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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 Complete View Of The Enterprise: Linking Operational And Financial Planning In Global Organizations by SAP AG
. 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.
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 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.
Accurate Costing Is Key to Profitability - Dynamic Environments Expose Weaknesses in Traditional Approaches by SAP AG
. 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.
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.
Advancing Return on Investment Analysis for Government IT: A Public Value Framework by SAP AG
. January 23, 2009 - The range and complexity of government information technology (IT) investments makes assessing their returns a daunting prospect. This white paper presents a public ROI assessment framework that addresses the shortcomings in the available methods and models for assessing public returns.
Assess Your Enterprise Agility by SAP AG
. November 12, 2007 - Forrester reports that CEOs are beginning to recognize the need for their firms to become more agile in detecting and making the changes to strategy, operations, and products.
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 by SAP AG
. June 01, 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.
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 Boundaries: A New Role for Finance in Driving Business Collaboration by SAP AG
. 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.
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.
Brand Management - Leveraging the Power of Integrated Marketing by SAP AG
. February 01, 2008 - The evolution of consumer marketing causes everyone to think in new ways. Instead of reaching consumers through traditional media, Internet, product placement and word of mouth are good alternatives. Check out this paper for more information about integrated brand management.
Building a Best-Run Finance Organization by SAP AG
. 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 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 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.
BusinessWeek Research: Talent Management - The New Business Imperative by SAP AG
. August 01, 2007 - Read this report to discover the views of senior human resource (HR) and information technology (IT) executives and CEOs at large and midsize companies about the talent shortage and how workforce planning can help executives address this coming crisis.
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.
Compliant Manufacturing Operations In Life Sciences Companies by SAP AG
. June 02, 2009 - With compliant manufacturing operations, you can deliver quality products to customers consistently and meet good manufacturing practices regulations at the lowest cost possible - all key to leading the competition. How can you achieve such objectives? With software and services from SAP and our partners.
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.
Delivering Customer Value: Innovative Approaches to Maintain Competitive Success by SAP AG
. July 01, 2007 - This paper explores the concepts of sales growth in relation to understanding who your customers are, connecting a go-to-market strategy with technology, and using technology to sharpen internal practices.
Delivering Operational Excellence with Innovation by SAP AG
. January 01, 2006 - This paper explains business strategies, trends, and issues related to enterprise resource planning, financial management, operations management, and human capital management that drive the consideration of ESA.
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.
Differentiation through Service Excellence Driving Customer Loyalty and Service Profitability by SAP AG
. 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.
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.
Doing Good: Business and the sustainability challenge: An Executive Summary focusing on North America by SAP AG
. 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.
Driving Operations through Better, Faster Decision Making by SAP AG
. October 30, 2009 - Software can't tell you how to beat the competition, but it can determine which products and services have the greatest profit margin, who are the most productive employees, or how many pairs of socks customers buy when they purchase particular styles of shoes. Having accurate, timely data takes the guesswork out of the decision-making process.
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 The Lean Enterprise: A Three-Tiered Approach to Improving Your Operations by SAP AG
. 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 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 Contract Management for Life Sciences: Integrating Contract Creation, Administration, and Execution by SAP AG
. June 02, 2009 - 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.
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.
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.
Giving Service Companies a Fast Start by SAP AG
. March 10, 2009 - Learn how the SAP Business All-in-One fast-start program can provide service companies like yours with a software solution that helps you respond quickly to customers' expectations of high-quality, differentiated services to help you maintain services relationships - with predictable costs, and low total cost of ownership.
Giving Trade Companies a Fast Start by SAP AG
. March 10, 2009 - Whether you are a wholesale distributor of furniture, machinery, chemicals, or food and beverages, your success depends on how quickly you adapt to demands from customers and suppliers. You must constantly differentiate your services from the competition while improving operating efficiencies and controlling costs.
Global ERP Functionality Delivered: The Delivery Difference between Products and Vendors Explained by SAP AG
. 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.
Governance, Risk, and Compliance Management: Realizing the Value Of Cross-Enterprise Solutions by SAP AG
. 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.
Governance, Risk, and Compliance For Life Sciences Companies by SAP AG
. June 02, 2009 - SAP® solutions for governance, risk, and compliance help you institutionalize compliance throughout the enterprise. Across operational,
financial, global trade, and environmental compliance activities, you can reduce costs and risks while boosting productivity and increasing your competitive advantage.
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.
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).
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.
Intelligent Merchandising: Creating a Unique Shopping Experience, Part 1 by SAP AG
. May 01, 2007 - Learn how you can how you can hook customers with fresh, unusual and relevant shopping experiences. Drive customer loyalty by training, empowering and providing employees with the technical tools to capture the nuances of customer behavior.
Intelligent Merchandising: Creating a Unique Shopping Experience, Part 2 by SAP AG
. August 01, 2007 - Anticipating customer needs is a better predictor of success than just responding to what customers say they want. Read this white paper to learn how you can create a unique customer experience by anticipating customers' lifestyle needs and demands.
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.
Leveraging the Talent Supply Chain for a Competitive Advantage by SAP AG
. January 01, 2007 - This paper identifies the market trends driving the need for an integrated talent supply chain and describes the internal inefficiencies professional services firms must overcome to optimize their talent supply chains.
Madness? Mergers, Acquisitions, and Divestitures by SAP AG
. 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.
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..
Master Data Management: Extracting Value from Your Most Important Intangible Asset by SAP AG
. 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.
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..
Measuring The Business Value of IT by SAP AG
. 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.
Measuring the ROI of ERP in SMB: Keeping ERP Projects Alive When You Need Them the Most by SAP AG
. March 19, 2009 - This report serves as a roadmap to small to midsize businesses (SMBs) for realizing the maximum Return on Investment (ROI) from ERP implementations.
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: Enabling Sustained Growth Spotlight on the Americas by SAP AG
. January 23, 2009 - 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.
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.
Product Environmental Footprint And Ecolabeling: An Approach For Both Environmental Responsibility And Profits by SAP AG
. September 25, 2009 - Business interest in environmental footprinting stemmed originally from an understanding of supply chain vulnerabilities and complexities, and this remains an important driver. However, with growing public concern over environmental issues, environmental footprinting has grown in importance to many businesses.
Protecting and Nurturing Your Brand: Maintain and Grow Brand Value in a Time of Crisis by SAP AG
. June 05, 2009 - 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.
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!
Reaping The Benefits of Next Generation Dashboards by SAP AG
. 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 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.
Retail Today: Understand Customers, Anticipate Needs, and Inspire Loyalty by SAP AG
. December 01, 2007 - Read how the software and tools SAP provides can help retailers succeed today by understanding their customers, anticipating their needs, and inspiring their loyalty as long-term customers by meeting those needs as they arise.
Riding the Growth Wave: Leveraging Economies of Scale by SAP AG
. April 01, 2008 - This paper examines how an integrated information technology solution can help
you take advantage of economies of scale to boost manufacturing utilization,
enhance service levels, and improve the efficiency of your sales and administrative activities.
Running and Optimizing IT: A Best Practice Approach by SAP AG
. 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.
Sales and Operations Planning: The Key to Continuous Demand Satisfaction by SAP AG
. March 01, 2007 - Find out how leading companies are designing their sales and operations planning (S&OP) processes to continuously monitor and meet customer demand.
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 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® BusinessObjects™ Data Services: One Product For Data Quality and Data Integration by SAP AG
. 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® 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® Business All-in-One Fast-Start Program: Creating Affordable, Flexible Solutions for Faster Value by SAP AG
. February 08, 2008 - The SAP® Business All-in-One fast-start program enables you to configure a solution online, obtain an estimate of costs, and implement the solution quickly and cost-effectively. It delivers rapid time to value and lets you tailor the solution to meet your changing needs, protecting your long-term investment.
Service Delivery Innovation: Creating Client Value and Enhancing Profitability by SAP AG
. January 01, 2007 - This paper reviews the forces that affect the professional services market today, defines and explains the main pillars of service delivery innovation, and reviews the benefits firms derive from service delivery innovation.
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.
Supply Chain Cost-Cutting Strategies: How Top Process Industry Performers Take Radically Different Actions by SAP AG
. January 23, 2009 - To avoid a 7.96% increase in logistics costs, companies should follow the roadmap of Best in Class companies, which have been able to reduce costs or keep them flat via supply chain transformation.
Supply Chain Cost-Cutting Strategies by SAP AG
. August 07, 2009 - Maintain operational efficiency while cutting supply chain costs with new approaches, technologies, and methodologies. Third party logistics providers, radio frequency identification rentals, and attribute-based demand planning can help you reduce supply chain costs and boost customer satisfaction.
Technology and the Lean Enterprise by SAP AG
. January 23, 2009 - Examine why manufacturers in the industrial machinery and components industry are looking for the right technology to mount lean initiatives by eliminating waste and nonvalue-added activities. Read case studies of six enterprises who use SAP software to achieve continuous improvement and eliminate waste from operations.
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 Collaboration Advantage: Customer-Focused Partnerships In A Global Market by SAP AG
. June 02, 2009 - In order to better understand the opportunities, challenges, risks and rewards companies have seen from these types of agreements, the Economist Intelligence Unit conducted a survey in March 2008, sponsored by SAP, which asked 516 senior executives how their business relationships are evolving.
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 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.
Under the Spotlight: The transition of environmental risk management by SAP AG
. June 05, 2009 - This EIU global research report, based on survey of 320 executives, discusses current challenges and the importance of managing environmental risks.
Understanding and Managing Supply Chain Risk by SAP AG
. January 01, 2006 - Download this white paper and explore new thinking on potential risk to global supply chains and how companies are adopting the statistical methods more commonly associated with finance and insurance. Learn how identifying and profiling risk variables, quantifying risk and using IT solutions can create higher resilience for supply chain management.
Using Market Influence to Grow Your Business: Collaborate with Partners and Win More Customers by SAP AG
. April 01, 2008 - This paper looks at ways in which an integrated information technology solution can help you keep on top of your chosen markets and sustain growth.
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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