9 Top-Rated SAP Training Books Worth Reading - Solutions Review

The editors at Solutions Review have compiled a list spotlighting some of the best SAP training books for active and aspiring SAP users to consider reading.
SAP’s ERP software provides a suite of enterprise resource planning functionalities applicable to companies in industries like manufacturing, service, retail, wholesale distribution, and more. However, no matter how popular software is, there will always be a learning curve when a company implements it into their company and onboarding users onto the platform. There are plenty of video-based training courses worth considering, but if your team is looking for another resource, a good, old-fashioned book might be the option for you.
With that in mind, Solutions Review’s editors have compiled a list featuring some of the best SAP training books worth reading. These SAP training books listed below have at least 3 stars on Amazon and come from various leaders, educators, and industry professionals. The list is organized alphabetically by title.
Description: This comprehensive, 900+-page textbook is one of the most comprehensive guides to SAP’s financial accounting capabilities. Written by Narayanan Veeriah—a chartered financial analyst and PMI-certified project management professional with over 30 years of industry experience—this book covers accounts payable to accounts receivable, general ledger, asset accounting, contract accounts receivable, consolidation, travel management, lease accounting, and more. Readers will also learn how to develop an enterprise structure, use maintenance tools, and configure SAP ERP to your accounting requirements.
Description: Across this title’s 525 pages, SAP ERP users will learn how to manage inventory replenishment, optimize future stock by avoiding bottlenecks, using simulations, getting lead times, evaluating operations, tracking KPIs, and more. The book covers SAP’s inventory management, optimization, stock transfer, supply chain management, lot size, demand planning, material requirements planning (MRP), key performance indicators, MRP monitors, and goods receipt/goods issue (GR/GI) capabilities. Readers will then learn how those tools can help them improve daily inventory processes, create sustainable inventory strategies, and monitor performance.
Description: Written by Uwe Goehring, an SAP Mentor with over 20 years of experience in supply chain optimization, this top-rated title will help readers learn how to model their materials planning calculations, monitor materials planning processes, and implement, customize, and use the SAP ERP solution for materials planning. The book uses case studies, simulations, and industry insights to help readers apply materials planning concepts to their real-world planning efforts. Other topics covered in the guidebook include portfolio management, exception monitoring, supply chain management, inventory optimization, KPIs, value streams, and more.
Description: At over 900 pages long, Jawad Akhtar’s popular guidebook will show SAP users how to configure the platform for process management, create planning tables, release production orders, monitor the system with built-in reporting tools, and use various tools and methodologies in their production workflows. Some of the specific SAP production planning and control capabilities the book covers include SAP Demand Management, long-term planning (LTP), material requirements planning (MRP), digital signatures, capacity requirements planning (CRP), sales and operations planning (S&OP), early warning system (EWS), and more.
Description: Updated for EHP 8, the 3rd Edition of this title includes new and additional coverage of output processing, converging invoices, and global trade. It’s written by a trio of SAP experts with over fifty years of collective experience in the industry. Readers will learn how to troubleshoot common problems, use SAP SD in daily processes, and improve how they interact with critical sales and distribution functions in their business. Other topics covered in the 500-page book include sales analytics, credit management, outbound deliveries, sales orders, logistics, and more.
Description: Written for SAP partners, consulting, and executives either running or considering an SAP solution, this upcoming title will help them understand the fundamentals of enterprise architecture, introduce some best practices, and demonstrate how it can improve IT and business alignment. The compact book, clocking in at 228 pages, provides readers with an accessible, step-by-step guide for utilizing the SAP Enterprise Architecture Designer, developing their digital transformation road maps, remaining agile amidst unforeseen disruptions, and adapting to emerging industry trends.
Description: With a relatively shorter page count than other guides, this book can give SAP users comprehensive—but compact—coverage of SAP’s ERP and S/4HANA versions. The book uses academic reminders on different logistics and operations management concepts to help users gain a stronger perspective on how SAP’s logistics functionalities can help their business. Other relevant topics include purchasing management, navigating the SAP system, procurement processes, inventory management, manufacturing master data, various approaches to inventory planning, and more.
Description: Unlike other titles on this list, Using SAP ERP is tailored to beginners just starting to work with the SAP ERP system. With nearly 400 pages of material and hundreds of software screenshots, readers will learn how to log onto the system, navigate the user interface, maintain data security, create reports, automate tasks, and develop the foundational knowledge of the system they need to solve real-world problems. The book is written by Olaf Schulz, an SAP trainer and consultant with almost twenty years of experience helping businesses implement and learn about software solutions.
Description: Written by Sanil Kimmatkar and Martin Murray—two industry experts with nearly thirty years of collective experience—this comprehensive book covers the crucial warehouse management capabilities of SAP’s solution. These include stock management, putaway strategies, replenishment, stock management, goods receipt, yard management, picking strategies, ITSmobile, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Radio frequency identification (RFID), and more. The book also includes real-world business scenarios to help readers see how the authors’ tips can be implemented.