Luis Martin Diaz – författare

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.

Das Buch beschreibt die Potenziale zwischenbetrieblicher Kooperationen in Logistiknetzwerken sowie den unternehmensübergreifenden Einsatz von mySAP-Lösungen. Fünf Fallstudien aus der Automobilindustrie (Bosch GmbH, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Schenker AG, Porsche AG, Elektronischer Marktplatz SupplyOn) demonstrieren den Praxiseinsatz von mySAP-Lösungen. Die Neuauflage mit erweitertem Autorenteam und noch mehr Fallstudien ist vollständig überarbeitet. Sie trägt den aktuellen Herausforderungen an den Aufbau von Kooperationen sowohl aus Management-Sicht als auch aus Software-Perspektive Rechnung.

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.

Das Buch beschreibt die Potenziale zwischenbetrieblicher Kooperationen in Logistiknetzwerken sowie den unternehmensübergreifenden Einsatz von mySAP-Lösungen. Fünf Fallstudien aus der Automobilindustrie (Bosch GmbH, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Schenker AG, Porsche AG, Elektronischer Marktplatz SupplyOn) demonstrieren den Praxiseinsatz von mySAP-Lösungen. Die Neuauflage mit erweitertem Autorenteam und noch mehr Fallstudien ist vollständig überarbeitet. Sie trägt den aktuellen Herausforderungen an den Aufbau von Kooperationen sowohl aus Management-Sicht als auch aus Software-Perspektive Rechnung.

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.