Integrated Business Processes with ERP Systems

Acknowledgments

“Innovation is a team sport.” Tom Kelley, IDEO

Integrated Business Processes with ERP Systems is the final product of thousands of hours of work, including invaluable contributions from a diverse group of people located around the world. The authors wish to acknowledge the following individuals for their assistance in preparing and reviewing the book.

The authors are extremely grateful for the collaboration and technical efforts of Stefan Weidner and his team at the SAP University Competency Center at the Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg to bring the GBI 2.0 system to life.

Faculty and students in the ERP program in the Seidman College of Business at Grand Valley State University (http://www.gvsu.edu/business/erp/) were also instrumental in developing the GBI system. In particular, we would like to acknowledge the contributions of the following Seidman students: James Anderson, Philipp Claus, Kevin Coolman, Jacob DeLuca, Morgan Hickman, Corey Holstege, Michael Martin, Steve Merritt, John Morrissey, Brandon Stickel, Alice Yamada, and Sandell Wall. We also appreciate the technical assistance provided by Chris Gillespie. Particularly helpful was Prof. David Cannon, who patiently clarified numerous concepts in accounting.

We are very grateful for the efforts of Robert Weiss, our development editor, who tirelessly reviewed and edited our work and provided invaluable guidance in improving it. We also wish to thank the “super” reviewers and reviewers for their ...