waste
ERP delays give CFOs a headache
News The research also found that when the biggest ERP deployments are delayed this can waste as much as $45,000 per day - more than $1m per month. Cost over-runs on the largest ERP implementation projects can reach tens of... [25 Sep 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: The turntable spins on
Comment More recently governments and regulators have spotted this huge opportunity to waste time, money and resources, and they too are stepping into the fray! Compiled at my home on a sunny autumn day over a morning coffee and... [24 Sep 2009]
Culver's Improves Operations With Microsoft Business Intelligence Solution
White Paper FBPs no longer waste time because many reports are generated by CFSI's business analyst in a matter of minutes, and CFSI now gets early warning of underperforming stores. Culver Franchising Systems, Inc. [23 Sep 2009]
Executive Overview - Combating Fraud, Improper Payments, Waste and Abuse: Best Practices for Government Agencies
White Paper With an integrated suite of solutions from SAS, agencies can implement an anti-fraud program tailored to their specific needs and timetable. One could deploy individual solutions in a step-by-step manner to address specific challenges,... [16 Sep 2009]
Aligning Business Process Management, Service-Oriented Architecture, and Lean Six Sigma for Real Business Results
White Paper Lean Six Sigma (LSS) produces real results in difficult economic times by uncovering process waste, reducing non-value adding activity, and increasing productivity. The benefits are even felt in IT. According to the... [16 Sep 2009]
The Lean Approach to Business Forecasting: Eliminating Waste and Inefficiency From the Forecasting Process
White Paper But by applying a lean approach - that is, by identifying and eliminating waste in the forecasting process - it is possible to achieve better results with much less effort. Most companies spend way too much time and... [02 Sep 2009]
Managing Older IT Assets - A Growing Challenge: Security, e-Waste Concerns Loom Large
White Paper As businesses replace IT equipment that no longer meets their needs, they face a significant challenge. The fun part is deciding what new technology to deploy, how to finance the purchase or lease, and how to use it to expand... [02 Sep 2009]
Apple's Snow Leopard: Embracing the brave new multicore world
News Worse, the chips required extraordinary amounts of power and produced corresponding amounts of hard-to-handle waste heat. That's because Mac OS X 10.6 begins a long-term attempt by Apple to get ahead by cracking a... [01 Sep 2009]
Labeltronix: HP Indigo Digital Press Whips Waste
White Paper It needed to build manufacturing infrastructure for on-demand label printing that cuts waste. Labeltronix Deploy HP Indigo Digital Presses to minimize label waste. When President John Trail of... [01 Sep 2009]
Managing SQL Performance With BMC Software
White Paper One cannot afford to waste CPU cycles on unnecessary maintenance or on poorly performing SQL. DB2 for z/OS is the premier IBM database management system for mainframe processing. DB2 performance is always a hot topic at... [30 Aug 2009]
Green Networking in the Data Center
White Paper In response to this growing need, governmental agencies around the world are working to define and enforce regulations to help mitigate the inefficient use of natural resources and reduce hazardous waste disposal. [30 Aug 2009]
Waste Management Using a Multilevel Distributed System and Data Mining
White Paper The paper proposes a multilevel system for the administrative bodies involved in environment matters at local regional and national levels, which may collect and scrutiny data on waste generation, spread and... [29 Aug 2009]
How Does the State of Spam Affect Your Small Business?
White Paper Symantec State of Spam report shows that 90 percent of all email coming into the network is spam, which can waste server resources and reduce employee productivity while exposing one to malware and criminal threats. [29 Aug 2009]
Client Management: A Maturity Framework - From Fragmented Management to Business Driven Management
White Paper Then it was a connected device that laid waste to the vast population of computer terminals and enabled the building of productive departmental and workgroup applications. How the client domain became chaotic is not a... [15 Aug 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 14.08.09
Round-Up The whole thing is a waste of time and money. Waste of time and money? Something so mind-boggling, you can't help but wonder if you've slipped into some parallel universe where cats lie down with dogs... [14 Aug 2009]