WHITE PAPER - This guidebook provides the answers with a series of detailed sections including essential activities such as planning, forecasting, risk management, team selection, communication and collaboration.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 2, 2009


Topics:  Data Management | Data Migration | Data Quality | Database Management | Database Performance Management | Databases | Enterprise Content Management | Enterprise Resource Management | ERP | Risk Assessment | Risk Management

WHITE PAPER - In this paper a veteran SAP consultant argues why now is the perfect time implement a Business Process Lifecycle Management (BPLM) enabled ERP system.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 4, 2009


Topics:  Best Practices | Business Process Automation | Business Process Management | Business Process Modeling | Business Processes | ERP | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | Microsoft Office | SAP (Product)

WHITE PAPER - In this paper a 20 year veteran in the chemical manufacturing sector provides Best Practices for BPLM enabled SAP implementations.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 4, 2009


Topics:  Best Practices | Business Process Automation | Business Process Management | Business Processes | Enterprise Content Management | Enterprise Resource Management | ERP | ERP Software | SAP (Product)

ANALYST REPORT - This part of Panorama’s ERP Report outlines the use of ERP software at companies in the hospitality and entertainment industry, including a comparison of ERP results to other industries. This study includes ERP implementation results surrounding average budget, duration, actual costs, and implementation variables.
Posted: November 3, 2009 | Published: November 3, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Process Management | Enterprise Resource Management | Entertainment Industry | ERP

ANALYST BRIEF - It is often said that desperate times call for desperate measures. In recent months, this is certainly the case for some ERP vendors. The good news, however, is that there are ways to manage ERP software vendors to ensure a fair, consistent, and unbiased selection process for your organization. Read on to learn what they are.
Posted: November 3, 2009 | Published: November 3, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Management | ERP | ERP Software | IT Spending | Purchasing Best Practices | Vendor Selection | Vendors

PODCAST - In this expert podcast, industry analyst Simon Jacobson discusses the best starting point for a quality improvement initiative within a manufacturing plant, explores what types of software and technology can be used for support, explains why the IT team plays a key role in its success, offers tips on how to reduce error rates, and more.
Posted: November 2, 2009 | Premiered: November 2, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Management | Business Process Reengineering | ERP | ERP Software | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Software | Quality Control | Supply Chain Management

WHITE PAPER - 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.
Posted: October 29, 2009 | Published: March 10, 2009


Topics:  Business Consulting Services | Business Intelligence | Consulting Services Industry | ERP | IT Services | SAP (Product) | TCO

ANALYST REPORT - This benchmark study showcases the operational performance benefits manufacturers are currently enjoying due to the adoption of Lean scheduling and execution principles.
Posted: October 26, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2007


Topics:  Best Practices | ERP | Lean Production | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Industry | Operational Support Systems | Product Management | Surveys

WHITE PAPER - 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.
Posted: October 26, 2009 | Published: October 26, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Dashboards | ERP | ERP Software | ROI | SAP (Product) | SMBs | TCO

WHITE PAPER - 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.
Posted: October 26, 2009 | Published: August 7, 2009


Topics:  Customer Satisfaction | Demand Chains | ERP | Outsourcing | RFID | SMBs | Supply Chain Collaboration | Supply Chain Event Management | Supply Chain Management

WHITE PAPER - 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.
Posted: October 26, 2009 | Published: September 18, 2008


Topics:  Competition | Cost Benefit Analysis | Dashboards | Data Quality | ERP | Manufacturing Execution Systems | Manufacturing Industry | Performance Testing

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - This presentation transcript explores the benefits and drawbacks of buying business intelligence (BI) solutions from enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors, and shares survey results that reveal whether or not customers who have gone down the sole-sourcing path are happy with their decision.
Posted: October 20, 2009 | Published: October 20, 2009


Topics:  Application Service Providers | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | ERP | Market Research | SAP (Product) | Vendor Selection | Vendors

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper discusses best practices options and a solid approach to implementing solutions for automating and optimizing Accounts Payable in the SAP environment.
Posted: October 19, 2009 | Published: October 19, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Automation | Business Process Management | Business Process Management Software | Business Processes | Corporations | ERP | ERP Software | Financial Management | SAP (Product)

WHITE PAPER - SAP ERP applications can help you increase productivity, reduce costs, and gain strategic advantage. However, they touch every business process across your company and the risk for problems with implementation, management, and upgrades can be high. This paper identifies the most common SAP pitfalls and explains the best ways to resolve them.
Posted: October 19, 2009 | Published: October 19, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence Software | Business Management | Enterprise Asset Management Software | Enterprise Resource Management | ERP | ERP Software

CASE STUDY - Petmate enlisted the help of TAKE Supply Chain's X.PC to not only streamline the administration of contract manufacturing for Petmate. Read this case study to learn how X.PC transformed Petmate's manual approach to working with manufacturers through a Web-based collaborative environment that improved shared communications.
Posted: October 15, 2009 | Published: October 15, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Automation | Business Process Automation Software | Business Process Management | Business Processes | Collaboration | ERP | ERP Software | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Industry | Supply Chain Collaboration | Supply Chain Management