Author:	Arvind Nagpal
Made:	Premier Press
Date:	19 July, 2001
Media:	Hardcover
Sales Rank:	18,066
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Rating: 3.83/5 from 36 reviews

A great book, well organized and full of useful information!

Rating: 5/5

Thank you for an excellent book! I think it would be safe to say that this book has saved my company more than $30K in consulting costs already. I expect the savings to increase because his recommendations will allow us to implement a system with the proper controls in place to avoid costly errors. I have found Mr. Nagpal's book an invaluable reference to assist me in connecting our SAP 4.0B system to our major Canadian retailer customers.

I think SAP or the EAI vendors should give this book out with every licence! It's like a patient (and affordable!) SAP EDI consultant walking you through every step of the way.

I own both books and this one is by far the most useful. We did a customer master file load using ALE techniques and some program names were covered in the other book but Mr. Nagpal's book is the one I refer to daily.

If you have to do EDI with SAP then don't hesitate to buy this book.

This is the perfect book for the correct ALE/ EDI audience

Rating: 5/5

Arvind's book is the perfect reference for someone who has done actual SAP implementations involving EDI, ALE, and associated Workflow, including status management, change management, message control, IDOC creation, reduction, extension, etc. If a person purchases this book in the hopes of learning SAP, ABAP, and ALE in some sort of "welcome to SAP - get rich quick" scenario; then this is not the book for you. Nor is any other book for that matter. Nothing replaces hands on experience; but this book is absolutely the perfect companion to anyone sitting in front of an SAP terminal with any kind of technical or functional responsibilities with regard to ALE and/or EDI. This book will help you to further understand the tools and systems SAP put in place. This is not a coffee table book, but rather a reference for those of you working with this subject matter on daily basis.

Good Primer

Rating: 4/5

This is a good starting point for EDI, ALE and Idocs. It gives a good overview of what is required and how to map out a plan. Some of the specifics are a bit too general, but again, this is just meant to be a starting point. From a high level perspective of managers and Project managers, this is a good book to have on hand. It will give you a good idea of what your implementation will require.