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Overview: Founded in 1972, SAP is the recognized leader in providing collaborative business solutions for all types of industries and for every major market.
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6 Mistakes Companies Make and How to Avoid Them by SAP America, Inc.
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.
A Complete View Of The Enterprise: Linking Operational And Financial Planning In Global Organizations by SAP America, Inc.
May 01, 2008 - In February 2008, CFO Research Services, a unit of CFO Publishing and part of The Economist Group, began a research project with Business Objects, an SAP company, asking senior finance executives to give views on their priorities and challenges around integrating operational and financial planning processes.
Aberdeen Group: Enterprise Strategy Report - Global ERP Functionality Differences by SAP America, Inc.
September 17, 2008 - Enterprises looking to compete in a global marketplace must be able to comply with international financial and legal requirements-they must be able to think globally but at the same time act (and comply) locally.
Accurate Costing Is Key to Profitability by SAP America, Inc.
June 01, 2008 - 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.
Achieving Compliant Manufacturing Excellence through Real-time Performance Management by SAP America, Inc.
January 23, 2009 - Manufacturers are feeling new pressure on their operations from many directions. Dynamic market needs, increased compliance requirements, more distributed manufacturing operations, rapid product innovation, lean manufacturing, and the transition to new IT technology all manifest themselves on the plant floor and throughout the enterprise.
Best Practices and Processes for Improving the Business Value of IT by SAP America, Inc.
January 29, 2010 - Find out how to measure ROI for your business. Companies of all sizes constantly evaluate their operations, seeking to make changes that will increase effectiveness while controlling costs. This paper offers concrete practices, processes, and recommendations to drive the ROI of a company's IT investment (ROIT).
Best Practices in Creating a Strategic Finance Function by SAP America, Inc.
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 ERP: A Buyer's Guide to ERP Versus Best of Breed Decisions by SAP America, Inc.
November 01, 2006 - This Aberdeen report explains the important functions of ERP and strategies for deriving more and better business value from their implementations.
Beyond Boundaries: A New Role in Finance in Driving Business Collaboration by SAP America, Inc.
June 01, 2008 - In June 2008, CFO Research Services conducted a research program among senior finance executives in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The research looked at what kinds of alliances companies are forming and how finance sees itself working with internal and external partners to establish and assess successful alliances.
BPM Taxonomy Whitepaper - Dan Woods - Sponsored by SAP and Accenture by SAP America, Inc.
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.
Brumlow Mills (Textiles) Business Transformation Study - SAP Enterprise Resource Planning by SAP America, Inc.
January 29, 2010 - Brumlow Mills Inc. is a small, privately held textiles and carpet manufacturer based in Calhoun, Georgia. It replaced its legacy business software, which was incapable of sustaining the company’s future growth, with the SAP® ERP application. As a result, Brumlow Mills has increased its efficiency and the speed of many vital business processes.
Building a Best-Run Finance Organization by SAP America, Inc.
June 01, 2008 - This SAP Executive Insight examines the changing role of the finance organization in today's business environment. Further, it describes how companies can develop best-run finance organizations.
Business Intelligence for Consumer Packaged Goods: Actionable Insights for Business Decision Makers by SAP America, Inc.
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 Process Industries: Actionable Insights for Business Decision Makers by SAP America, Inc.
January 23, 2009 - Firms in Process Industries have made significant investments in information technology to increase the efficiency of their operations and supply chains. By integrating real-time decision making with mission-critical business processes, smart businesses can set a path for industry leadership.
Business Intelligence for the Health Care Industry: Actionable Insights for Business Decision Makers by SAP America, Inc.
January 23, 2009 - Hospitals from across the world are facing increased pressure to improve operations from multiple directions. What is needed is a new generation of business intelligence (BI) tools and applications designed with the health care sector in mind, capable of integrating cross and inter-departmental processes and information.
Business Intelligence for the Small to Medium Sized Business by SAP America, Inc.
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 Standardization by SAP America, Inc.
January 29, 2010 - Learn the advantages of implementing business intelligence standards and how your organization can benefit from using SAP BusinessObjects BI solution. Standardizing on BI software can deliver similar economies of scale as IT standardization efforts.
Business Intelligence: Actionable Insights for Business Decision Makers by SAP America, Inc.
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: The Definitive Guide for Midsize Organizations by SAP America, Inc.
June 01, 2008 - Business intelligence (BI) allows organizations to better understand, analyze, and even predict what's occurring in their company.
Data Integration: Creating a Trustworthy Data Foundation for Business Intelligence by SAP America, Inc.
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 America, Inc.
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.
Data Mart Consolidation and Business Intelligence Standardization: Getting the Most Value Out of Information by SAP America, Inc.
March 12, 2010 - Making information more broadly and easily available to more users throughout an organization - and beyond the organization - has never been a more strategic corporate imperative. In growing numbers, enterprises are coming to understand the value of placing consistent, integrated data into the hands of everyone who needs it.
Data Migration: A White Paper by Bloor Research by SAP America, Inc.
February 10, 2009 - This paper is about using information management software from Business Objects, an SAP company, for SAP data migration projects, either for upgrades from one version of SAP to a newer one, or from other environments to SAP.
Data Quality : A Survival Guide For Marketing by SAP America, Inc.
June 02, 2009 - Direct marketing is about communicating a message to a specific prospect or customer. This white paper from Business Objects, an SAP company, focuses on these concepts as they pertain to marketing, and particularly as they are supported by data quality functions inside of the broader EIM framework.
Data Quality Strategy: A Step-by-Step Approach by SAP America, Inc.
February 01, 2010 - In order to fully realize the benefits of their investments in enterprise computing systems, organizations must have a detailed understanding of the quality of their data. And those organizations that approach this issue strategically are those that will be successful. This paper explores strategy in the context of data quality.
Developing A Universal Approach To Cleansing Customer And Product Data by SAP America, Inc.
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.
Differentiation through Service Excellence Driving Customer Loyalty and Service Profitability by SAP America, Inc.
September 17, 2008 - The importance of achieving service excellence is growing. Products are increasingly becoming commodities, and CEOs are recognizing that first-rate service is crucial to enhancing customer satisfaction. This paper explores the crucial links between customer service and customer satisfaction.
Do more with less: Merging Enterprise Applications with Desktop Tools by SAP America, Inc.
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.
Doing Good: Business and the sustainability challenge: An Executive Summary focusing on North America by SAP America, Inc.
December 29, 2008 - Read this report on an EIU survey of 320 executives. Focusing on North America case studies and issues, the report reviews the growing importance of sustainability strategies and management and the challenges included.
Economist Intelligence Unit: A New Mandate for IT by SAP America, Inc.
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.
Economist Intelligence Unit: Business intelligence Putting information to Work by SAP America, Inc.
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.
Enabling Growth for Large Enterprises by SAP America, Inc.
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.
Enabling The Lean Enterprise: A Three-Tiered Approach to Improving Your Operations by SAP America, Inc.
June 02, 2009 - 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.
End User Performance - Building and Maintaining ROI by SAP America, Inc.
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.
Enterprise Performance Management - Financial Excellence and Beyond by SAP America, Inc.
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.
ERP in the Midmarket 2009 by SAP America, Inc.
March 12, 2010 - Faced with increasing complexity, Best-in-Class mid-size companies look to ERP solutions to drive more value by standardizing, streamlining, and automating business processes while providing the visibility they need to make well-informed decisions quickly and efficiently.
Excelling at Enterprise Carbon Management and Sustainability: An Executive Business Frameworkfor Sustainability 2.0 by SAP America, Inc.
March 12, 2010 - This paper describes the market drivers (intelligent operational efficiency, competitive differentiation, sustainable growth) for enterprise carbon management and how companies are implementing strategies to address these current and future developments of next-generation sustainability.
Expanding BI's Role by Including Predictive Analytics by SAP America, Inc.
January 29, 2010 - This paper discusses how the benefits of BI can be complemented when combined with predictive analysis. Specifically, more insight can be gained, and even better decisions can be made, by coupling business-relevant information with an easy-to-use predictive analytics solution.
Explore Your Business at the Speed of Thought by SAP America, Inc.
February 01, 2010 - This paper explores the problems of bringing BI to everyone in the enterprise without heavily relying on IT, and presents a solution for this very problem. Read on to learn how SAP® BusinessObjects™ Explorer solution will solve your BI visibility problems.
Food Safety & Traceability by SAP America, Inc.
March 12, 2010 - The focus of this paper will be in helping organizations understand how the Best-in-Class are reducing the impact of food safety incidents; ultimately decreasing the number of product recalls and improving the customer experience.
Governance, Risk and Compliance for Life Sciences Companies by SAP America, Inc.
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..
Governance, Risk, and Compliance Management: Realizing the Value Of Cross-Enterprise Solutions by SAP America, Inc.
January 01, 2007 - This paper explains SAP’s vision for a cross-enterprise GRC solution and the benefits it can provide, defines key terms, and discusses what to look for when evaluating GRC software options.
How to Make Indirect Procurement Outsourcing Work Effectively by SAP America, Inc.
March 12, 2010 - Consider how procurement outsourcers have helped customers improve strategic sourcing, contract negotiations and operational procurement. Yet they need to connect these areas with integrated, sourcing-to-settlement procurement processes by providing customers with standard processes and platforms.
Improving Intercompany Reconciliation for a Faster Close by SAP America, Inc.
June 02, 2009 - What's arguably the single greatest barrier to the fast close has remained constant - the completion of the intercompany reconciliation process. This paper examines the issues behind intercompany reconciliation and outlines how companies can make impressive progress when they employ software solutions such as those from SAP Business Objects
Improving Organizational Performance Through Pervasive Business Intelligence by SAP America, Inc.
February 01, 2010 - In this white paper IDC discusses the growing body of evidence suggesting a direct link between investment in business analytics solutions and organizational performance. IDC highlights market trends that point toward more pervasive use of BI solutions.
Information Lifecycle Management in an SAP Environment by SAP America, Inc.
March 15, 2010 - SAP provides a comprehensive product offering to support you in your Information Lifecycle Management strategy. Learn more about the three cornerstones of ILM, including data archiving/data management, retention management, and retention warehouse.
IT's Role in the M&A Process by SAP America, Inc.
October 18, 2008 - Read this paper to review the results of a survey that addressed IT's role in the M&A process and the blending and coherence of enterprise system data during M&A activity.
Leadership Makes the Difference during Times of Global Financial Crisis: Optimizing Business Cycles through Technology Investment by SAP America, Inc.
January 23, 2009 - Investing in the right IT platform and end-to-end business processes enables companies to simplify the IT landscape and reduce total it cost.
Lean Business Intelligence - How and Why Organizations Are Moving to Self-Service BI by SAP America, Inc.
February 01, 2010 - This paper presents the findings of a Forrester Consulting evaluation of over 30 interviews with professionals across multiple industries across the world and presents how SAP® BusinessObjects™ offers a comprehensive solution that will help in solving the majority of issues in providing self-service BI.
Learning from BPM Leaders by SAP America, Inc.
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.
Madness? Mergers, Acquisitions, and Divestitures by SAP America, Inc.
October 18, 2008 - This paper discusses why failure happens and how to prevent it by following the overriding best practice in successful acquisitions, mergers, and divestitures: preparedness.
Making Strategy Real Through the Effective Deployment of Business Performance Optimization Systems by SAP America, Inc.
January 29, 2010 - How do you know what to do to protect your current business and identify areas of future growth? How do you balance opportunity with risk? This paper helps answer those essential questions.
Managing IT in a Downturn: Beyond Cost Cutting by SAP America, Inc.
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 Performance, Risk, and Compliance for Better Business Results by SAP America, Inc.
March 15, 2010 - Explore how to ensure alignment between your company's strategic objectives and risk management/compliance policies; how to proactively mitigate all types of business risk and maintain a proper risk/reward balance; and how to ensure continuous compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies.
Managing Risk In Perilous Times: Practical Steps to Accelerate Recovery by SAP America, Inc.
June 02, 2009 - In this research, we examine the lessons that have been learnt from the current financial crisis, and propose ten practical lessons that could help to address perceived weaknesses in risk identification, assessment and management.
Master Data Management: Extracting Value from Your Most Important Intangible Asset by SAP America, Inc.
January 01, 2007 - Effective master data management can save time and money - even enable the capture of incremental revenues, it can also reduce costs while improving customer service.
Measuring The Business Value of IT by SAP America, Inc.
September 25, 2006 - Discover how to efficiently measure projected business value, increase the ROI of your SAP investments, and improve the overall worth of your IT initiative with a consistent methodology for both business and IT users.
Misguided, Opportunistic, or Strategic - Where Do You Stand on the Sustainability Ranking? by SAP America, Inc.
March 15, 2010 - Across SAP's global customer base, there is a continuum of sustainability approaches – spanning from misguided to opportunistic and strategic. Find out where you rank in this special report from SAP. (Full article)
Operational Excellence in the Process Industries by SAP America, Inc.
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.
Overall Approach To Data Quality ROI by SAP America, Inc.
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.
Product Compliance, Safety, and Stewardship for Process Industries by SAP America, Inc.
March 15, 2010 - Discover how companies taking a strategic approach toward safer and greener products can successfully meet the challenges of achieving effective compliance, safety, and product stewardship in a complex regulatory world, while at the same time gaining a competitive business advantage for the future.
Realizing the Maximum Value from SAP Investments by SAP America, Inc.
March 15, 2010 - From initial identification of a business need to actual engagement, The SAP Services Organization helps you realize maximum value from your technology investments. Our mission is to help your business become a clear enterprise, prepared for risk and uncertainty and able to adjust operations as market conditions change.
Reaping The Benefits of Next Generation Dashboards by SAP America, Inc.
June 02, 2009 - The need for timely and succinct business intelligence (BI) continues to grow as executives demand critical information to seize opportunities faster than competitors and to address potential problems in the making. But increasingly, it is not just C-level executives and upper management who need access to business intelligence.
Reduce the Pain of ERP Upgrades with Better Planning by SAP America, Inc.
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.
Running and Optimizing IT: A Best Practice Approach by SAP America, Inc.
June 02, 2009 - The results of this survey show that the highest priorities are focused not on
technology but on the ability of IT to deliver services that provide value for customers and end users.
SAP Consulting: Full Project Management and Implementation Services by SAP America, Inc.
March 15, 2010 - Need complete yet costeffective project management and implementation services for your SAP® software? SAP Consulting brings the know-how, commitment, and resources you need to succeed. Our certified consultants are second to none and backed by the vast, global resources of the SAP Services organization.
SAP Data Migration Using Business Objects Information Management Software by SAP America, Inc.
June 02, 2009 - This paper is about using information management software from Business Objects, an SAP company, for SAP data migration projects, either for upgrades from one version of SAP to a newer one, or from other environments to SAP.
SAP Maps the Corporate Sustainable Future Enterprise-Wide Sustainability Software Comes of Age by SAP America, Inc.
March 16, 2010 - Read this AMR review of how SAP is building a strongly differentiated position in the sustainable software market place – and structuring a compelling platform for growth as the economy recovers and migrates toward a more sustainable and resource-optimized model.
SAP NetWeaver BPM White Paper - Bruce Silver by SAP America, Inc.
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® BusinessObjects™ Data Services: One Product For Data Quality and Data Integration by SAP America, Inc.
June 02, 2009 - Introducing SAP® BusinessObjects™ Data Services breakthrough technology software for the enterprise information management market. The software unifies our leading data-quality and integration solutions - helping your organization to move, transform, and improve virtually any type of data anywhere, at any frequency.
SAP® BusinessObjects™ Supply Chain Performance Management: Improving Supply Chain Effectivenes by SAP America, Inc.
March 15, 2010 - The SAP BusinessObjects Supply Chain Performance Management application helps companies measurably improve supply chain effectiveness, for more responsive supply chain networks and improved cost control. By focusing on the right process metrics, companies can identify and diagnose bottlenecks and more.
Seeing the Big Picture: A Corporate Guide to Better Decisions through IT by SAP America, Inc.
June 02, 2009 - A 2007 report conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) found that nine out of ten corporate executives admit to making important decisions on the basis of inadequate information. This whitepaper will discuss what information visibility can do for your organization as well as the three critical strategic areas of business decision making.
Succeeding with New Procurement Strategies by SAP America, Inc.
March 16, 2010 - Get the results of a 2009 SAP survey in which over 200 procurement executives reveal what procurement strategies are working for their organizations in today's challenging economy and what they envision for the future of procurement. Results are analyzed by industry and company size.
Success in the New Economic Reality: How the SAP® Portfolio Enables the Clear Enterprise by SAP America, Inc.
December 18, 2009 - This paper discusses the idea that to survive in today’s business environment, companies must see, think, and act clearly. Only those with the visibility to act effectively and decisively emerge in a stronger competitive position. Read on to learn how the best-run businesses today need to focus on clarity and transparency.
Sustainable Production: Good for the Plant, Good for the Planet by SAP America, Inc.
March 16, 2010 - This paper will benchmark the value Best-in-Class manufacturers derive from their approach to sustainable production. Whether you are just implementing a sustainability program or have been on this journey for many years, this report will provide insight into the sustainability programs of the top performers in manufacturing.
Tackling the IFRS Transition in the US by SAP America, Inc.
March 16, 2010 - The SEC will likely require companies to report in both GAAP and IFRS formats during the first official IFRS transition year and for two years prior. Accordingly, our customers want to know how SAP supports parallel reporting. Read this paper to learn which options SAP recommends and find out which is best for your organization.
The Alignment-Focused Organization: Bridging the Gap Between Strategy and Execution by SAP America, Inc.
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 Business of Sustainability: Information Technology as a Catalyst for Short and Long-Term Profitability by SAP America, Inc.
June 03, 2009 - Read how SAP software can help your company manage risks and exploit operational and business opportunities regarding social, environmental, and economic sustainability.
The Business Value of Business Intelligence by SAP America, Inc.
January 29, 2010 - The goal of this article will be to contribute to the emerging dialog on the subject of business value by extrapolating from BI lessons learned and from DecisionPath Consulting’s experience working with Fortune 1000 customers and Government agencies
The Business Value of Pervasive BI by SAP America, Inc.
February 01, 2010 - This Aberdeen Analyst Insight draws on three discrete data sets in order to examine the business value of making access to BI more pervasive across the enterprise. The data shows that users taking such an approach have overcome a number of organizational challenges in order to drive significant business performance enhancements.
The Economist: In search of clarity - Unraveling the complexities of executive decision-making by SAP America, Inc.
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.
The EPA's Mandatory Reporting Rule: How It Works and Guidelines to Successful Compliance by SAP America, Inc.
March 16, 2010 - Read prescriptive, step-by-step guidelines to help companies successfully comply with the EPA's Final Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Rule. Learn how the right software can help global organizations address the complexity of growing GHG regulations while reducing risks at both the enterprise and local level.
The Financial Close: Optimizing Performance and Driving Financial Excellence by SAP America, Inc.
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 Renewed Finance Function: Extending Performance Management Beyond Finance by SAP America, Inc.
September 2008 - In August 2007, CFO Research Services launched a research program to explore the ways in which the role of the finance team has changed in recent years. This report presents the findings of our online survey of 255 senior finance executives.
The Road to BI Success by SAP America, Inc.
March 16, 2010 - There is growing evidence that more pervasive BI and analytics have a direct impact on competitiveness. Better decision making is more important when resources become restricted during a recession, so BI and analytics projects will still appeal to management. Read this active Q&A session on building a successful enterprise BI strategy.
The Role of ERP in Globalization by SAP America, Inc.
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 America, Inc.
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.
The Two Faces of Risk: Cultivating Risk Intelligence for Competitive Advantage by SAP America, Inc.
September 2008 - Organizations need to be intelligent about the risks they take to gain and sustain competitive advantage as well as protect their existing assets. In this paper learn about the two faces of risk "rewarded risk" and "unrewarded risk."
Time to Change: New Thoughts on Supporting Business Change by SAP America, Inc.
January 29, 2010 - Learn how a new, interconnected economy is forcing companies to manage an ever-growing information network -- and the best way to adopt new technologies to give you greater flexibility for faster growth while maintaining business integrity.
Top 10 Reasons Customers Choose SAP for Business Transformation by SAP America, Inc.
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.
Unified Budget Planning and Consolidation by SAP America, Inc.
March 16, 2010 - Learn how to plan, forecast and budget more effectively with SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation, bringing order to business planning processes and offering embedded support for financial consolidation.
Using Master Data in Business Intelligence by SAP America, Inc.
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.
Why Midsize Companies Need Business Intelligence Solutions In This Uncertain Global Economy by SAP America, Inc.
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.
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