Acknowledgments

The authors would like to gratefully acknowledge SAP for its kind permission to use its name and trademark, the name of its software product, SAP R/3, and screen images from that product, in this book. We should note that SAP AG is not the publisher of this book and is not responsible for its content in any way.

We would also like to thank our editor, Jill Harry, for her support of this project, and her assistant, Brenda Mulligan, for her support of our efforts. In addition, we would like to thank all the people at Pearson Education Publishing and Addison-Wesley/Prentice Hall for their efforts in producing this book, including Jim Markham, Ebony Haight, Karen Gettman, and Lara Wysong. Finally, we thank our copy editor, Mary Lou Nohr, for her patient and diligent review of our manuscript.

Jim Mazzullo: I would like to acknowledge the support and encouragement of my better half, Maria Landau, who patiently endured my long, and sometimes cranky, days and nights at the computer while I was writing this book. I would also like to acknowledge the help of my good friend and former colleague, Bob Meyer. In addition to his great skills as an SAP functional expert, Bob is an outstanding and patient teacher, and he taught me much of what I know about SAPbut not necessarily everything he knows. Bob did not contribute any content to this book, but the confident and practical approach that it takes to SAP was entirely inherited from him.

Peter Wheatley: I would like to acknowledge my mother, father, and brother for their unwavering support and lifelong guidance. I would also like to acknowledge my loving wife, Ana, for her unearthly patience, understanding, and strength, and my three sons, John, Austin, and Cameron, for their childlike wonder, energy, and love. Lastly, I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge my friends at SAP for their support, advice, and true friendship.