The 123s of ABC in SAP: Using SAP R/3 to Support Activity-Based Costing

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Incorporate the Benefits of Activity-Based Costing into the Efficiencies of Your SAP R/3 System

Given SAP's dominance in the enterprise resource planning (ERP) market, many companies and their managers encounter SAP AG applications in some form or another. Many of these organizations have recognized the value of utilizing Activity-Based Costing/Management concepts to perform more accurate cost assignments or drive performance initiatives. Managers are then faced with trying to determine how Activity-Based Costing can be incorporated into the SAP environment. The 123s of ABC in SAP is the first book of its kind designed to help business managers understand the capabilities of the SAP R/3 business application to support Activity-Based Costing, Management, and Budgeting.

Divided into three parts-the conceptual foundation, the capabilities of SAP ABC, and integration with other tools-the book provides readers with the following:

An explanation of how Activity-Based Costing can be used with SAP
Helpful hints for implementing ABC into SAP
Insights into the most common difficulties and potential solutions when implementing ABC into SAP
Summary tables that highlight key decisions to be made, implementation hints, and organizational challenges
Detailed descriptions of SAP software applications to support the Activity-Based Costing approach as well as the integration of SAP R/3 with Oros software
Examples of the tandem usage of Resource Consumption Accounting with Activity-Based Costing

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An essential book for ABC and SAP practitioners.......2003-12-17

This is the first book that really explains the theory and practice behind using Activity Based Costing within SAP. This book does not suffer fools - it requires active reading and reflection. Nonetheless, the reader will be rewarded with excellent graphics and useful number examples. Particularly important is the segue to the real heart of advanced costing in SAP (of which ABC is a part), RCA or Resource Consumption Accounting. Excellent information of the mechanics the SAP templates (the truly groundbreaking functionality within SAP-ABC).

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Governmental GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) consists of accounting principles applicable to financial accounting and reporting for state and local governments. To understand the complexity of the Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB) statements, interpretations, technical bulletins, and certain AICPA statements of position, these pronouncements must be analyzed and explained in straightforward language. This book is a comprehensive, practical research tool relied upon by governments and their auditors to guide them through governmental accounting and financial reporting.

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Problems and Cases in Inteviewing, Counseling, and Negotiation
Anthony J. Bocchino , Mark J. Schoenfield , and Melissa L. Nelken
Manufacturer: Nita Publications
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Sheds new light on the identity of the alchemist Fulcanelli

• Provides new understanding of the relationships between the most important figures of the esoteric milieu of Paris in the first half of the 20th century

• Includes a wealth of rarely seen documents, photos, and letters

Fulcanelli, operative alchemist and author of The Mystery of the Cathedrals and The Dwellings of the Philosophers--two of the most important esoteric works of the twentieth century--remains himself a mystery. The true identity of the man who allegedly succeeded in creating the philosopher’s stone has never been discovered, despite ardent searches by many--even the OSS (the wartime U.S. intelligence agency, later to become the CIA) claimed to have looked for him following the end of World War II. Geneviève Dubois looks at the esoteric milieu of Paris at the turn of the century, a time that witnessed a great revival of the alchemical tradition, and investigates some of its salient personalities. Could one of these have been this enigmatic man, reported to have last appeared in Seville, Spain, in 1952 when he would have been 113 years of age?

The trail followed by the author encounters such figures as Papus, René Guénon, Schwaller de Lubicz, Pierre Dujols, Eugene Canseliet, and Jean-Julien Champagne. Working from rare documents, letters, and photos, Dubois suggests that one of these men could have been hiding his activity behind the pseudonym of Fulcanelli or that Fulcanelli may even have been a composite fabricated by several of these individuals working together. Beyond its attempt to reveal the actual identity of Fulcanelli, Fulcanelli and the Alchemical Revival also presents an explanation of the alchemical doctrine and reveals the unsuspected relationships among the important twentieth-century truth seekers it highlights.

Customer Reviews:

Much ado about nothing.......2006-07-10

After having read both 'Le mystere des cathedrales' and 'The dwellings of philosophers' (which, by the way, do NOT seem to be written by the same person), I simply cannot understand why so many people are interested in the 'true' identity of their supposed author. On the other hand, this is one of the instances when I understand perfectly the Traditionalist (like in Rene Guenon) contempt for biography. The only thing that truly matters here is whether Fulcanelli's ideas work or not. So far I have not read a reasonable discussion of this; instead, we get more and more books dealing with the utterly insignificant minutiae of the life in the occult circles in France around WW1.
I feel like paraphrasing the old Zen adage - if you meet Fulcanelli on the road, kill him!

Coming back to Mlle Dubois' book: it certainly brings to light many previously unpublished documents and obscure facts. However, their arrangement is rather haphazard, the commentary minimal and the translation of all this into English simply not very good; at times it reads almost like one of those jobs done by an online free translation engine. But it still deserves three stars, if only for a stubborn research.

The Fulcanelli Mystery continues..........2006-06-10

Anticipating this book & finally reading it was a bit anticlimactic in that the promise did not quite meet my expectations. What I found in this book is a good overview of French alchemical occultism since the end of the 19th century through the mid-20th. A sound companion to Christopher McIntosh's "Eliphas Levi & the French Occult Revival". But as to throwing additional light onto identifying who was Fulcanelli- the usual suspects remain unchallenged. The translation appears a bit forced and choppy, and required me to go back and reread certain sections to see if I had missed something. Like Herman Hesse novels, the allure and promise of mystical insight is promised but never quite delivers.

Fascinating Study with Strong Evidence.......2006-06-07

Who was this enigmatic being, Fulcanelli, a twentieth century alchemist who allegedly discovered the secrets of immortality, or at very least a special elixir that extended his life long beyond life expectancy? His true identity is the subject of this book.

Fulcanelli is accredited with authoring two books, Le Mystère des Cathédreles (1926) and The Dwellings of the Philosophers in 1930. The former title by far is considered a masterpiece in modern alchemy, examining the sculptures in French gothic cathedrals, primarily Notre Dame of Paris, and linking them to the processes of alchemy, suggesting that these churches were used as but intended as learning centers for the ancient sciences. A curious "lost" chapter, The Cyclic Cross at Hendaye, is added to the 1957 edition of this book, a chapter which redirects Fulcanelli's work in an entirely different corner of the universe, a ten page examination of a stone cross near a parrish church in the center of a small town in the Basque country. The examination of the symbols on this cross, according to the author of this chapter, point to a prediction of the end of the world. This chapter has spawned an entire impulse based on Fulcanelli's book, that is very different than the rest of the book, and this topic (that chapter) is not the focus of this book, though the author does have some interesting remarks about it in a later chapter in her book. And being that it was added over thirty years after the original edition of this book, it is questionable whether it was even penned by the same hand that wrote the rest of the book. Le Mystère des Cathédreles is definitely about alchemy, not the end of the world.

This book will introduce the reader to the thriving Parisian occult activity between the periods of about 1910 and 1930. Major personalities are named and relationships established. Interest in the occult was acute during this period, and Paris was the center of a bustling community of artists, writers, poets, and others with an intense interest in this subject matter.

Dubois book presents quite a bit of compelling information suggesting exactly who was behind the Fulcanelli phenomena. She introduces the key players and presents how certain individuals were quite capable of producing this ground-breaking revival of the alchemical tradition. The clues Dubois are strong (and abundant) and the conclusion logical. The book is lavishly illustrated with portraits, fragments of handwriting samples, notes, obituaries, and even the natal charts of two of the key players (with brief analysis for both) in this drama.

Geneviève Dubois has written other text on themes Alchemical and has extensively studied this period of occult history. This book is a welcomed addition to the mystery of who Fulcanelli might (probably) was plus an excellent historical survey of the thriving occult community in Paris up to around 1930.

Regrettable Misconception.......2006-04-15

If we use the word "misconception", it is quite on purpose, for that word refers to "getting it wrong", which on the whole is not dishonourable. Nevertheless, within this particular misconception is also the deep and scarcely veiled contempt in which the author holds Fulcanellian alchemy. The authors listed above had undoubtedly shown respect for Fulcanelli and had considered him an Adept of hermetic philosophy, which he masterfully discussed in both of his published books. However, Genevi?ve Dubois not only appears to hold contempt for Fulcanellian alchemy, but for Fulcanelli himself, who is also disparaged, run down and betrayed in such a manner that her book would have been more appropriately entitled, "Fulcanelli d?voy? " rather than "Fulcanelli d?voil? "!

"L'Affaire Fulcanelli" , another work by said author, is a fallacious and partial book full of glaring errors of logic, transcription and date. It is, as far as I know, a book that few noticed (with the exception of Jean Laplace), and one which ridicules and describes a hoax cunningly orchestrated by the duplicity of two document looters - Pierre Dujols and Ren? Schwaller - and the ingenious ideas of Eug?ne Canseliet and his mentor Julien Champagne, in the manner of a novel by Flaubert: the "Bouvard and P?cuchet " of the Belle Epoque. However, under the pretence of making amends, Genevi?ve Dubois wished to make it clear at the end of the perfidious book that she thinks that young Canseliet had been the sport of Champagne, who thoroughly manipulated him.

Jean Laplace, therefore, justly expressed his indignation in the diatribe he published in La Tourbe des Philosophes , N?s 36-37:
[...] I was still very na?ve to think that those "questers" had only in mind to put a name on a pseudonym; I realized after some time that some of them were only trying, under the cover of that so-called "quest", to destroy the hated image of Eug?ne Canseliet, whom they so detested. [...].

The malevolence and intentional prejudice warned against by Eug?ne Canseliet, again produced a heap of nauseous nonsense entitled Fulcanelli d?voil?. Still, in his Alchimie expliqu?e, and on that same page 12, the philosopher foresaw that four centuries would not elapse, as in the case of Flamel, before his own life would be meticulously sifted through without any benevolence by yet another Villain.

[...] The new accusatory document that appeared in November 1992 (Fulcanelli d?voil?) goes even farther, insinuating that there never was an Adept Fulcanelli, since all of that had been a hoax of which Eug?ne Canseliet was the victim, unless he was a stakeholder in it. The hatred for Eug?ne Canseliet that emanates from that distasteful book is all the more easily released as the only one able to give answers has been dead for about ten years now. Still, when one realizes that the author is not even able to correctly read the original copy of the philosopher's published letter - so enormous are the mistakes - one is allowed to seriously doubt her insight.

Not content with all that, Genevi?ve Dubois, who was at that time directing a line of alchemical writings for publisher Dervy, decided in 1995 to publish an odd book under the name of "Jean-Fran?ois Gibert" entitled Propos sur la Chrysop?e, avec en annexe le Manuscrit de Pierre Dujols-Fulcanelli traitant de la pratique alchimique , in which the author expresses, without beating around the bush, her negative intentions (p. 21):

Newton's case study now being almost completed, we will now talk about the case of Fulcanelli, one which is close to a hoax and represents the final form of pseudo-alchemical materialism, a blind alley in the hermetic labyrinth. To prove our statements we are going to present a still unheard of manuscript from Dujols-Fulcanelli on the Chrysopea. This will enable students of the philosophical art to get their own ideas on the Great Work considered in the manner of Le Myst?re des Cath?drales, written from the notes left by Dujols and Champagne, by the scholarly blower, the late Eug?ne Canseliet.

What an edifying document, indeed, is this text which, while correctly reflecting Pierre Dujols' style, is at the perfect opposite of the alchemical path followed and recommended by Fulcanelli.

The alchemist Fulcanelli was the most famous adept of the 20th century, the man who achieved the Great Work less than 100 years ago, but his true identity has always been shrouded in myth and uninformed speculation...until now.

Patrick Rivi?re reveals with profuse documentary evidence the true identity of the enigmatic and prestigious author of The Mystery of the Cathedrals and The Dwellings of the Philosophers. Beginning with an overview of French alchemical life at the turn of the 20th century, Rivi?re carefully builds his case step-by-step with facts, documents, and photographs, introducing us to the well-known physicist who was known as Fulcanelli. Rivi?re also demolishes the scurrilous hypotheses that suggest Fulcanelli never existed. Rivi?re is uniquely suited to solving this mystery as his teacher was Fulcanelli's sole student, Eug?ne Canseliet. (ISBN 1-897244-21-5 Red Pill Press)

Designed to destroy Fulcanelli.......2006-01-20

Do you ever read a book and feel like you need a long, hot shower when you're done? That is how I felt after finishing the original French version of this book. Dubois tries to make the case that Fulcanelli didn't really exist, that he was a "committee". The point of such an argument is to destroy the reality of the adept and give the credit for his work to Schwaller. Dubois takes great pleasure in the character assassinations of Jean-Julien Champagne and Eugène Canseliet.

Moreover the book is poorly written and goes off on tangents that have nothing to do with her "argument".

If you can read French, you will learn much more about the man known as Fulcanelli reading Patrick Rivière's book Fulcanelli in the Qui suis-je? series published by Pardès.

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The Vietnam War was unlike any war the United States ever fought. Unlike the previous wars of the twentieth century, the Vietnam War left the United States divided, and it continues to influence U.S. domestic and foreign policy. Without question, the Vietnam Syndrome that emerged after the war's end altered the policies of Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, and the lessons learned from the war were applied to later conflicts in the Persian Gulf.

The Vietnam War story is one that has never been fully understood and probably never will be explained to the satisfaction of those who experienced it – and it will continue to spark debate and controversy for each new generation. The Vietnam War For Dummies attempts to tell that complicated story in a way that is easily accessible to everyone. If you've never read much about the Vietnam War, this book provides a general overview that covers all the major players and significant turning points and events of the war. If you're a history buff, this book can serve as a compact reference guide to the major subjects of the war.

The Vietnam War For Dummies covers the following topics and more:

The events that led up to the war, from the beginning of the Cold War to when U.S. troops moved into Vietnam
A detailed examination of the conflict between North and South Vietnam
How U.S. presidents handled Vietnam, from Eisenhower to Nixon
Analyses of the major battles of the war, including the Tet Offensives and the Fall of Saigon
The effect of the war on American life and culture, including an exploration of the protest movement
Thorough analyses of U.S. and Vietnamese battle tactics
Top Ten lists debunking myths surrounding the war and highlighting issues and concerns that have arisen from the war

Remember that having an understanding of the Vietnam War means knowing that its history is based on perspectives. For any one book that argues a point a specific way, at least two other books will interpret that point another way. You can use The Vietnam War For Dummies as a guide for beginning your examination of one of the most important events in U.S. history.

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AUTHORITATIVE,WELL ORGANIZED,SURPRINSINGLY SCHOLARLY.......2004-01-20

Maybe the publishers of these series should take the "dummies" title from this and other books in this series.This is anything but a "dumb" book.

THE VIETNAM WAR FOR DUMMIES...It may be for "dummies" but everyone from lay persons to the very informed and familiarized with the subject matter will benefit from owning a copy.Also,it's ideal for school and college both for student and educator.

This book certainly has far more serious and important contributions to make to further understanding of the Vietnam War than the rather humorous title may suggest.Reading the book I couldnt find the bias alleged by he other reviewer.The book even gives you different interpretations of certain issues that are still open to debate.

In fact there is the warning to the reader that it is advised to do research,ample esearch because ofr the many axes that are still being grinded you may find totally contradictory historical interpretations.further research sources are offered too.

But opinion is one thing and hard facts are another.And you can have your own set of opinions but you are not entitled to your own set of facts.There is a part regarding myths and they shoot them down using historical documents and recent investigation rather than hysterical proselityzing so common every time Vietnam is dealed with.And believe me:right,middle of the road,left or just plainly "dummy",you will see many pre conceptions crashing in flames.Oh!And be mature and accept it.Period.

If you believe US soldiers were dope smoking,murdering criminals or that South Vietnam only fell because of the press or the protesters you will see those challenged.Even there is a double myth dissected in some chapters and the top ten myths:that the Vietnam War was not lost/the Vietnam War was lost! That's a good one,see for yourself.

Ronald B Frankum and Stephen F Maxner are authoritative,scholarly,detailed but manage to use plain English and organize the material in such a way that what it comes is an indipensable book which could be used as reference,introduction for further study and a very complete historical account by itself.

They should be able to produce this little jewel:both are very involved with the Texas based Vietnam War experience project that collects documents of all types regarding the war to create a national archive.I think THE VIETNAM WAR FOR DUMMIES is the best source for up to date scholarship available now.
Buy it with confidence.

completely biased offering.......2003-05-01

You'd have to be a dummy to accept this piece of trash as a real guide to the Vietnam War. This is far from an impartial general overview of the war... the author is extremely biased and untruthful in his reporting of 'facts' on vietnam. I have no problem with the author expressing his opinions... but don't do it in a 'for Dummies' book, which is supposed to be an impartial overview of the facts.

As an example, the author states that 'the anti war protesters had absolutely nothing to do with the end of the war... and in fact were responsible for causing the deaths of many soldiers...' Now if this is your OPINION, I disagree with you, but it's your right to feel that way. However this sort of OPINION has no place in a 'for Dummies' book. I could list countless other examples of opinion passed off as fact from this book. If you are curious, peruse one at your local book store... the biased wording will be easily noticed by anyone who isn't comnpletely biased themselves.

If anyone from the 'for Dummies' staff reads this, you should be ashamed of yourselves.

Best War Historical for the lay-person!!!.......2002-12-01

This book is one of the best written for those with only a limited working knowledge of how war is waged. And I'm not just saying that because Stephen Maxner is my brother either. Like the rest of the "For Dummies" guides this book takes you from the Oval Office to Saigon, from the UN to the DMZ....with detailed maps and descriptions of battles taken from the men who fought them. It is an amazing compilation of information.

U.S. Military History For Dummies (For Dummies (History, Biography & Politics))

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U.S. Military History For Dummies (For Dummies (History, Biography & Politics))
John C. McManus
Manufacturer: For Dummies
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Binding: Paperback

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U.S. Military History For Dummies examines significant battles, tactics, strategies, weapons, technology, and leadership on land, sea, and air since the French-Indian War in 1755, where George Washington was first battle-tested, to the present day war in Iraq. The book uniquely focuses on how developments in each of these areas influenced how wars were fought and how leadership and strategies evolved. Wars covered include the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War and the War in Iraq as well as other military operations around the globe.

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Chief Grayson: a man with much dignity.......2006-04-07

One can't help but come away from reading this autobiography of Chief G.W. Grayson with a deep sense of pride in character for this good and brave man. Chief Grayson's dignity, not only with regard to his Creek people, but especially in himself, from his exalted writing style to his modest, but declared nevertheless, mention of accomplishments is remarkable to behold. Elected to go to Washington on many delegations representing his people, he declares, "I have always been proud of the fact that I was never elected a member of any delegation of which I was member through any persistent electioneering on my part as was done by others," as if electioneering might be a taint on his image. "I seemed always to have been put on these delegations for service that I was supposed to be competent to do and not for the mere accommodation either of myself or anyone else." Writing this only a few years before his death in 1920, having served as the official chief of the Creeks after the last elected chief had died (appointed by Woodrow Wilson), one can imagine the self-respect and stateliness that guided his pen as he did so. Yet Chief Grayson can also tell a good story on himself, as he does when relating how cows had come up to his cabin after a snowstorm, frightening him to wits end because at the time he had quite a bit of "public money" in the cabin and was fearful of attack.

Grayson was born of metis (mixed blood) parents of the Creek Nation, southern branch, in Oklahoma in 1843. His branch associated with the Confederacy during the Civil War, and Grayson fought in a number of engagements in Indian Territory. An educated man (Arkansas College), he built up a successful business practice and became an active participant in tribal affairs. His dealings with Washington were numerous. In telling his own story he also tells the story of the passing of his own tribe; it's not a handsome story but Grayson will not stoop to its debasement. It's fitting that he decided to end the book not exactly chronologically, but by describing an act of congress from 1884 that would have taken away self-government from the Indians on Indian lands, and to make this indictment: "Here we, a people who had been a self-governing people for hundreds and possibly a thousand years, who had a government and administered its affairs ages before such an entity as the United States was ever dreamed of, are asked and admonished that we must give up all idea of local government ... Why? ... simply because regardless of the plain dictates of justice and a Christian conscience, the ruthless restless white man demanded it." Ah, yes. Read it and weep. It's a powerful book, a great autobiography, a noble account of a man's own life. And it's superbly edited by W. David Baird.

A Creek Warrior for the Confederacy: The Autobiography of Chief G.W. Grayson

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A Creek Warrior for the Confederacy: The Autobiography of Chief G.W. Grayson
George Washington Grayson
Manufacturer: Univ of Oklahoma Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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This book is a systematic introduction to analytic methods in number theory, and assumes as a prerequisite only what is taught in a standard undergraduate course. The author aids readers by including a section of bibliographic notes and detailed exercises at the end of each chapter. Tenenbaum has emphasized methods rather than results, so readers should be able to tackle more advanced material than is included here. Moreover, he covers developments on many new and unpublished topics, such as: the Selberg-Delange method; a version of the Ikehara-Ingham Tauberian theorem; and a detailed exposition of the arithmetical use of the saddle-point method.

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Cutting-edge exercises.......2004-05-27

The body of this book is a well-done but fairly conventional text. The real standout is the exercises: they are very challenging and most are based on recent research results. If you can work the exercises you will really understand the material.

The first section, Elementary Methods, covers the beginning of the distribution of prime numbers, elementary results on average and extremal orders of arithmetic functions, sieve methods (including a brief introduction to the large sieve), and a very good chapter on van der Corput's methods with many good examples of exponential sums. The middle section, Methods of Complex Analysis, is a traditional course on analytic number theory. It covers the Riemann zeta function, prime number theorem, distribution of primes in arithmetic progressions, Tauberian theorems, and some specialized results. The book emphasizes explicit error terms throughout. The final section, Probabilistic Methods, deals with several diverse topics; most involve average and extremal orders again.

The book has a good balance of generality and specificity. Many results are stated in great generality, but they are immediately followed by several specific applications. Many problems appear several times through the text, treated by different methods to illustrate the strength of each.

Analytic Number Theory for those who love maths..........2000-02-18

Gerald Tenenbaum's lucid writing style provides a comprehensive, yet non-painful introduction to the subject. This book focuses on methods, which once learned are of utility both to the expert and novice. The beautiful---and sometimes obscure results---chosen as exercises enhance the appeal of the book. A must for number theorists and a text for anyone wanting to explore applications of analysis in an arithmetic setting.

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