Why ERP A Primer on SAP Implementation Author:F. Robert Jacobs, David Clay Whybark, F. Robert Jacobs, D. Clay Whybark What is Enterprise Resource Planning and why does it matter? Like The Goal, Why ERP? is a short novel about a manager in a furniture manufacturing business who is charged with learning about and implementing a new ERP system, SAP R/3. The story tells of his experience and provides a non-technical, non-programming introduction to the basic concep... more »ts and architecture of ERP systems.« less