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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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Maximizing the Value of Economic Stimulus Funds
sponsored by SAP America Inc
| White Paper: | Posted: 05 Jun 2009
| | Published: | 05 Jun 2009 | |
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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..
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Managing IT in a Downturn: Beyond Cost Cutting
sponsored by SAP America Inc
| White Paper: | Posted: 05 Jun 2009
| | Published: | 01 Nov 2008 | |
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Downturns give companies a chance to buck conventional wisdom and increase their IT investments. Targeted investments in many areas can generate efficiencies and revenue growth that surpass the savings from straight cost reductions.
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The Financial Close: Optimizing Performance and Driving Financial Excellence
sponsored by SAP America Inc
| White Paper: | Posted: 05 Jun 2009
| | Published: | 02 Jun 2009 | |
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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
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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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The Collaboration Advantage: Customer-Focused Partnerships In A Global Market
sponsored by SAP America Inc
| White Paper: | Posted: 05 Jun 2009
| | Published: | 02 Jun 2009 | |
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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.
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Managing Risk through Financial Processes: Embedding Governance, Risk and Compliance
sponsored by SAP America Inc
| Analyst Report: | Posted: 05 Jun 2009
| | Published: | 01 Nov 2008 | |
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To find out how senior executives view their financial processes, the Economist Intelligence Unit surveyed a global sample of mostly financial executives in September 2008. Some respondents focused on the importance of developing processes that reduced costs and improved efficiency. Others acknowledged
the importance of cost and efficiency..
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Sustained Growth Through Operational Excellence
sponsored by SAP America Inc
| White Paper: | Posted: 05 Jun 2009
| | Published: | 02 Jun 2009 | |
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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.
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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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SAP® Support of the Healthecare Supply Chain's Ongoing Effort to Ensure Patient Safety and Drive Business Value
sponsored by SAP America Inc
| White Paper: | Posted: 05 Jun 2009
| | Published: | 02 Jun 2009 | |
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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.
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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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A Complete View Of The Enterprise: Linking Operational And Financial Planning In Global Organizations
sponsored by SAP America Inc
| White Paper: | Posted: 05 Jun 2009
| | Published: | 01 May 2008 | |
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In February 2008, CFO Research Services, a unit of CFO Publishing and part of The Economist Group, began a research project with Business Objects, an SAP company, asking senior finance executives to give views on their priorities and challenges around integrating operational and financial planning processes.
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Governance, Risk, and Compliance For Life Sciences Companies
sponsored by SAP America Inc
| White Paper: | Posted: 04 Jun 2009
| | Published: | 02 Jun 2009 | |
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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.
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Get Closer To Your Best Customers: A Shift In Customer Strategies In A Time Of Crisis
sponsored by SAP America Inc
| White Paper: | Posted: 04 Jun 2009
| | Published: | 02 Jun 2009 | |
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The extraordinary circumstances of the current economic crisis have changed the operating rules for companies of every size, in every industry. Companies now face a unique opportunity to reexamine traditional business practices and make much-needed changes - changes that will help them survive the downturn and flourish with the inevitable up...
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