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Acknowledgments

“Innovation is a team sport.” Tom Kelley, IDEO

Integrated Business Processes with ERP Systems is the fi nal product of
thousands of hours of work, including invaluable contributions from a
diverse group of people located around the world. The authors wish to
acknowledge the following individuals for their assistance in preparing and
reviewing the book.
The authors are extremely grateful for the collaboration and technical
efforts of Stefan Weidner and his team at the SAP University Competency
Center at the Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg to bring the GBI 2.0
system to life.
Faculty and students in the ERP program in the Seidman College of
Business at Grand Valley State University (http://www.gvsu.edu/business/erp/)
were also instrumental in developing the GBI system. In particular, we would
like to acknowledge the contributions of the following Seidman students: James
Anderson, Philipp Claus, Kevin Coolman, Jacob DeLuca, Morgan Hickman,
Corey Holstege, Michael Martin, Steve Merritt, John Morrissey, Brandon
Stickel, Alice Yamada, and Sandell Wall. We also appreciate the technical assis-
tance provided by Chris Gillespie. Particularly helpful was Prof. David Cannon,
who patiently clarifi ed numerous concepts in accounting.
We are very grateful for the efforts of Robert Weiss, our development
editor, who tirelessly reviewed and edited our work and provided invaluable
guidance in improving it. We also wish to thank the “super” reviewers and
reviewers for their efforts to ensure that this book achieved the high standards
we set for it.

“SUPER” REVIEWERS:
• Anthony Pittarese, East Tennessee State University
• Jane Fedorowicz, Bentley University
• Paul Hawking, Victoria University

• Rod Sager, Grand Valley State University
• Robert Szymanski, University of Central Florida

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