The book helps automotive companies large and small to discover and use tools and techniques that will help transform them into high-effective business drivers. In Automotive Solutions with SAP: Generating Full Integrated Best Business Processes That Lead to Improvements, Growth, and Contributions, ($29.95 bookforces Publishing, December 2015) author Ralph Kierberg taps into 18 plus years of hands-on experience and know-how to outline successful strategies tailored for automotive companies. This detailed, guide includes examples of rapid backflush, real time supply-to-line, variant configuration that are model based, demand planning, vehicle and engine manufacturing and other important automotive challenges. This timely and practical guide doesn't just explain why a automotive solution is important - it shows how to use cost-effective plans and tactics to reach local and global goals, educate SAP decision makers, and recruit SAP users to adopt. In Automotive Solutions with SAP: Generating Full Integrated Best Business Processes That Lead to Improvements, Growth, and Contributions, offers fascinating real live examples, detailed instructions, and a rich array of tools and tactics that will help automotive companies learn how to: Create an affordable project plan that integrates goals, objectives, and key strategies Determine which tools and tactics will have the most impact on the organization's goals Develop an automotive solution with powerful advantages that will capture executive attention and resonate with SAP users Maximize the automotive potential of an organization's activities, business processes and resources "When I speak to automotive groups about the best automotive solutions, they are never interested in theory," says Ralph Kierberg. "They want to know how to do it - what tools and tactics will get them the farthest? Which approach will have the greatest impact with the least amount of budget? When is a avoiding risk a good idea and when is not the best choice for developing a custom function? Ralph Kierberg wrote this book to give them the answers and information they need to succeed in a highly-competitive, increasingly complex automotive environment." Ralph Kierberg haves more than 18 years of specific SAP experience, his SAP background includes leading projects at automotive companies that are top ranked in the world. Now a director of advisory who leads and implement SAP solutions, my clients include gas and utility, industrial products, consumer goods and aerospace & defense organizations.