualize and manipulate data using an SAP Lumira StoryboardDeep dive into the workings of the SAP predictive analytics toolDeploy and configure SAP BO Intelligence platform 4.2Who this book is forThis book is for Business Intelligence professionals and existing SAP ecosystem users who want to perform effective Business Intelligence using SAP BusinessObjects.
SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0 Cookbook
by Xavier Hacking David LaiThis guide to SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0 (formerly Xcelsius )is a cookbook packed full of practical recipes written in a clear, concise manner with annotated examples to empower readers to quickly accomplish specific dashboard tasks. If you are a developer with a good command and knowledge of creating dashboards, but are not yet an advanced Dashboard Design user, then this is the perfect book for you. You should have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel as well as knowledge of basic dashboard practices, though experience of Dashboard Design as a specific dashboard tool is not essential.
SAP BusinessObjects Reporting Cookbook
by Yoav YahavIf you are a business analyst, BI developer, or an IT professional who wants to learn the A to Z of how to work with Web Intelligence reporting tools and different types of data, then this book is for you. The only thing you need is a basic understanding of what Business Intelligence is and data concepts.
SAP Data Services 4.x Cookbook
by Ivan ShomnikovDelve into the SAP Data Services environment to efficiently prepare, implement, and develop ETL processes About This Book * Install and configure the SAP Data Services environment * Develop ETL techniques in the Data Services environment * Implement real-life examples of Data Services uses through step-by-step instructions to perform specific ETL development tasks Who This Book Is For This book is for IT technical engineers who want to get familiar with the EIM solutions provided by SAP for ETL development and data quality management. The book requires familiarity with basic programming concepts and basic knowledge of the SQL language. What You Will Learn * Install, configure, and administer the SAP Data Services components * Run through the ETL design basics * Maximize the performance of your ETL with the advanced patterns in Data Services * Extract methods from various databases and systems * Get familiar with the transformation methods available in SAP Data Services * Load methods into various databases and systems * Code with the Data Services scripting language * Validate and cleanse your data, applying the Data quality methods of the Information Steward In Detail Want to cost effectively deliver trusted information to all of your crucial business functions? SAP Data Services delivers one enterprise-class solution for data integration, data quality, data profiling, and text data processing. It boosts productivity with a single solution for data quality and data integration. SAP Data Services also enables you to move, improve, govern, and unlock big data. This book will lead you through the SAP Data Services environment to efficiently develop ETL processes. To begin with, you'll learn to install, configure, and prepare the ETL development environment. You will get familiarized with the concepts of developing ETL processes with SAP Data Services. Starting from smallest unit of work- the data flow, the chapters will lead you to the highest organizational unit--the Data Services job, revealing the advanced techniques of ETL design. You will learn to import XML files by creating and implementing real-time jobs. It will then guide you through the ETL development patterns that enable the most effective performance when extracting, transforming, and loading data. You will also find out how to create validation functions and transforms. Finally, the book will show you the benefits of data quality management with the help of another SAP solution--Information Steward. Style and approach This book is an easy-to-follow guide with step-by-step instructions to perform specific ETL development tasks.
SAP Enterprise Architecture: A Blueprint for Executing Digital Transformation
by Sheunopa Chalmers MusukutwaDoes digital transformation ever stop? The answer is a resounding “no" and this book guides you in developing an SAP enterprise architecture that prepares you for constant technology changes.The book introduces enterprise architecture, the role it plays in executing successful business strategy, and its application in SAP. A detailed step-by-step guide teaches you how to utilize SAP Enterprise Architecture Designer to model the four key areas: business, data, landscape, and requirements. Executives will gain insight into the considerations that will aid them in building their digital transformation road map while remaining agile to adapt to unforeseen circumstances. and adapting to the new normal. SAP partners and consultants will find their place in SAP’s future.By the end of this book, you will learn what SAP enterprise architecture is and how to develop it along with its best practices.You Will UnderstandThe fundamentals of enterprise architectureSAP enterprise architectureHow SAP Enterprise Architecture Designer helps your enterpriseBusiness, information, and infrastructure architecture Enterprise architecture best practicesHow enterprise architecture can prepare your business for the futureWho This Book Is ForExecutives who currently run SAP implementations or are considering SAP implementations, SAP partners and consultants along with aspiring SAP consultants, and technology enthusiasts interested in understanding and articulating IT and business alignment through enterprise architecture
SAP Enterprise Portfolio and Project Management: A Guide to Implement, Integrate, and Deploy EPPM Solutions
by Joseph Alexander SoosaimuthuLearn the fundamentals of SAP Enterprise Project and Portfolio management Project Systems (PS), Portfolio and Project Management (PPM) and Commercial Project Management (CPM) and their integration with other SAP modules. This book covers various business scenarios from different industries including the public sector, engineering and construction, professional services, telecom, mining, chemical, and pharmaceutical. Author Joseph Alexander Soosaimuthu will help you understand common business challenges and pain areas faced in portfolio, program and project management, and will provide suitable recommendations to overcome these challenges. This book not only suggests solutions within SAP, but also provides workarounds or integrations with third-party tools based on various Industry-specific business requirements. SAP Portfolio and Project Management addresses commonly asked questions regarding SAP EPPM implementation and deployment, and conveys a framework to facilitate engagement and discussion with key stakeholders. This provides coverage of SAP on-premise solutions with ECC 6.08 and SAP PPM 6.1 deployed on the same client, as well as S/4 HANA On-Premise 2020 with integration to BPC and BI/W systems. Interface with other third-party schedule management, estimation, costing and forecasting applications are also covered in this book. After completing SAP Portfolio and Project Management, you will be able to implement SAP Enterprise Portfolio and Project Management based on industry best practices. For your reference, you’ll also gain a list of development objects and a functionality list by Industry, and a Fiori apps list for Enterprise Portfolio and Project Management (EPPM). What You Will Learn Understand the fundamentals of project, program and portfolio management within SAP EPPMMaster the art of project forecasting and scheduling integrations with other SAP modulesGain knowledge of the different interface options for scheduling, estimation, costing and forecasting third party applicationsLearn EPPM industry best practices, and how to address industry-specific business challenges Leverage operational and strategic reporting within EPPM Who This Book For Functional consultants and business analysts who are involved in SAP EPPM (PS, PPM and CPM) deployment and clients who are interested and are in the process of having SAP EPPM deployed for their Enterprise.
SAP ERP Financial Accounting and Controlling
by Andrew OkungbowaSAP ERP modules are notoriously hard to configure and use effectively without a lot of practice and experience. But as SAP ERP Financial Accounting and Controlling: Configuration and Use Management shows, it doesn''t have to be so difficult. The book takes a systematic approach that leads SAP Financial Accounting and Controlling (FICO) users step by step through configuring and using all the program''s facets. This approach makes configuration complexities manageable. The book''s author--SAP expert, trainer, and accountant Andrew Okungbowa--ensures that both you and your end users are up and running quickly and confidently with FICO. He also provides sound and tested procedures that ensure your implementation works without error. SAP ERP Financial Accounting and Controlling: Configuration and Use Management is in fact the most comprehensive and easy-to-follow SAP FICO configuration book in the market. It incorporates a hands-on approach, with hundreds of screen shots and practical examples, that allows a person without prior configuration training to make SAP FICO ready for use in the enterprise. You''ll find that you don''t need to be a rocket scientist to grasp the concepts explained and apply them to your work--even when the finances are complicated, such as with the ins and outs of taxes, currency conversions, or special general ledger entries such as down payments or bills of exchange. Providing an in-depth coverage of both configuration and end user procedures, the book covers most aspects of the SAP FICO certification syllabus--SAP''s view of the module''s key tasks and procedures--including: Configuring and using the general ledger and accounts payable and receivable screens Configuring and completing closing procedures, asset accounting, and financial reporting Configuring global settings and enterprise variables Accounting for both profit and cost centers Creating a house bank Integrating FICO with other SAP modules Taking a jargon-free tone and providing an abundance of examples, Andrew Okungbowa provides a clear understanding of configuration techniques and the breadth of functionalities encompassed by SAP FICO. And as an accountant, Okungbowa understands the needs of end users as well as of those answering to the CIO. What you''ll learn How to configure SAP FICO like a pro How to master core aspects of SAP Financial Accounting and Controlling How to integrate SAP FICO with other SAP Modules A thorough hands-on overview of IMG (Implementation Guide) and Easy Access (user point of entry into SAP) Knowledge gained from real-world practical examples and case studies How to explain the functionalities of SAP FICO to others Who this book is for FICO consultants, enterprise IT implementers and support personnel, accountants, trainers, and developers. While not aimed at beginners per se, beginners can use the book to do a complete configuration of SAP FICO. Table of Contents 1. Customizing Organizational Structure in SAP ERP 2. Defining the Chart of Accounts 3. Document Control 4. Defining Tolerance Groups for G/L Accounts and Employees 5. Creating a General Ledger (G/L) 6. Clearing Open Items 7. Maintaining Currency Types and Currency Pairs 8. Defining Adjustment Accounts for GR/IR Clearing 9. Defining the House Bank 10. Defining Tax on Sales and Purchases 11. Customizing a Cash Journal 12. Financial Statement Versions (FSV) 13. Integration of FI with Other SAP ERP Modules 14. Defining Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable 15. Defining the Dunning Procedure and Correspondence 16. Customizing Special G/L Transactions 17. Easy Access 18. Controlling 19. New General Ledger Appendix A: Some Useful G/L Accounts Appendix B: Some Useful Transaction Codes
SAP Flexible Real Estate Management
by Jayant DaithankarLearn 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. 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. 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: Understand the SAP REFX Solutions landscape and industry best practices for SAP REFX implementation Understand how processes are supported by SAP REFX Configure SAP REFX Integrate REFX with other modules Who This Book Is For: CIOs/CEOs of organizations with real estate portfolios, SAP REFX purchasing decision makers, SAP REFX pre-sales teams, SAP REFX implementation/AMS consultants
SAP HANA Cloud in a Nutshell: Design, Develop, and Deploy Data Models using SAP HANA Cloud
by Miguel FigueiredoThis book introduces SAP HANA Cloud and helps you develop an understanding of its key features, including technology, architecture, and data modeling. SAP HANA Cloud in a Nutshell will help you develop the skills needed to use the core features of the completely managed and in-memory cloud-based data foundation available in the SAP Business Technology Platform. The book covers modern modeling concepts and equips you with practical knowledge to unleash the best use of SAP HANA Cloud. As you progress, you will learn how to provision your own SAP HANA Cloud instance, understand how to work with different roles, and work with data modeling for analytical and transactional use cases. Additionally, you will learn how to pilot SAP BTP Cockpit and work with entitlements, quotas, account structure, spaces, instances, and cloud providers. You will learn how to perform administration tasks such as stop and start an SAP HANA Cloud instance and make it available for use.To fully leverage the knowledge this book offers, you will find practical step-by-step instructions for how to establish a cloud account model and create your first SAP HANA Cloud artifacts. The book is an important prerequisite for those who want to take full advantage of SAP HANA Cloud. What You Will Learn Master the concepts and terminology of SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) and SAP HANA Cloud Understand the key roles of an SAP HANA Cloud implementation Become familiar with the key tools used by administrators, architects, and application developers Upgrade an SAP HANA Cloud database Understand how to work with SAP HANA Cloud modeling supporting analytical and transactional use casesWho This Book Is ForSAP consultants, cloud engineers, and architects; application consultants and developers; and project stakeholders
SAP HANA Cookbook
by Ganesh Mahadevan V. Chandrasekhar MankalaAn easy-to-understand guide, covering topics using practical scenarios and live examples, and answering all possible questions.If you are a solution architect, developer, modeler, sales leader, business transformation managers, directors, COO, or CIO; this book is perfect for you. If you are interested in other technologies and want to jump-start into SAP, this book gives you the chance to learn SAP HANA. Basic knowledge of RDBMS concepts enough is to get you started.
SAP HANA Starter
by Mark WalkerWritten as a practical guide, SAP Hana Starter will show you all you need to know to build your first reporting application utilizing SAP's new in-memory database technology. SAP HANA Starter is aimed at SAP consultants and users of competing database technologies, as well as anyone curious as to what all the fuss concerning SAP HANA is about. No previous SAP ERP, BW, or database programming experience is necessary, though notions of how SQL and table joins work will be advantageous. Access to a SAP HANA box is necessary to follow the examples locally.