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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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4 Keys to Aligning Your Business and IT Efforts: Business Transformation Consulting Supports Your Project from Planning Through Execution by SAP America, Inc.
June 23, 2010 - Business Transformation Consulting Supports Your Project from Planning Through Execution. Read this paper to find out more.
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.
Automating Extended Business Processes by SAP America, Inc.
April 12, 2010 - Download now to learn the degree to which extended processes have been automated throughout the enterprise; business behaviors and efficacy associated with automating ad-hoc and paper-based business processes and benefits that have been derived from automating manual business processes.
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.
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.
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: 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.
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 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.
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.
Driving Effective Quality for Enterprise Applications by SAP America, Inc.
June 23, 2010 - This white paper defines drivers for a software quality and testing framework, key elements for a well-structured testing strategy, and pressures to enable adoption, as well as the benefits of test automation in conjunction with quality life-cycle practices and organizational strategies.
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 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.
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.
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.
Global Trends in Sustainability Performance Management by SAP America, Inc.
June 01, 2010 - This paper will present an overview of the changing landscape as companies develop practices and processes to measure their performance as sustainable enterprises. It will examine the complex new drivers of sustainability reporting, as well as the rapidly changing legislative environment that will make reporting mandatory, not voluntary.
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.
GRC Strategies - Finding the Right Balance of Business and IT by SAP America, Inc.
April 12, 2010 - This white paper demonstrates that both business and IT GRC initiatives are continuing to grow in relevance and provides key recommendations for companies seeking to transform business processes to reduce costs, improve governance and compliance, while mitigating and managing risk.
How Far to SAP Excellence? The 5 Minute SAP Maturity Assessment by SAP America, Inc.
April 12, 2010 - This paper provides readers an opportunity to make a rapid thumb-nail assessment of their firm’s SAP maturity across five maturity levels and four categories of activity. It helps rapidly identify weaknesses to be addressed in order to reach the level of a thriving center of excellence and, by extension, a higher return on SAP investments.
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 Organizational Performance Management 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: Benefits, Prerequisites and the Impact of Successful BPM Initiatives 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.
Leveraging SAP Enterprise Support Services: A Journey to Lowering Costs by SAP America, Inc.
June 23, 2010 - Hear from Ross Wainwright, Executive Vice President, SAP Field Services, and Greg Pike, Senior Vice President, SAP Active Global Support and gain insight into the cost-saving and problem-solving services that have the biggest impact, where and how SAP customers should begin using these services.
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.
Make the Most of Your Customer COE: A 3-Step Approach by SAP America, Inc.
June 23, 2010 - To achieve effective objectives and drive effective Application Lifecycle Management, an organization must transform its Customer COE by enhancing the value it delivers to the business. Read this paper to learn so much more.
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.
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.
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.
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 ROI through the Care and Nurturing of SAP End Users by SAP America, Inc.
April 12, 2010 - This paper reveals how continuous end user training can reduce costs and increase returns on SAP investments. It includes a detailed "end user maturity model" by which clients can assess the expertise levels of their SAP end user base.
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.
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.
The Business Imperative for Holistic Carbon Management by SAP America, Inc.
April 12, 2010 - This Analyst Insight highlights the changing business landscape due to the growing importance of carbon management. It provides specific focus on the role technology plays in the automation of key business process. The report provides actionable recommendations for companies to effectively reduce the risk related to climate change.
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 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 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.
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.
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.
Weathering a Global Fiscal Crisis: Doing More for Less with SAP by SAP America, Inc.
April 12, 2010 - This paper provides concrete guidance and a detailed example of how clients can gain measurable business benefit through iterative business process improvement enabled by an SAP applications platform.
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