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Overview: SAP's vision is for companies of all sizes to become best-run businesses. Best-run businesses transform rigid value chains into dynamic business networks of customers, partners, and suppliers.
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A Better Bottom Line - Implementing Efficient Business Solutions by SAP AG
. February 01, 2008 - Efficient operations help you better control costs and enable you to offer
more competitive pricing and terms to your customers. SAP Business One, a single, affordable application designed for small businesses, lets you streamline operations, access accurate information quickly, and get a 360-degree view of key business areas.
A New Mandate for IT by SAP AG
. April 01, 2007 - Learn more about the changing role of IT in business. This report includes research targeted towards senior executives responsible for managing and deploying information technology in pursuit of business objectives.
Aberdeen Group Report: The ROI of Sustainability by SAP AG
. May 01, 2009 - This report serves as a roadmap for those attempting to match environmental and social stewardship to clear, actionable, and measureable improvements to their bottom lines – thus ensuring the sustainability of their business ecosystem.
Aberdeen Report: The Advanced Sourcing & Negotiation Benchmark Report by SAP AG
. January 01, 2007 - Enterprises that employ advanced sourcing strategies are positively impacting product development cycles and building stronger supplier relationships by making better, more informed decisions. Get the details in the results of this Aberdeen Group survey.
Accelerate Value Creation: The Virtuous Cycle of Using Technology to Maximize Business Value by SAP AG
. October 18, 2008 - Understanding how IT can drive value and competitive advantage for your company is important for executives in all industries. This SAP Executive Insight paper explores the relationship between IT investment and performance and productivity gains.
Achieve Fuel Distribution Excellence - Drive Efficiency And Growth With Integrated Solutions by SAP AG
. June 01, 2008 - The SAP for Oil & Gas solution portfolio provides functionality that gives fuel marketers and distributors visibility into their distribution network, integrates customer information, and automates processes to improve efficiency, forecast accuracy, and adaptability.
Achieve Fuel Distribution Excellence: Drive Efficiency and Growth with Integrated Solutions by SAP AG
. January 23, 2009 - The SAP for Oil & Gas solution portfolio provides functionality that gives fuel marketers and distributors visibility into their distribution network, integrates customer information, and automates processes to improve efficiency.
Achieving Sustained Growth through Operational Excellence by SAP AG
. June 02, 2009 - Operational excellence is a simple concept with complex implications. Consistently doing things well across every element of the value chain is clear enough in principle. The ultimate goal is a "single source of truth" where senior executives have shared visibility into all parts of the organization, enabling management by facts.
Best Practices in Complex Equipment Manufacturing, Sales, and Service by SAP AG
. January 23, 2009 - This paper gives a brief overview of the SAP® solutions used by manufacturers of complex products and equipment to differentiate themselves from the competition through superior-value products and services against low-cost global providers.
Best Practices in Creating a Strategic Finance Function by SAP AG
. January 23, 2009 - the following article will share the results of SAP research as well as APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking Collaborative (OSBC) research. The OSBC research is the first global set of common standards for business processes and data, giving organizations an independent, authoritative resource for evaluating and improving business practices.
Best Practices in Extending Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP): A Buyer's Guide to ERP versus Best of Breed Decisions by SAP AG
. September 17, 2008 - Extending ERP is the focus of this document, which encompasses utilizing more functionality, extending the footprint beyond the core ERP functionality and making decisions between ERP vendors and pure play or "Best of Breed" solutions.
Best Practices of the Best-Run Sales Organizations: Sales Opportunity Blueprinting by SAP AG
. April 27, 2009 - Leadership teams in today's strongest sales groups have discovered best practices to achieve exponential results. This SAP Executive Insight looks at leading-edge companies and examines how they excel in areas where most sales organizations struggle.
Beyond Supply Chain Visibility: Response Management Is the Key by SAP AG
. September 17, 2008 - Supply chain visibility ranks as one of the top two application focus areas for companies as part of their supply chain technology investment plans. Supply chain executives view visibility as the main goal for supply chain executives within supply chain initiatives. Read this paper for more.
BPM Technology Taxonomy: A Guided Tour to the Application of BPM by SAP AG
. March 01, 2009 - This paper provides a survey of the practices and technology related to business process management (BPM). Basic concepts are explained, the transformational effect on the enterprise is examined, and the value that BPM can create is analyzed. The paper then presents a survey of the vast array of technology that is related to BPM.
Business Agility as Growth Enabler: How Can Midsize Firms Manage Change in an Increasingly Demanding World? by SAP AG
. August 01, 2007 - Your company's ability to meet changing customer requirements and drive revenue growth in a continually changing environment is essential. This whitepaper examines the related issues of growth and flexibility from a number of perspectives.
Business Intelligence for Consumer Packaged Goods: Actionable Insights for Business Decision Makers by SAP AG
. May 01, 2008 - This paper discusses about how technological advances are enabling improved decision making across three broad axes: simplicity and relevance, agility and integration.
Business Intelligence for the Small to Medium Sized Business (SMB) by SAP AG
. June 02, 2009 - Based on feedback from almost 650 end-user organizations, this report serves as a roadmap for SMBs looking to improve their analytical capability and achieve Best-in-Class performace through the deployment of BI.
Business Intelligence in SAP® Business All-in-One by SAP AG
. October 26, 2009 - With the business intelligence functionality in SAP® Business All-in-One solutions, your company can gain visibility, insight, operational alignment, and accountability to increase revenue, margins, and liquidity; streamline processes; improve agility; and become a best-run business.
Business Intelligence: A Guide for Midsize Companies—Improving Your Company’s Efficiency and Effectiveness, No Matter Its Size by SAP AG
. September 01, 2009 - While your company has continued to improve its operating efficiencies, you feel your company should be spending more time analyzing what's going on and predicting and planning for the future. This white paper from SAP offers guidance on how to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of your company with business intelligence.
Business Intelligence: Actionable Insights for Business Decision Makers by SAP AG
. January 23, 2009 - To gain greater business insight and transparency, organizations urgently require a new generation of business intelligence tools and applications that allows cross-enterprise, interenterprise and external data to be integrated and analyzed.
Business Intelligence: Putting Information to Work by SAP AG
. January 23, 2009 - Business intelligence (BI) can be considered critical to the very existence of most organisations. The purpose of this research was to explore whether and how companies are using BI to improve their businesses; to identify the obstacles they encounter in its use; and predict how BI will evolve in the next ten years.
Business Network Transformation: Rethinking Relationships in a Global Economy by SAP AG
. January 01, 2008 - The ability to operate effectively in business networks, be they coordinated or collaborative, is critical to sustaining competitive advantage in a commoditizing global economy. By focusing on their unique core capabilities, business network participants spend less on duplication and more on innovation, resulting in higher degrees of..
Channel Sales Management: New Applications for High-Tech Vendors by SAP AG
. January 23, 2009 - Channel management is a pressing issue for high-tech manufacturers that sell through partners. IDC believes that companies that leverage channels partners should begin to integrate channel management into broader corporate infrastructure applications that include the supply chain and potentially PLM applications.
Clearing the Way for Faster, Smarter Decisions: Instant, Accurate Information Drives Competitive Edge by SAP AG
. December 17, 2007 - This paper examines how you can gain reliable, accessible information
from efficient, integrated IT systems – and use that information to make faster, smarter decisions. In turn, the right decisions will lead to better operations and a stronger competitive position.
Co-Marketing with Channel Partners: Expand Your Marketing Reach with Channel Marketing Funds by SAP AG
. September 17, 2008 - As organizations seek new ways to increase brand awareness and generate demand in more complex market environments, there has been a renewed interest in co-marketing programs. This paper provides techniques to achieve this.
CRM without Compromise: A Strategy for Profitable Growth by SAP AG
. April 01, 2007 - This white paper describes the concept of “CRM without compromise,” elucidating how organizations can maximize their results by taking a more structured, holistic approach to CRM across the enterprise to gain a competitive advantage and profitable growth.
Customer Relationship Management (SAP CRM) Application: Maximize Service Profitability by SAP AG
. January 23, 2009 - The SAP® Customer Relationship Management (SAP CRM) application maximizes the value from each customer by keeping profitable customers loyal, decreasing service costs by increasing efficiency, and increasing service revenue.
Data Integration: Creating a Trustworthy Data Foundation for Business Intelligence by SAP AG
. June 02, 2009 - This white paper discusses the importance of data integration and help you identify the key challenges of integrating data. It also provides you with an overview of data warehousing and its variations, as well as summarizes the benefits and approaches to integrating data.
Data Management for Business Intelligence by SAP AG
. January 23, 2009 - This report investigates the strategies, capabilities, and supporting technologies that Best-in-Class companies are employing to alleviate the pressure to accelerate the delivery of actionable information within their enterprises.
Developing A Universal Approach To Cleansing Customer And Product Data by SAP AG
. June 02, 2009 - Data quality has always been an important issue for companies, and this
is even more the case today. This paper reviews current industry problems concerning data quality, and takes a detailed look at how companies are addressing quality problems with customer, product, and other types of corporate data.
Direct Store Delivery 2008: Take the Fast Road by SAP AG
. January 23, 2009 - Direct Store Delivery companies can gain a clear edge with a seamless system, because information from the field is immediately reflected throughout your company, with no data inconsistencies, mismatches or latency.
Do More with Less: Merging Enterprise Applications with Desktop Tools by SAP AG
. June 02, 2009 - This report explores feedback from over 150 survey respondents on the convergence of enterprise applications with desktop tools, and the role it plays in providing visibility to enterprise data, improving communication, and facilitating real-time decision-making.
Driving Better, Faster Decision Making through Finance by SAP AG
. October 30, 2009 - In order to work effectively, the CFO needs a single unified view that integrates data from multiple data sources and key performance indicators (KPIs), and places them in the context of strategic goals and financial plans.
Driving Your Channel Business: Leverage Information Technology to Improve Partner Relationships and Boost Channel Performance by SAP AG
. September 17, 2008 - This white paper discusses key channel business trends, highlights the complexities and challenges of different channel models.
Early Lean Adopters Embrace Technology by SAP AG
. June 02, 2009 - Results from Aberdeen Group report, The Lean Supply Chain, indicates that Aerospace and Defense (A&D) manufacturers are 40% more likely to be Best in Class performers - companies that are characterized by having an integrated Lean approach and solution with technology enablers - than their peers from other industries.
Enabling Growth for Large Enterprises: Three Strategies for Growing Your Business by SAP AG
. September 17, 2008 - Growth is back on the executive agenda and challenging executives today from both a strategic and operational perspective. This 'SAP Executive Insight' explains the challenges inherent in three common growth models and describes how to implement a solid, flexible, and adaptive foundation that supports corporate growth objectives.
End User Performance - Building and Maintaining ROI by SAP AG
. January 01, 2006 - In this white paper, explore how organizations are achieving strong returns on investment on their information technologie endeavors and investments by emphasizing user performance.
Engine Designer and Manufacturer Gets Greater Speed of Production with SAP® xApp™ by SAP AG
. January 23, 2009 - Pratt & Whitney Canada, poised to begin manufacturing of a new generation of engines, realized that greater speed of production and real-time analysis of parts quality would be necessary to sustain this initiative.
Ensuring Successful Manufacturing Execution in the Fabless Semiconductor Model by SAP AG
. September 17, 2008 - The number of semiconductor companies adopting a fabless manufacturing model continues to increase. And to thrive in this highly competitive market, the fabless company must produce the best product designs for its intended
market. This SAP Executive Insight examines the growing trend toward the fabless manufacturing model.
Enterprise Information Management by SAP AG
. June 02, 2009 - EIM is the effort and practice of reaching across all data and application silos embedded in the organization's operating infrastructure; then binding those repositories together into one effective information management environment. This white paper will discuss metadata management, master data management, data quality, and data migration...
Enterprise Information Management: Strategy, Best Practices & Technologies on Your Path to Success by SAP AG
. September 05, 2008 - The goal of this paper is to paint the EIM landscape, noting its components but focusing on the importance of an overarching EIM strategy that focuses on corporate objectives while at the same time offering cross-functional support.
Enterprise Performance Management - Financial Excellence and Beyond by SAP AG
. February 01, 2008 - Read why top CFOs are shifting from their traditional financial role dealing with standardized business processes and systems to that of change agent and strategic advisor to the CEO.
Financial Performance Management: Optimize Financial Performance for a Competitive Edge by SAP AG
. January 23, 2009 - Applications for financial performance management, part of SAP® solutions for enterprise performance management, cover the full life cycle of financial management and put you in control of performance.
Gaining ERP Value: Structured Implementation at Industrial Good Maker Hunter Manufacturing by SAP AG
. January 23, 2009 - Hunter Manufacturing is a good example of what a midsize company can accomplish with a disciplined approach to gaining ERP value, in concert with a vendor that has the functionality, technology and services to support the effort.
Get Closer To Your Best Customers: A Shift In Customer Strategies In A Time Of Crisis by SAP AG
. June 02, 2009 - The extraordinary circumstances of the current economic crisis have changed the operating rules for companies of every size, in every industry. Companies now face a unique opportunity to reexamine traditional business practices and make much-needed changes - changes that will help them survive the downturn and flourish with the inevitable up...
Getting Value from Industry Best Practices the High-Tech Supply Chain Challenge by SAP AG
. September 18, 2008 - Supply chain operations play a vital role in the success of any consumer or high-tech original equipment manufacturer (OEM). This SAP Executive Insight examines how the adoption of industry best practices can add value to your organization.
Guide to Better Decision-Making for Your SMB Through IT by SAP AG
. June 09, 2008 - Small and midsize companies that can successfully align IT with their business objectives will be the ones to stay ahead of the competition by having access to the right information at the right time, allowing for better, faster decisions.
High Technology Manufacturers Journey to Best in Class Performance by SAP AG
. January 23, 2009 - This report highlights the process, organization, knowledge management, performance and technology characteristics of High Tech manufacturers that enable their elevated performance.
High-Tech Industries: The Supply Chain Executive's Strategic Agenda by SAP AG
. September 18, 2008 - This paper explores the concerns and process roadmap of supply chain executives in high-tech industries.
How IT Can Help Companies Make Better, Faster Decisions by SAP AG
. October 30, 2009 - IT management in small and medium companies can and must understand the information needs and language of their business colleagues within the organization. IT managers must show business managers how IT can enable them to meet and exceed their departmental goals.
How Software Can Help You Run Your Business More Efficiently by SAP AG
. December 01, 2007 - Streamlining your business means reducing costs and increasing the amount of time you can spend focusing on outperforming the competition and growing sales –without increasing your head count. The right business management software can help you do just that, and you'll see results that directly affect your bottom line.
Human Capital Management for the Public Sector: Make Every Employee a Strategic Asset With Sap® Solutions by SAP AG
. January 01, 2007 - Discover how public sector agencies are shifting the focus in HR departments from transactional activities to performance with strategic human capital management (HCM).
In Search of Clarity: Unravelling the Complexities of Executive Decision-Making by SAP AG
. September 01, 2007 - Decision-making by companies has enormous room to improve both in terms of efficiency and quality; it will have to for companies to keep pace in an increasingly competitive global business environment.
Integrated Contract Life-Cycle Management: Automate Processes, Reduce Over-Payments, Improve Productivity by SAP AG
. June 05, 2009 - Combining SAP ERP with SAP Incentive Administration and SAP Paybacks and
Chargebacks provides a complete contract management solution. With this solution, you will increase market share, capture business intelligence, reduce overpayments and duplicate claims, improve compliance, and increase productivity.
Interact with, Visualize, Design, and Deploy Your Data by SAP AG
. December 01, 2008 - With Crystal Reports® software from the SAP® BusinessObjects™ portfolio of solutions, you can empower end users to explore reports interactively, create compelling reports with stunning visualizations, and develop powerful data "mashups."
Lean Scheduling and Execution by SAP AG
. May 01, 2007 - This benchmark study showcases the operational performance benefits manufacturers are currently enjoying due to the adoption of Lean scheduling and execution principles.
Learning from BPM Leaders: Benefits, Prerequisites and the Impact of Successful BPM Initiatives by SAP AG
. June 05, 2009 - The experiences of BPM leaders have created, for CIOs just beginning the implementation process, a road map to success: improved business and IT communication, an overall refresh of roles and responsibilities and greater process flexibility - those that do BPM right reap the ultimate reward of business innovation: competitive advantage.
Making Strategy Real by SAP AG
. September 25, 2009 - How can management communicate business strategy effectively and assure that the entire organization has bought in to the strategy and is aligned behind it? Business performance optimization systems are an important tool for success.
Manage the Supply Network: Ensuring Efficient, Effective Supply Chain Operations by SAP AG
. October 29, 2009 - To succeed, you need to optimally manage the entire scope of your supply chain network. The SAP® Business ByDesign™ solution helps you ensure efficient and effective supply chain operations and increase transparency and
visibility throughout – and control over – your entire supply chain network.
Managing IT in a Downturn: Beyond Cost Cutting by SAP AG
. November 01, 2008 - Downturns give companies a chance to buck conventional wisdom and increase their IT investments. Targeted investments in many areas can generate efficiencies and revenue growth that surpass the savings from straight cost reductions.
Managing Risk through Financial Processes: Embedding Governance, Risk and Compliance by SAP AG
. November 01, 2008 - To find out how senior executives view their financial processes, the Economist Intelligence Unit surveyed a global sample of mostly financial executives in September 2008. Some respondents focused on the importance of developing processes that reduced costs and improved efficiency. Others acknowledged
the importance of cost and efficiency..
Maximizing the Value of Economic Stimulus Funds by SAP AG
. June 05, 2009 - The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) was a dramatic action designed to quickly stimulate an economic recovery in the United States. This SAP Executive Insight examines some of the major challenges agencies face with respect to this stimulus plan. It describes how governments can transform their organization to devote more resources..
Operational BI: Getting Real Time About Performance by SAP AG
. December 28, 2007 - This report provides a roadmap for the strategies and capabilities that Best-in-Class companies are employing to improve operational performance.
Operational Excellence in the Process Industries by SAP AG
. January 23, 2009 - Read this Aberdeen review of how best-in-class companies provide visibility into manufacturing operations while using real-time interoperability between manufacturing systems and business systems.
Operational Excellence: The New Lever of Profitability and Competitive Advantage by SAP AG
. January 01, 2009 - The paper provides valuable evidence about the benefits of achieving aligned operational excellence. In it you'll discover why companies that build and align their operational capabilities for strategic advantage earn a distinct execution premium in their business performance.
Overall Approach To Data Quality ROI by SAP AG
. June 02, 2009 - Data quality is an elusive subject that can defy measurement and yet be critical enough to derail any single IT project, strategic initiative, or even a company as a whole. This paper from Business Objects examines an overall approach to data quality ROI including 6 key steps to help you realize tangible ROI on your data quality initiative.
Ready Access to Real-Time Data Helps Small Businesses Thrive by SAP AG
. February 01, 2008 - Today there is new and affordable technology that enables small businesses to access current data from any location, respond quickly to change, and thrive in a volatile business environment. A good example of this technology is the
SAP® Business One application. Read this white paper to learn more!
Reduce the Pain of ERP Upgrades with Better Planning by SAP AG
. June 01, 2007 - This Report offers guidance on developing an overall corporate strategy for maintaining an ERP system by providing practical advice for planning and managing an ERP upgrade project.
Reducing Costs with Efficient Operations: A Fast Track to More Working Capital by SAP AG
. July 01, 2007 - Untamed costs can deplete the precious working capital that's critical to your ongoing operations and new expansions. By instituting efficient automated
processes throughout your organization, you can reduce waste, unnecessary
overtime, and a host of other cost factors.
Responding Quickly to Changing Markets: Anticipate, Adapt, Excel by SAP AG
. January 23, 2009 - This paper examines how to tap into the potential of your nimbler organization by instituting efficient operations. Learn how to predict and respond quickly to changing market trends and customer demands.
SAP Business Transformation Study: ConAgra Foods by SAP AG
. September 01, 2007 - ConAgra Foods, Inc. is one of North America's largest packaged food companies. With the help of SAP and SmartOps, the company was able to tackle its key challenges in making its supply chain more efficient. Read this case study to learn about the challenges ConAgra faced along with the benefits achieved from implementing SAP and SmartOps solutions.
SAP for Public Sector: Solutions for State and Local Government by SAP AG
. January 01, 2005 - Learn how you can deliver more services with fewer tax dollars and deliver unparalleled public value, lower cost of ownership and scalability to grow affordably over time.
SAP Human Capital Management for U.S. Federal Government Organizations by SAP AG
. January 01, 2006 - Investigate how a U.S. federal agency uses SAP ERP HCM to strategically manage human capital resources for mission alignment and performance achievement - enabling efficient recruitment, process transparency, and new insight.
SAP NETWEAVER BPM - Industry Trend Reports by SAP AG
. January 01, 2009 - Business process management provides a new management discipline, a new suite of software technologies and tools, and a new IT implementation style based on concrete links between strategy and execution. This white paper explains SAP's place in the BPM landscape and describes its new offering in that arena, NetWeaver BPM.
SAP Provides a Central Hub for Managing Interfaces & Web Services for Largest NA Oil Refining Co. by SAP AG
. January 23, 2009 - Valero Energy Corporation selected SAP because of its ability to provide a central hub for managing all interfaces and Web services, power to serve as a single integration & development platform for nearly all of Valero's business, capability to integrate SAP and non-SAP software systems, and support for synchronous & asynchronous messaging.
SAP Solutions for Small Businesses and Midsize Companies: Leveraging Economies of Scale by SAP AG
. October 30, 2009 - As your company grows, you have the opportunity to benefit from economies of scale; but growth can be fraught with challenge. Production disruptions and operational inefficiencies can quickly negate the advantages you hope to achieve. Watch this informative video to learn about SAP solutions for small businesses and midsize companies.
SAP Solutions for SMBs: Making Better Decisions by Gaining Reliable Information from Integrated IT Systems by SAP AG
. January 01, 2007 - Gain access to accurate information and visibility across your small to mid-sized company from efficient integrated IT systems - and use that information to make faster, smarter decisions.
SAP® Customer Care and Billing Solutions for a Changed and Challenging Utility Environment by SAP AG
. January 23, 2009 - The customer care and billing functionality in SAP for Utilities provides billing for routine retail service and complex billing for commercial and industrial accounts, flat-rate billing for unmetered energy and nonenergy products.
SAP® Support of the Healthecare Supply Chain's Ongoing Effort to Ensure Patient Safety and Drive Business Value by SAP AG
. June 02, 2009 - The Center for Healthcare Supply Chain Research (formerly the HDMA Research & Education Foundation) recently published an important study concerning data management and data sharing in the healthcare supply chain. This whitepaper discusses the key conclusions of their study.
SAP® BusinessObjects™: The Preferred Business Intelligence Choice Designed for Growing Companies by SAP AG
. December 01, 2008 - SAP® BusinessObjects™ Edge software is the business intelligence (BI) choice of midsize companies hoping to improve business processes, discover new opportunities and edge out the competition. It includes affordable solutions addressing just about any BI requirement, like operational reporting and analysis, dashboards and visualization.
Simplify Reporting with XL Reporter in SAP® Business One by SAP AG
. August 01, 2008 - With the SAP® Business One application, you get a fully integrated financial
analysis and reporting tool that provides quick access to comprehensive data.
The XL Reporter tool uses a familiar interface and unique drag-and-drop technology to simplify report creation for financial and operational data.
Six Mistakes Companies are Making Today and How You Can Avoid Them by SAP AG
. September 28, 2009 - This paper highlights common mistakes companies make in a down economy and discusses how organizations can use business intelligence to avoid them. Use the self-assessment questionnaire at the end of this paper to determine the level of business intelligence opportunity across your organization.
Still Struggling to Reduce Call Center Costs without Losing Customers? by SAP AG
. February 01, 2008 - Efficient call centers that also meet customer expectations is a challenge that many organizations face. Discover the key steps to turning your call center into a strategic asset.
Streamline Your Business, Accelerate Your Growth: Using an Affordable Application Built for Small Businesses by SAP AG
. October 26, 2009 - The SAP® Business One application offers a single, affordable way to manage
your entire business – from sales and customer relationships to financials and operations. Designed specifically for small businesses, it helps you streamline processes, act on timely information, and accelerate profitable growth.
Study Pinpoints Areas of Growth for After-Market Maintenance/Repair/Overhaul Intiaitives by SAP AG
. January 23, 2009 - This study talks about top three trends such as outsourcing MRO, aging aircraft and lean impacting the MRO segment.
Supply Chain Collaboration: The Key to Success in a Global Economy by SAP AG
. January 01, 2007 - Learn how you can transform traditional supply chains from linear, sequential processes into adaptive supply chain networks.
The Alignment-Focused Organization: Bridging the Gap between Strategy and Execution by SAP AG
. November 01, 2007 - Take a look at how organizations are taking strides to align business strategy with actual initiatives, projects, and daily activities - in short, to close the gap between strategy and execution.
The Challenge to Achieve Perfect Order Management by SAP AG
. January 23, 2009 - Superior order management can be a competitive edge across the board, improving customer satisfaction and retention as well as your bottom line and top line.
The Fast-Payback SAP Projects for Saving Money in 2009: Detailed Data for Business Expense Projects by SAP AG
. June 24, 2009 - This Report, which summarizes detailed data from a field study conducted exclusively for AMR Research SAP Peer Forum clients, was written to help business audiences looking for every opportunity to reduce the total business expenses of their huge, existing investments in SAP.
The Financial Close: Optimizing Performance and Driving Financial Excellence by SAP AG
. June 02, 2009 - The term "financial close" describes a corporation's ability to complete its
accounting cycles and produce financial statements for internal management and external legal reporting. This paper identifies solutions to help organizations improve and sustain their close times and address the challenges associated with automating internal controls
The Impact of Lean on Consumer Product Manufacturers by SAP AG
. February 01, 2007 - Discover the impact of Lean on consumer product manufacturers and gain key tips in implementing successful Lean initiatives across the enterprise.
The Importance of a Single Platform for Data Integration and Quality Management by SAP AG
. June 08, 2009 - This paper examines the evolution of the data integration and quality industry, and explains the benefits of moving toward a single data services architecture. It outlines requirements for a software platform for supporting such an architecture, and, as an example, reviews the BusinessObjects“ Data Services XI Release 3 platform.
The Importance of Measuring ROI: The Indicator of Business and IT Performance by SAP AG
. December 29, 2008 - A disciplined IT performance measurement program is critical not only for business growth but also for economic viability. This paper provides a framework for a Return on IT (ROIT™) methodology and discusses how to deploy it within a company's business processes.
The Profitability Perspective: How Automated Reporting Drives Better Decisions by SAP AG
. June 02, 2009 - Driving sustainable growth requires profitability-focused planning and performance management. This special study highlights some key survey findings, which collectively show that profitability reporting is increasing in importance and the use of technology and more sophisticated costing and reporting solutions is high on the agendas of many...
The Renewed Finance Function - Extending Performance Management Beyond Finance by SAP AG
. June 02, 2009 - Companies and their stakeholders have always had high expectations for their finance teams. But this research program reveals that, most recently, these pressures- from regulators, from investors, and from competitors&#$5; are pushing companies to look for more from their finance teams in two main, but often conflicting, areas.
The Responsive Supply Chain: Managing Market Events in the Consumer Goods Industry by SAP AG
. September 18, 2008 - This report focuses on the market events that impact demand. It explains the six market event categories that cannot be controlled but can be effectively managed if the right processes and technologies are in place.
The Role of ERP in Globalization by SAP AG
. September 18, 2008 - This whitepaper examines the role of ERP in Globalization in detail, outlining steps to improve current strategies to meet the changing face of the global business of today ...and tomorrow.
The Superstar CFO - Optimizing an Increasingly Complex Role by SAP AG
. May 01, 2007 - Read this CFO Research study to understand how CFOs should prioritize the external and company-wide mandates, as well as how they should manage the finance function itself.
There Is No Execution without Integration: MES Adoption Drives Performance by SAP AG
. September 18, 2008 - Many manufacturers today are getting caught on the wrong side of a technology adoption wave that is quickly gaining momentum. This benchmark study is a roadmap for reducing overall manufacturing costs through the utilization of manufacturing technologies.
Top 10 Reasons Customers Choose SAP for Business Transformation by SAP AG
. January 01, 2006 - SAP is a customer’s company, whose organization is designed for, and encouraging of, innovation in all its aspects - from product development to product delivery to product implementation. Read this white paper to discover the top 10 reasons why customers choose SAP for their business transformation.
Using Master Data in Business Intelligence by SAP AG
. March 01, 2007 - This paper reviews the current status of master data management (MDM) and offers suggestions for planning, building, and deploying an MDM environment. It examines how the MDM environment can be used in conjunction with BI applications and an underlying data warehousing environment to improve the decision-making process.
Using Talent Supply Chain Management to Overcome Challenges in the Professional Services Market by SAP AG
. January 01, 2007 - Discover how implementing an integrated talent supply chain management environment can help professional services providers enhance revenues by improving delivery performance and speeding client response.
Warehouse Management Today: Balancing Financial Pressures and Growing Demands by SAP AG
. January 23, 2009 - This paper explains why a warehouse management system (WMS) is one of the key technologies required to create a successful adaptive supply chain network. This system enables the extended warehouse to sense and respond to a variety of business requirements and meet complex and changing customer needs.
Why Midsize Companies Need Business Intelligence Solutions In This Uncertain Global Economy by SAP AG
. June 02, 2009 - Without a business intelligence information infrastructure in place, midsize companies are more likely to exceed budgets, miss deadlines, improve performance of one department at the expense of the overall business, and reward employees for actions that do not improve performance.
Winning the War for Talent in the High-tech Industry by SAP AG
. January 23, 2009 - Human capital management (HCM) is becoming a priority for high-tech senior executives. The workforce is not only a source of competitive differentiation, but also the key to accomplishing a number of strategic goals such as product and service innovation and process improvements. This SAP Executive Insight addresses key questions.
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