Luis Martin Diaz

Das Buch beschreibt die Potenziale zwischenbetrieblicher Kooperationen in Logistiknetzwerken sowie den unternehmensubergreifenden Einsatz von mySAP.com-Loesungen. Im Mittelpunkt stehen Anwendungen aus den Bereichen XML/EDI, Data Warehouse, Supply-Chain-Management und Elektronische Marktplatze. Anhand von funf Fallstudien aus der Automobilindustrie wird der Praxiseinsatz von mySAP.com-Loesungen demonstriert. Bei den Anwendern handelt es sich um die Unternehmen Bosch GmbH, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Schenker AG, Porsche AG sowie den Elektronischen Marktplatz SupplyOn. Die vorliegende zweite Auflage wurde voellig uberarbeitet, um den aktuellen Herausforderungen an den Aufbau von Kooperationen sowohl aus Management- als auch aus Softwareperspektive Rechnung zu tragen. Dazu wurde zum einen das Autorenteam erweitert und zum anderen der Fallstudienteil der ersten Auflage ausgebaut.

Inter-organizational Cooperation with SAP Solutions - now in its second edition -describes the potential for cooperation in supply chain networks as well as the use of mySAP solutions in an inter-organizational context. The main focus is on applications from the fields of XML/EDI, data warehousing, supply chain management and electronic markets. On the basis of five case studies from the automotive industry, the use of mySAP solutions is demonstrated in practice. This second edition has been totally revised to take account of current challenges concerning building up cooperation from both the management and the software perspective. In order to achieve this, the author team was expanded.

The acknowledgement that a network of cooperating companies, e.g. a supply chain, could be more successful in achieving competitive advantage than individual businesses, constitutes one of the most significant paradigm shifts in modern business management as it leaves behind the notion of adversarial companies engaged in fierce competition with one another in order to gain a competitive advantage. The “Survival of the Fittest” in what has been called “The Era of Network Competition” depends on how well companies are able to structure, coordinate, and manage relationships with their business partners. In their search for the best possible place under the sun, companies have redefined their understanding of cooperation and have not only improved the efficiency of cooperation with partners (e.g. suppliers, customers, and complementors) but also discovered the existence of synergies with competitors. The apparently paradoxical situation of cooperating with competitors (or it might be thought of as competing with cooperating partners) shows that collaboration is a widespread approach at all levels of strategic management. In light of these thoughts, the question arises why there are still companies that neither cooperate with business partners nor with competitors; although it seems obvious that this could be advantageous. This work attempts to offer an answer to this question.

Das Buch beschreibt die Potenziale zwischenbetrieblicher Kooperationen in Logistiknetzwerken sowie den unternehmensubergreifenden Einsatz von mySAP.com-Loesungen. Im Mittelpunkt stehen Anwendungen aus den Bereichen XML/EDI, Data Warehouse, Supply-Chain-Management und Elektronische Marktplatze. Anhand von funf Fallstudien aus der Automobilindustrie wird der Praxiseinsatz von mySAP.com-Loesungen demonstriert. Bei den Anwendern handelt es sich um die Unternehmen Bosch GmbH, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Schenker AG, Porsche AG sowie den Elektronischen Marktplatz SupplyOn. Die vorliegende zweite Auflage wurde voellig uberarbeitet, um den aktuellen Herausforderungen an den Aufbau von Kooperationen sowohl aus Management- als auch aus Softwareperspektive Rechnung zu tragen. Dazu wurde zum einen das Autorenteam erweitert und zum anderen der Fallstudienteil der ersten Auflage ausgebaut.

Inter-organizational Cooperation with SAP Solutions - now in its second edition -describes the potential for cooperation in supply chain networks as well as the use of mySAP solutions in an inter-organizational context. The main focus is on applications from the fields of XML/EDI, data warehousing, supply chain management and electronic markets. On the basis of five case studies from the automotive industry, the use of mySAP solutions is demonstrated in practice. This second edition has been totally revised to take account of current challenges concerning building up cooperation from both the management and the software perspective. In order to achieve this, the author team was expanded.