Supply Chain
SAP Excellence
Series Editors: Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Peter Mertens Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Dr. Peter Zencke SAP AG, Walldorf
Gerhard F. Knolmayer, Peter Mertens Alexander Zeier and Jörg Thomas Dickersbach
Supply Chain Management Based on SAP Systems
Architecture and Planning Processes
With 77 Figures and 11 Tables
123
Prof. Dr. Gerhard F. Knolmayer University of Bern Institute of Information Systems Engehaldenstrasse 8 CH-3012 Bern Switzerland Dr. Alexander Zeier Deputy Professor of Prof. Hasso Plattner Hasso Plattner Institute University of Potsdam August-Bebel-Str. 88 D-14482 Potsdam Germany
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Peter Mertens University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Department of Information Systems I Lange Gasse 20 D-90403 Nürnberg Germany Dr. Jörg Thomas Dickersbach Von-der-Pfordten-Str. 18 D-80687 Munich Germany
“SAP”, “SAP AII” “SAP APO”, “SAP BI”, “SAP CRM”, “SAP ECC” “SAP EM”, “SAP ERM”, “SAP ERP”, “SAP EWM”, “SAP ICH”, “SAP EP”, “SAP F&R”, “SAP NetWeaver”, “SAP OER”, “SAP R/2”, “SAP R/3”, “SAP SCM”, “SAP SEM”, “SAP SNC”, “SAP SRM”, “SAP Inventory Collaboration Hub”, “SAP Business ByDesign”, and “SAP XI” are trademarks of SAP Aktiengesellschaft, Dietmar-Hopp-Allee 16, D-69190 Walldorf, Germany. The publisher gratefully acknowledges SAP’s kind permission to use its trademark in the publication. SAP AG is not the publisher of this book and is not responsible for it under any aspect of press law. ISBN 978-3-540-68737-5 DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-68739-9
Library of Congress Control Number: 2008936141 © 2009 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German
Series Editors: Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Peter Mertens Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Dr. Peter Zencke SAP AG, Walldorf
Gerhard F. Knolmayer, Peter Mertens Alexander Zeier and Jörg Thomas Dickersbach
Supply Chain Management Based on SAP Systems
Architecture and Planning Processes
With 77 Figures and 11 Tables
123
Prof. Dr. Gerhard F. Knolmayer University of Bern Institute of Information Systems Engehaldenstrasse 8 CH-3012 Bern Switzerland Dr. Alexander Zeier Deputy Professor of Prof. Hasso Plattner Hasso Plattner Institute University of Potsdam August-Bebel-Str. 88 D-14482 Potsdam Germany
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Peter Mertens University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Department of Information Systems I Lange Gasse 20 D-90403 Nürnberg Germany Dr. Jörg Thomas Dickersbach Von-der-Pfordten-Str. 18 D-80687 Munich Germany
“SAP”, “SAP AII” “SAP APO”, “SAP BI”, “SAP CRM”, “SAP ECC” “SAP EM”, “SAP ERM”, “SAP ERP”, “SAP EWM”, “SAP ICH”, “SAP EP”, “SAP F&R”, “SAP NetWeaver”, “SAP OER”, “SAP R/2”, “SAP R/3”, “SAP SCM”, “SAP SEM”, “SAP SNC”, “SAP SRM”, “SAP Inventory Collaboration Hub”, “SAP Business ByDesign”, and “SAP XI” are trademarks of SAP Aktiengesellschaft, Dietmar-Hopp-Allee 16, D-69190 Walldorf, Germany. The publisher gratefully acknowledges SAP’s kind permission to use its trademark in the publication. SAP AG is not the publisher of this book and is not responsible for it under any aspect of press law. ISBN 978-3-540-68737-5 DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-68739-9
Library of Congress Control Number: 2008936141 © 2009 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German