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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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A New Mandate for IT by SAP America Inc
April 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.
Achieve Fuel Distribution Excellence - Drive Efficiency And Growth With Integrated Solutions by SAP America Inc
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.
Achieving Compliant Manufacturing Excellence through Real-time Performance Management and Continuous Improvement by SAP America Inc
January 23, 2009 - Manufacturers are feeling new pressure on their operations from many directions. Dynamic market needs, increased compliance requirements, more distributed manufacturing operations, rapid product innovation, lean manufacturing, and the transition to new IT technology all manifest themselves on the plant floor and throughout the enterprise.
Acxiom Deploys Business Intelligence for Best-of-Breed Solutions by SAP America Inc
October 13, 2009 - Find out how Acxiom, specializing in providing customer and information management solutions for companies around the world, uses SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) solutions to transform consumer data into actionable BI.
Assess Your Enterprise Agility by SAP America Inc
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.
Beyond Survival: Thriving Through the Turbulence: BI in the Retail Industry by SAP America Inc
March 31, 2009 - Find out how retail organizations are improving the bottom line, by focusing on key tactics designed to facilitate low cost, efficient, customer-centric operations, all of which require integrated enterprise information and analysis capabilities found in business intelligence (BI) environments.
Brand Management - Leveraging the Power of Integrated Marketing by SAP America Inc
February 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.
Business Intelligence for Consumer Packaged Goods: Actionable Insights for Business Decision Makers by SAP America Inc
May 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 (SMB) 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.
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.
Business Intelligence: The Definitive Guide for Midsize Organizations by SAP America Inc
June 2008 - Business intelligence (BI) allows organizations to better understand, analyze, and even predict what's occurring in their company.
Business Network Transformation: Rethinking Relationships in a Global Economy by SAP America Inc
January 01, 2008 - The ability to operate effectively in business networks, be they coordinated or collaborative, is critical to sustaining competitive advantage in a commoditizing global economy. By focusing on their unique core capabilities, business network participants spend less on duplication and more on innovation, resulting in higher degrees of..
BusinessWeek Research: Talent Management - The New Business Imperative by SAP America Inc
August 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.
Countdown to Copenhagen: Government, business and the battle against climate change by SAP America Inc
July 21, 2009 - Government, business and the battle against climate change is an EIU report that investigates the current regulatory outlook within key regions of the world.
CRM without Compromise: A Strategy for Profitable Growth by SAP America Inc
April 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.
Data Integration: Creating a Trustworthy Data Foundation for Business Intelligence by SAP America Inc
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.
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 Quality: A Survival Guide For Marketing by SAP America Inc
June 02, 2009 - Direct marketing is about communicating a message to a specific prospect or customer. This white paper from Business Objects, an SAP company, focuses on these concepts as they pertain to marketing, and particularly as they are supported by data quality functions inside of the broader EIM framework.
End User Performance - Building and Maintaining ROI by SAP America Inc
January 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.
Energizing Utilities For The Economic Stimulus Plan: Strategies For Greater Energy Efficiency and Sustainability by SAP America Inc
June 02, 2009 - This SAP Executive Insight examines specific concerns that confront utility executives in today's economy. Further, it describes how gaining greater business visibility and transparency can enable organizations to execute decisively and effectively in this challenging climate.
Enterprise Information Management by SAP America Inc
June 02, 2009 - EIM is the effort and practice of reaching across all data and application silos embedded in the organization's operating infrastructure; then binding those repositories together into one effective information management environment. This white paper will discuss metadata management, master data management, data quality, and data migration...
Enterprise Performance Management - Financial Excellence and Beyond by SAP America Inc
February 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.
Guide to Better Decision-Making for Your SMB Through IT by SAP America Inc
June 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.
Hitting the Moving Target of Operational Excellence: Identifying and Obtaining the Information Needed for Continued Success by SAP America Inc
May 2007 - This white paper presents IDC’s framework for implementing operational excellence (opex) and helps the reader move toward an effective op ex implementation while avoiding potential pitfalls.
Integrated Contract Life-Cycle Management: Automate Processes, Reduce Over-Payments, Improve Productivity by SAP America Inc
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.
Managing Risk in Perilous Times. Practical Steps to Accelerate Recovery by SAP America Inc
July 15, 2009 - Examine lessons learned from the current financial crisis in this EIU report. The report proposes ten practical lessons that could help address perceived weaknesses in risk identification, assessment, and management.
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 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 America Inc
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..
Process Manufacturing Companies Going Global: GTM Challenges and Solutions by SAP America Inc
July 01, 2009 - This paper focuses on Global Trade Management (GTM) trends in chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing companies, with an emphasis on the challenges and solutions for Global Trade Compliance (GTC).
Product Environmental Footprint And Ecolabeling: An Approach For Both Environmental Responsibility And Profits by SAP America Inc
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.
Reaping The Benefits of Next Generation Dashboards by SAP America Inc
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 Compliance Costs with an Integrated Program of Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) by SAP America Inc
November 2006 - Learn how an integrated program of governance, risk and compliance (GRC) can reduce compliance costs, build valuable stakeholder trust and increase transparency for improved decision making and opportunity awareness.
Responding Quickly to Changing Markets: Anticipate, Adapt, Excel by SAP America Inc
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.
SAP Data Migration Using Business Objects Information Management Software by SAP America Inc
June 02, 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.
SAP Provides a Central Hub for Managing Interfaces & Web Services for Largest NA Oil Refining Co. by SAP America Inc
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 America Inc
January 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 America Inc
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 America Inc
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.
Seeing the Big Picture: A Corporate Guide to Better Decisions through IT by SAP America Inc
June 02, 2009 - A 2007 report conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) found that nine out of ten corporate executives admit to making important decisions on the basis of inadequate information. This whitepaper will discuss what information visibility can do for your organization as well as the three critical strategic areas of business decision making.
Six Mistakes Companies are Making Today and How You Can Avoid Them by SAP America Inc
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.
Spend Analytics: A Foundation for Procurement Performance Management by SAP America Inc
October 08, 2008 - Read this white paper from SAP for an interview with Kathleen Wilhide, research director of IDC’s Compliance and Business Performance Management Solutions program.
Spend Performance Management - Maximize Savings, Reduce Supplier Risks by SAP America Inc
November 05, 2009 - 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.
Support Global Expansion with Trade and Financial Compliance by SAP America Inc
November 05, 2009 - The SAP BusinessObjects Electronic Invoicing for Brazil (SAP BusinessObjects Nota Fiscal Eletronica) application helps companies that do business in Brazil meet digital invoice regulations. The application enables automated, certified, and secure communication with government systems at the state and federal level.
Taking Control of Your Business: Growing Profitably in the Professional Services Market by SAP America Inc
January 01, 2006 - This paper details how professional services firms can grow and thrive in a difficult market by enhancing project visibility, maximizing resource utilization, improving operational efficiency, and successfully acquiring more customers.
The Business of Sustainability: Information Technology as a Catalyst for Short and Long-Term Profitability by SAP America Inc
June 03, 2009 - Read how SAP software can help your company manage risks and exploit operational and business opportunities regarding social, environmental, and economic sustainability.
The Collaboration Advantage: Customer-Focused Partnerships In A Global Market by SAP America Inc
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 Financial Close: Optimizing Performance and Driving Financial Excellence by SAP America Inc
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 Importance of a Single Platform for Data Integration and Quality Management by SAP America Inc
June 08, 2009 - This paper examines the evolution of the data integration and quality industry, and explains the benefits of moving toward a single data services architecture. It outlines requirements for a software platform for supporting such an architecture, and, as an example, reviews the BusinessObjects“ Data Services XI Release 3 platform.
The Profitability Perspective: How Automated Reporting Drives Better Decisions by SAP America Inc
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 Role of ERP in Globalization by SAP America Inc
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 Two Faces of Risk by SAP America Inc
June 02, 2009 - Traditional approaches to risk management emphasize mitigation, focusing on
the readily apparent risks facing a company in the areas of security, privacy,
credit, regulatory, technology, fraud and more. These threats are, of course, important and must be addressed.
Top 10 Reasons Customers Choose SAP for Business Transformation by SAP America Inc
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 America Inc
June 05, 2009 - This EIU global research report, based on survey of 320 executives, discusses current challenges and the importance of managing environmental risks.
Using Supply Chain Performance Management Strategically by SAP America Inc
November 05, 2009 - Paralleling the explosion in materiel sourcing over the past decade, corporate supply chains have grown strikingly more complex because of a greater amount of outsourcing, increased globalization and a more complex regulatory environment.
Value-Driven Healthcare: Transforming the Environment with Business Intelligence by SAP America Inc
September 30, 2008 - Find out why the benefits from applying business intelligence (BI) in the healthcare environment are tremendous. Learn how leveraging the wealth of information to understand patients and physicians, to monitor operational performance, and to anticipate the need for action or change are strong incentives for adopting BI.
Why Midsize Companies Need Business Intelligence Solutions In This Uncertain Global Economy by SAP America Inc
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.
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