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Creating an Online Parts Catalog to Increase Part Sales and Improve Aftermarket Customer Satisfaction sponsored by Enigma, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This white paper documents the experiences of three companies that have implemented Enigma's electronic parts catalogs. Posted: 11 Mar 2008 \| Published: 01 Jan 2008 TOPICS: Aerospace and Defense Industry \| Asset Management (Finance) \| Automotive Industry \| Cataloging (Information Management) \| Customer Self-Service \| Customer Support Software \| Documentation \| Electronic Catalog Management \| Identification Systems \| Maintenance Contracts \| Manufacturing Industry \| Productivity \| Sales

Best Practices in Performance Measurement and Reporting: Understanding the Global Investment Performance Standards sponsored by Advent Software, Inc WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper, written in conjunction with Ashland Partners, explains the steps to becoming Global Investment Performance Standards compliant. Posted: 10 Jul 2008 \| Published: 01 Jul 2008 TOPICS: Asset Management (Finance) \| Compliance (Finance) \| Compliance Best Practices \| Investments \| Management Service Providers \| Performance Testing \| Reporting Software

Improving Help Desk Efficiency: Asset Management and Help Desk Optimization sponsored by TechExcel WHITE PAPER: This paper explains how asset discovery, and AssetWise Discovery software, plays a vital role in raising help desk efficiency while maintaining customer satisfaction and resolving problems effectively. Posted: 19 Aug 2008 \| Published: 19 Aug 2008 TOPICS: Application Life-Cycle Management \| Asset Management (Finance) \| Business Process Management \| CRM \| Customer Satisfaction \| ERP \| Help Desks \| IT Services \| ITIL \| Productivity

Peace of Mind for the Life of Your Business sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: In today's rapidly changing marketplace, small businesses are facing new challenges and competitive pressures. Read this whitepaper to learn how to choose the right vendor to build the solutions that your business needs. Posted: 28 Aug 2008 \| Published: 28 Aug 2008 TOPICS: Business Process Management \| Communications Networks \| Communications Systems \| Competition \| Cost Benefit Analysis \| Fixed Assets \| Mobile Device Management \| Productivity \| SMBs \| Vendors

Best Practices in Creating a Strategic Finance Function sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: the following article will share the results of SAP research as well as APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking Collaborative (OSBC) research. The OSBC research is the first global set of common standards for business processes and data, giving organizations an independent, authoritative resource for evaluating and improving business practices. Posted: 26 Jan 2009 \| Published: 23 Jan 2009 TOPICS: Accounting \| Benchmark Testing \| Best Practices \| Business Processes \| Financial Services Industry \| Fixed Assets \| Performance Testing \| Regulatory Compliance \| Risk Management \| SAP (Product)

The Business of Sustainability: Information Technology as a Catalyst for Short and Long-Term Profitability sponsored by SAP America, Inc. 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: 22 Jul 2009 \| Published: 03 Jun 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Management \| Business Performance Management \| Business Process Management \| Business Structures \| Risk Assessment \| Risk Management

Thinking through Uncertainty: CFOs Scrutinize Non-Financial Risk sponsored by IBM Line of Business WHITE PAPER: Risks can impact the top and bottom line and eventually every risk is expressed in the company's share price. Posted: 12 Jun 2008 \| Published: 01 Apr 2007 TOPICS: CFOs \| Cost Benefit Analysis \| Enterprise \| Financial Management \| Leadership \| Risk Assessment \| Risk Management

Journal of Management Excellence - Introducing Management Excellence sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: A recent global study from Cranfield School of Management found organizations are too internally focused and did not use sufficient external information or benchmarking. A better understanding of management processes is needed. That is why we introduced our view on the management process: strategy-to-success. Read this whitepaper to learn more. Posted: 05 Jun 2009 \| Published: 05 Jun 2008 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Management \| Business Performance Management \| Business Process Management \| CIOs \| Operational Metrics (Systems)

Integrating the Finance organization for global business: Important implications for CIOs sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This paper looks at the growing alignment between the financial and technical disciplines. It examines the results of the Global CFO Study 2008 in the context of IT, identifying the critical implications for CIOs, and the need for a strategic partnership with CFOs and more ongoing collaboration between Finance and IT. Posted: 13 Feb 2009 \| Published: 13 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Business IT Alignment \| CFOs \| CIOs \| Financial Management \| Globalization \| IT Asset Management \| IT Infrastructure \| Regulatory Compliance

Improving Intercompany Reconciliation for a Faster Close sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: What's arguably the single greatest barrier to the fast close has remained constant - the completion of the intercompany reconciliation process. This paper examines the issues behind intercompany reconciliation and outlines how companies can make impressive progress when they employ software solutions such as those from SAP Business Objects Posted: 08 Jun 2009 \| Published: 02 Jun 2009 TOPICS: Accounting \| Accounting Software \| Compliance (Finance) \| Financial Applications Software \| Financial Management \| Financial Reporting \| Regulatory Compliance \| SAP (Product) \| Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance