Why ERP? A Primer on SAP Implementation

by F. Robert Jacobs, David Clay Whybark

What is Enterprise Resource Planning and why does it matter? Like The Goal, Why ERP? is a short novel about a manager in a furniture manufacturing business who is charged with learning about and implementing a new ERP system, SAP R/3. The story tells of his experience and provides a non-technical, non-programming introduction to the basic concepts and architecture of ERP systems.

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 6, 2000

Reviews

[Abhishek Shekhar]

A good short primer on why we need Erp or evolution of erp, however a little old and not contemporary. Who work on erp or use it already know why they need it and for those who don't need it why would they bother. Looking back now may it's time for someone to read this and write why GenAI or may be it's late too !

[Danielle Alcazar]

I liked that the authors tried to make the material more easily digestible by writing a story rather than a traditional textbook. However, their story-telling was rather poor and I finished the book with less understanding of ERP than I was hoping.