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Overcoming the Challenges of Green Procurement through eProcurement sponsored by Dimension Data Global WHITE PAPER: This eBook discusses nine eProcurement best practices. It also demonstrates how they will help you reduce environmental waste while implementing and managing your Green purchasing program. Posted: 30 Sep 2008 \| Published: 26 Sep 2008 TOPICS: Benefits \| Best Practices \| CRM \| eProcurement \| ERP \| Internal Controls \| Supplier Management \| Systems Integration \| Training

The Path toward Pervasive Business Intelligence at Ferrari North America sponsored by Tableau Software WHITE PAPER: Organizations in all industries and of all sizes are turning to business intelligence (BI) and data warehousing (DW) technologies and services to either automate or support decision-making processes. Posted: 02 Dec 2008 \| Published: 02 Dec 2008 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Processes \| Data Integration \| Data Warehouses \| IT Departments \| OLAP

Enabling Profitable Growth through Procurement: Transforming the Sourcing and Procurement Organization sponsored by SAP AG WHITE PAPER: Sourcing and procurement organizations have great potential to reduce costs, contribute to the bottom line, and deliver against enterprise strategic goals. Posted: 26 Jan 2009 \| Published: 23 Jan 2009 TOPICS: Collaboration \| ERP \| Inventory Management \| Procurement \| Supply Chains \| TCO

Four Steps to a Best-Run Business sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This document describes how you can build a strategy to unify and run your business more effectively. Posted: 17 Sep 2008 \| Published: 17 Sep 2008 TOPICS: Business Architectures \| Business Continuity Planning \| Business Development \| Business Intelligence \| Globalization \| Localization \| Procurement \| Spreadsheets \| Training

Achieve Eco-sustainable Innovation While Driving Profitable Growth sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent WHITE PAPER: Alcatel-Lucent's innovation engine explores new ideas and opportunities to address environmental concerns while solving business problems. Posted: 02 Oct 2008 \| Published: 02 Oct 2008 TOPICS: Business Processes \| Communications Networks \| Data Centers \| GSM \| Systems Management \| VoIP

IBM Software: A Green Strategy for Your Entire Organization sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This paper explores optimization strategies and demonstrated benefits being achieved today with IBM Software solutions. Utilization of these capabilities can help you meet the increasing challenges of energy efficiency, cost containment and compliance. Posted: 06 Oct 2008 \| Published: 04 Oct 2008 TOPICS: Business Process Management \| Business Processes \| Cooling Capacity \| Cost Benefit Analysis \| Infrastructure Management \| Power Supplies \| Regulatory Compliance \| Software Development Methodologies

SAP Netweaver: Streamlining the Transition to Services-Based IT Security sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This paper describes how the SAP NetWeaver® platform and its components help IT organizations align with their enterprise business requirements in the area of security. Posted: 18 Jun 2008 \| Published: 01 Feb 2006 TOPICS: Authentication \| Business Processes \| Productivity \| Security

Distributed Capture Platforms: Reducing Costs, Removing Bottlenecks and Mitigating Risks sponsored by EMC Corporation WHITE PAPER: Remote workforces are a growing trend that has documentation implications on your business processes. This paper explores that, placing special emphasis on a distributed capture strategy for resolving remote workforce-related issues. Posted: 21 Aug 2008 \| Published: 15 Aug 2008 TOPICS: Business Processes \| Document Management \| Document Management Software \| Financial Services Industry \| Health Care Industry \| Multifunction Peripheral Hardware \| Remote Access Software \| Remote Network Management \| Remote Offices \| Remote Users \| Risk Assessment \| Risk Management \| Virtual Offices

The Cost and Benefits of On-Demand Vs. On-Premise Procurement Software sponsored by Coupa WHITE PAPER: While there are dozens of procurement software solutions available, there are really only two types offered: "on-premise" procurement software and newer "ondemand" procurement software. This paper outlines an approach to compute and compare them. Posted: 10 Sep 2008 \| Published: 10 Sep 2008 TOPICS: ERP \| Hardware \| Procurement \| Purchasing Best Practices \| Software as a Service \| TCO

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)