Business Intelligence Network - The Vision for BI and Beyond

WHITE PAPER - For manufacturers today, achieving strategic goals requires not only intimately understanding technology and markets but also overcoming higher hurdles that have been exacerbated by trends toward globalization and outsourcing. Read on to learn more about how your company can achieve product and service leadership.
Posted: October 21, 2009 | Published: October 21, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Process Management | Business Processes | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Industry | Manufacturing Industry Organizations | PLM | Product Development | Product Life Cycles | Product Management

WHITE PAPER - 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."
Posted: October 21, 2009 | Published: October 21, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Management | Business Processes | ERP | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Industry | Manufacturing Industry Organizations | Manufacturing Systems | PLM | Product Life Cycles | Product Management

WHITE PAPER - Read how SAP software can help your company manage risks and exploit operational and business opportunities regarding social, environmental, and economic sustainability.
Posted: July 22, 2009 | Published: June 3, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Business Structures | Risk Assessment | Risk Management

WHITE PAPER - 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.
Posted: July 21, 2009 | Published: December 29, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Process Management | Business Process Management Software | Environmental Compliance | Environmental Industry | Environmental Law | Environmental Standards | ERP | ERP Software | SAP (Product)

WHITE PAPER - Government, business and the battle against climate change is an EIU report that investigates the current regulatory outlook within key regions of the world.
Posted: July 21, 2009 | Published: July 21, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Process Management | Environmental Compliance | Environmental Law | Environmental Standards | Regulations | Regulatory Compliance

ANALYST BRIEF - 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.
Posted: July 21, 2009 | Published: May 22, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Process Management | ERP | ERP Software | SaaS ERP | SAP (Product) | Software as a Service

WHITE PAPER - This report serves as a roadmap to small to midsize businesses (SMBs) for realizing the maximum Return on Investment (ROI) from ERP implementations.
Posted: July 21, 2009 | Published: March 19, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Process Management | CIOs | ERP | ERP Software | ROI | SMBs

WHITE PAPER - 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.
Posted: June 24, 2009 | Published: June 24, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Management | Enterprise Resource Management | ERP | Financial Metrics | Inventory Management | Manufacturing | SAP (Product) | Supply Chain Management

WHITE PAPER - This is the first in a series of six reports addressing the opportunities and challenges faced by midsize manufacturers.
Posted: June 8, 2009 | Published: June 2, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Process Management | Cost Benefit Analysis | Global Economy | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Industry | Pricing | Product Management | Productivity | Revenue Projections | SMBs

WHITE PAPER - 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.
Posted: June 7, 2009 | Published: July 1, 2007


Topics:  Business Management | Business Process Automation | Business Process Management | Customer Satisfaction | ERP | Productivity | SAP (Product) | Small Businesses

WHITE PAPER - 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.
Posted: June 5, 2009 | Published: June 5, 2009


Topics:  Branding | Business Process Management | CRM | Customer Loyalty | Customer Satisfaction | Economic Environment | Knowledge Management | Regulatory Compliance | Risk Management | SAP (Product)

WHITE PAPER - 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.
Posted: June 5, 2009 | Published: January 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Process Management | CEOs | CRM | ERP | IT Infrastructure | Operational Metrics (Systems) | Regulatory Compliance | ROI | Six Sigma | Strategic Planning | Supply Chain Management

WHITE PAPER - 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 organisation, enabling management by facts.
Posted: June 5, 2009 | Published: June 2, 2009


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Metrics | Business Process Management | Enterprise Resource Management | Financial Reporting | Financial Systems | Financing | Marketing | Operational Metrics (Systems) | Sales Information Systems

WHITE PAPER - 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.
Posted: June 5, 2009 | Published: June 2, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Management | Data Management | Data Quality | Data Visualization | Data Visualization Software | Health Care Applications Software | Health Care Industry | HIPAA Compliance | Regulatory Compliance | Risk Management | Supply Chain Management

WHITE PAPER - 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.
Posted: June 4, 2009 | Published: June 2, 2009


Topics:  Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Business Process Management | Compliance (Finance) | Compliance Best Practices | Data Governance | Data Integration | Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) | Regulatory Compliance | Risk Assessment | Risk Management