January 01, 2008 - (Free Research) 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..
June 05, 2009 - (Free Research) There are many elements that impact a company's brand. Concentrating on a select few lets you control financial investment while maximizing the returned benefit. This SAP Executive Insight focuses on efforts that target a key set of brand-related opportunities and describes how companies can strengthen brand value even in a recession.
June 02, 2009 - (Free Research) 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 organisation, enabling management by facts.
June 05, 2009 - (Free Research) 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.
June 01, 2008 - (Free Research) To maximize profitability, companies must know the true cost of making and delivering their products and services. Traditional cost accounting, devised in a simpler era, does not satisfy that need. This paper examines indirect and overhead costs, which are crucial to managing profitability.
June 02, 2009 - (Free Research) This is the first in a series of six reports addressing the opportunities and challenges faced by midsize manufacturers.
June 02, 2009 - (Free Research) 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...
June 02, 2009 - (Free Research) Leading life sciences companies are recognizing the need for synchronized, enterprise-wide pricing and contract management processes. An integrated solution can provide the transparency needed to satisfy auditors, balance pricing with go-to-market strategies, and support sales and finance teams - including accurately predicting margins.
June 02, 2009 - (Free Research) Recently, many businesses have used lean principles to move from a decentralized
corporate management mode to a hybrid model - recognizing that different functions require different levels of centralized management to be efficient
and effective. Read this whitepaper to learn a three-tiered approach to improving your operations.
June 02, 2009 - (Free Research) 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.
June 02, 2009 - (Free Research) According to a September 2006 benchmarking survey conducted by the Americas' SAP Users' Group (ASUG) and SAP on governance, risk, and compliance (GRC ), most organizations today have a reactive approach to GRC management - a fire-drill method of channeling precious resources and management attention to address specific regulatory...
June 02, 2009 - (Free Research) 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.
June 02, 2009 - (Free Research) Traditional approaches to risk management emphasize mitigation, focusing on
the readily apparent risks facing a company in the areas of security, privacy,
credit, regulatory, technology, fraud and more. These threats are, of course, important and must be addressed.
January 23, 2009 - (Free Research) Operational excellence means consistently doing things well across the value chain as a way of gaining competitive advantage. In its broadest terms, it is a discipline that drives corporate strategy.
January 23, 2009 - (Free Research) Sourcing and procurement organizations have great potential to reduce costs, contribute to the bottom line, and deliver against enterprise strategic goals.
January 23, 2009 - (Free Research) 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.
January 23, 2009 - (Free Research) 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.
September 18, 2008 - (Free Research) 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.
September 2008 - (Free Research) 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.
June 2009 - (Free Research) This white paper gives four tips to help you bring lean supply chain improvements to your manufacturing operation. Additionally, it discusses six technology tools that help automate these lean supply chain practices.
June 2006 - (Free Research) Given the increasing importance of service-oriented architecture (SOA), this white paper cuts through the marketing hype surrounding SOA and focuses on the three most important facts you need to know about this groundbreaking technology.
January 2009 - (Free Research) Read this white paper to learn how to use your ERP to facilitate Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), which helps manufacturers rapidly adjust to changes in the market.
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