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Spend Performance Management - Maximize Savings, Reduce Supplier Risks
sponsored by SAP America Inc
 | White Paper: | Posted: 05 Nov 2009
| | Published: | 05 Nov 2009 | |
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The SAP BusinessObjects Spend Performance Management application provides full visibility into direct and indirect spend, and helps companies proactively identify cost savings opportunities and supply risks, reduce costs, maintain supply continuity, and increase spend under management.
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Spend Analytics: A Foundation for Procurement Performance Management
sponsored by SAP America Inc
| White Paper: | Posted: 05 Nov 2009
| | Published: | 08 Oct 2008 | |
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Read this white paper from SAP for an interview with Kathleen Wilhide, research director of IDC’s Compliance and Business Performance Management Solutions program.
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Continuous Innovation for Product and Service Leadership: An Approach Driven by Business Value
sponsored by SAP America Inc
| White Paper: | Posted: 21 Oct 2009
| | Published: | 21 Oct 2009 | |
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The need to keep product and service offerings fresh is not a new concept in business today, but the new approach is involving a network of business partners and even customers in their quest to innovate. This process is called "continuous product and service innovation."
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Doing Good: Business and the sustainability challenge: An Executive Summary focusing on North America
sponsored by SAP America Inc
| White Paper: | Posted: 21 Jul 2009
| | Published: | 29 Dec 2008 | |
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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.
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A Fresh Look at SAP's Software as a Service (SaaS) Solution
sponsored by SAP America Inc
| Analyst Brief: | Posted: 21 Jul 2009
| | Published: | 22 May 2009 | |
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Take take a fresh look at SAP's Software as a Service (SaaS) solution. Read this Aberdeen Analyst Insight by Cindy Jutras and learn why she is convinced that SAP Business ByDesign is real.
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Measuring the ROI of ERP in SMB: Keeping ERP Projects Alive When You Need Them the Most
sponsored by SAP America Inc
| White Paper: | Posted: 21 Jul 2009
| | Published: | 19 Mar 2009 | |
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This report serves as a roadmap to small to midsize businesses (SMBs) for realizing the maximum Return on Investment (ROI) from ERP implementations.
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The Fast-Payback SAP Projects for Saving Money in 2009: Detailed Data for Business Expense Projects
sponsored by SAP America Inc
| White Paper: | Posted: 24 Jun 2009
| | Published: | 24 Jun 2009 | |
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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.
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Reducing Costs with Efficient Operations: A Fast Track to More Working Capital
sponsored by SAP America Inc
| White Paper: | Posted: 07 Jun 2009
| | Published: | 01 Jul 2007 | |
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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.
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Operational Excellence: The New Lever of Profitability and Competitive Advantage
sponsored by SAP America Inc
| White Paper: | Posted: 05 Jun 2009
| | Published: | 01 Jan 2009 | |
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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.
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Assess Your Enterprise Agility
sponsored by SAP America Inc
| Analyst Report: | Posted: 05 Jun 2009
| | Published: | 12 Nov 2007 | |
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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.
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Achieve Fuel Distribution Excellence - Drive Efficiency And Growth With Integrated Solutions
sponsored by SAP America Inc
| Product Overview: | Posted: 05 Jun 2009
| | Published: | 01 Jun 2008 | |
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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.
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Integrated Contract Life-Cycle Management: Automate Processes, Reduce Over-Payments, Improve Productivity
sponsored by SAP America Inc
| White Paper: | Posted: 05 Jun 2009
| | Published: | 05 Jun 2009 | |
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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.
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Accurate Costing Is Key to Profitability - Dynamic Environments Expose Weaknesses in Traditional Approaches
sponsored by SAP America Inc
| White Paper: | Posted: 05 Jun 2009
| | Published: | 01 Jun 2008 | |
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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.
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Early Lean Adopters Embrace Technology
sponsored by SAP America Inc
| White Paper: | Posted: 04 Jun 2009
| | Published: | 02 Jun 2009 | |
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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.
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The Profitability Perspective: How Automated Reporting Drives Better Decisions
sponsored by SAP America Inc
| Case Study: | Posted: 04 Jun 2009
| | Published: | 02 Jun 2009 | |
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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...
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