Mobilizing SAP: Business Processes, ROI and Best Practices

Book DescriptionDespite successive waves of enterprise software applications, one frontier remains untouched by automation ? processes on the front lines of business, such as field service, sales, and asset management. Emerging mobile solutions that extend SAP enterprise applications to employees outside the office promise that these processes won?t remain untouched for much longer. This book reveals how TransAlta, Volkswagen, TUV Nord, METRO Group, Frito-Lay, and numerous other companies are successfully mobilizing SAP solutions to transform processes. The core drivers motivating these companies include cost reduction, productivity improvement, and operational efficiency. Mobilizing SAP: Business Processes, ROI and Best Practices guides readers through the real-world mobilization of business processes. Authors Ravi Kalakota and Paul Kurchina analyze the mobile business landscape. They discuss what is behind this trend, how it is paying off, and, most...