Best Practices in Creating a Strategic Finance Function by SAP America, Inc.
January 23, 2009 - (Free Research) 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.
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Paper-Free AP with SAP® Solutions: Automated Processing of Vendor Invoices by Esker Inc.
January 2010 - (Free Research) Businesses running SAP solutions still employ paper-driven Accounts Payable processes. As a result, they are limited in their ability to minimize per-invoice costs, improve productivity, and prevent duplicate invoices. Read this paper to learn about the unique value of a comprehensive platform to streamline Accounts Payable processes.
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8 Problems of Keyword Search in E-Discovery - A Guide for Fortune 1000 Companies by FTI Technology
December 2009 - (Free Research) With data collections growing at an epic pace, legal teams must sift quickly through documents and e-mail at rates that would have seemed unrealistic just 5 years ago. Simply put, keyword search strategies break when thrown against the mountains of data which define today’s legal matters.
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E-Invoicing / E-Billing in Europe: Taking the next step towards automated and optimized processes by Crossgate
February 2010 - (Free Research) A business can save 1-2% of its turnover by replacing paper invoices and optimizing related processes. Electronic and automated invoice processes can return a savings of 60-80% compared to traditional paper processing. Projects typically result in a payback period of 0.5-1.5 years. This report imparts useful information for achieving these results.
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How to Make Indirect Procurement Outsourcing Work Effectively by SAP America, Inc.
March 2010 - (Free Research) 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.
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Nota Fiscal Compliance in Brazil : On Demand Service Lowers Risk and Costs by Crossgate
February 2010 - (Free Research) According to a new law, Brazilian companies must now comply with Nota Fiscal Eletronica (NF-e). This will gradually replace hard-copy nota fiscals with an electronic counterpart. Since most systems were not designed for such extensive regulation, many companies find it best to leverage a service provider to manage this as an outsourced service.
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Complying with Brazil’s Nota Fiscal Electronica (NF-e) by Crossgate
February 2010 - (Free Research) According to a new law, Brazilian companies must now comply with Nota Fiscal Eletronica (NF-e). This will gradually replace hard-copy nota fiscals with an electronic counterpart. Since most systems were not designed for such extensive regulation, many companies find it best to leverage a service provider to manage this as an outsourced service.
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Dealing with Chaos: 4 Steps to Manufacturing Success by Infor
September 2008 - (Free Research) Manufacturers must be prepared to recognize impending change as early as possible, assess the potential impact, determine the optimum strategy for dealing with the change, and implement that strategy in the most effective way possible. In this white paper you'll learn 4 steps toward developing chaos-tolerant business processes.
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Preparing to Stay in Business - Storage Continuity Critical in 24-Hour World by CDW Corporation
September 2009 - (Free Research) You probably think it couldn't happen to you, but disastrous events occur more often than not. Perhaps not a hurricane or earthquake or malicious attack, but there are potential risks for every business. Developing a solid data-recovery plan can keep your business up and running in the event of a disaster or other unfortunate event.
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Beyond Boundaries: A New Role in Finance in Driving Business Collaboration by SAP America, Inc.
June 2008 - (Free Research) 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.
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Market Research Brief: PCI Compliance by Tripwire, Inc.
January 2010 - (Free Research) Read this research briefing to gain insight into specific aspects of PCI compliance, particularly how to ensure and validate your ability to protect confidential customer data. Plus, learn how IT and security professionals view the various threats and challenges to their efforts to protect their organizations’ critical data.
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The Prologic Report: Technology in Fashion by Oracle Corporation
February 2010 - (Free Research) This report focuses on the challenges and issues faced by the UK fashion sector whilst providing a crucial insight into strategies for surviving and prospering in the current economic climate. It also examines investment priorities for IT budgets, and satisfaction with current systems.
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Data Quality and Cost Reduction by DataFlux Corporation
January 2010 - (Free Research) This paper reviews aspects of cost reduction and examines some typical financial accounting expense categories. This paper also looks at how data quality services can be applied in those examples to reduce expenses, and examines the potential for applying data quality management as a way to manage and reduce organizational expenses.
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Online Security: A Human Perspective by Oracle Corporation
September 2009 - (Free Research) This paper summarizes the salient findings from a research into online consumer behavior and outlines the proper mechanisms for introducing security measures to streamline security and improve end-user experience by taking into account consumers’ attitudes and understanding of online security.
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Sustainable Production: Good for the Plant, Good for the Planet by SAP America, Inc.
March 2010 - (Free Research) 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.
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Business Intelligence for the Small to Medium Sized Business by SAP America, Inc.
June 2009 - (Free Research) Based on feedback from almost 650 end-user organizations, this report serves as a roadmap for SMBs looking to improve their analytical capability and achieve Best-in-Class performace through the deployment of BI.
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Long-Term Data Protection and Retention: Finding the Correct Balance by Quantum Corporation
March 2009 - (Free Research) Tape remains the most cost effective, energy efficient and reliable program technology for storing large amounts of inactive, off-line or near-line data while complimenting disk-based data protection and retention solutions. Read this paper and find out why.
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5 Best Practices to Protect Your Virtual Environment by Altor Networks
February 2010 - (Free Research) Latest research from the Yankee Group shows that nearly half of all businesses have virtualized some portion of their data centers. This paper lays out five ways by which you can fortify your planned or existing virtualized environment, to ensure it is architected for security, malware suppression, and regulation compliance.
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PODCAST: Enabling the Business Governance of Data by ASG Software Solutions
February 2010 - (Free Research) This podcast, featuring Rob Karel of Forrester Research, discusses how enterprises are linking metadata to the formal management of business terms to achieve true enterprise governance.
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Desktops: Corporate IT Buying Behavior & Customer Satisfaction Survey by Dell, Inc. and Intel
June 2009 - (Free Research) This Technology Business Research (TBR) study examines the results of the corporate desktop satisfaction competition for Q1 of 2009, for which Dell ranked in the top position. Read this to learn about each brand's competitive strengths, weaknesses, challenges, and overall satisfaction rankings.
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Food Safety & Traceability by SAP America, Inc.
March 2010 - (Free Research) 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.
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For PCI, the Future is Now by Tripwire, Inc.
January 2010 - (Free Research) As the PCI DSS and its sister standards continue to evolve and gain momentum, organizations will have to bake compliance into their everyday operations in order to eliminate fire drills, contain costs, keep current customers, and attract new ones. Read this paper to learn how to comply with the global standard without breaking the bank
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Preparing for Windows 7 Migration by Dell, Inc. and Intel
December 2009 - (Free Research) With XP support sunsetting, customers are concerned about data migration, hardware limitations, compatibility and integration of existing applications and licensing issues associated with upgrading to Windows 7.
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