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Designed to Manage Lean Principles sponsored by Epicor Software Corporation WHITE PAPER: Manufacturers will continue to leverage technology to stay competitive. Read this paper to learn how with the Vantage fully integrated enterprise solution, you will be prepared to meet the challenges of today's market place-becoming lean to do so Posted: 03 Sep 2008 \| Published: 03 Sep 2008 TOPICS: Business Activity Monitoring \| CRM \| Distribution Centers \| ERP \| ERP Software \| Manufacturing \| Manufacturing Software \| Product Life Cycles \| Supplier Relationship Management \| Supply Chains \| Warehouse Management

Overcoming Barriers to Collaboration with Trading Partners sponsored by Sage North America WHITE PAPER: To meet the increasing demands of today's market, companies must implement collaborative supply chain solutions that streamline business processes with their trading partners. Read this white paper for expert advice for achieving that objective. Posted: 13 Jan 2009 \| Published: 13 Jan 2009 TOPICS: Business Processes \| Collaboration \| ERP \| Inventory Management \| Supply Chains \| Web Services

Globalization: Gaining Leverage from Size and Scope sponsored by E2open WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn key considerations a company should review before embarking on a globalization initiative that will assist in minimizing costs, maximizing new revenue opportunities and increasing competitiveness. Posted: 15 May 2007 \| Published: 01 May 2007 TOPICS: Business Metrics \| Business Process Management \| ERP \| Globalization \| PDM \| Procurement \| Regulatory Compliance \| Storage Consolidation \| Supply Chain Management

Top Ten Reasons to Automate Operating Expense Controls sponsored by ExpenseWatch.com WHITE PAPER: Manual processes are error-prone, time-consuming and costly. Learn the top ten reasons to automate operating expense controls. Posted: 01 Apr 2008 \| Published: 01 Jan 2007 TOPICS: Purchasing \| Purchasing Best Practices \| SMBs \| Spend Management \| Spend Management Software \| Travel and Expense Management Software

The Customer Focused Enterprise sponsored by IBM Line of Business WHITE PAPER: The growing bifurcation of the marketplace between the two extremes of product commodity and customer needs-based solutions will make rapid losers and winners across different industries. Posted: 29 Nov 2007 \| Published: 01 Apr 2006 TOPICS: Business Processes \| CRM

Mastering New Challenges in Text Analytics: Making Unstructured Data Ready for Predictive Analytics sponsored by SPSS Inc. Worldwide Headquarters WHITE PAPER: This paper briefly defines text analytics, describes various approaches to text analytics, and then focuses on the natural language processing techniques used by SPSS Inc.'s text analytics solutions. Posted: 20 Feb 2009 \| Published: 20 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Business Processes \| CRM \| Customer Loyalty \| Customer Service \| Data Mining \| Databases \| Instant Messaging \| Marketing

Evolution Vs. Revolution: Driving B2B Efficiencies Forward with People, Processes and Technology Tools sponsored by SEEBURGER WHITE PAPER: B2B integration technology, offers powerful and complementary tools and services for seamless business integration and meeting the challenges of global collaboration. Posted: 27 Oct 2008 \| Published: 27 Oct 2008 TOPICS: B2B \| Best Practices \| Business Environment \| Business Processes \| ERP \| IT Infrastructure

Beyond Disaster Recovery: Becoming a Resilient Business sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, you'll learn how to determine risks, calculate impact, evaluate your current structure's response and test overall resiliency. Posted: 27 Oct 2008 \| Published: 27 Oct 2008 TOPICS: Business Processes \| CRM \| Disaster Planning \| Disaster Recovery \| ERP \| High Availability \| Risk Management

Case Study: Advanced Scientifics Keeps LifeBlood Flowing sponsored by Made2Manage ERP WHITE PAPER: Find out how a leader in the design and manufacture of disposable medical devices increased revenue, production output and customer satisfaction with their ERP software solution. Posted: 20 Mar 2008 \| Published: 03 Mar 2008 TOPICS: Business Process Management \| Business Processes \| ERP \| ERP Software

IBM WebSphere Portal sponsored by IBM Software Group WHITE PAPER: This document introduces the reader to the concept of Enterprise Portals as a means of conducting business on the Internet. Posted: 05 Dec 2007 \| Published: 01 Aug 2007 TOPICS: Business Processes \| Collaboration \| Dashboards \| Enterprise Portals \| Portals \| SOA \| WebSphere