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Tracking and Reporting

whitepaper Reporting and tracking tools not only improve business efficiency and directly impact the bottom line; they also increase an organization's transparency, necessary for responding to auditor requests. Files can be delivered in a variety of ways, but...

Tags: electronic data interchange

[17 May 2008]

Tribunal Supremo Electoral Improves Speed and Reliability of Vote Processing

whitepaper Supreme Electoral Court wanted to implement a reliable high-availability IT infrastructure to guarantee transparency and reliability of information during electoral processes and create a robust voter database for timely updating and use in...

Tags: high availability

[14 May 2008]

Eclipse Internet Improves Workforce Effectiveness by Automating Financial Processes

whitepaper Eclipse wanted to streamline billing and payments processes - safely manage a complex billing structure associated with various product offerings and enable transparency in financial processes to help the company drive further growth, including...

Tags: customer support services

[14 May 2008]

Will consumers always want free banking?

Comment However, a lack of transparency about charges has created an increased reliance on revenue from this source, ultimately leading to the court case. This consequence is beneficial for the industry because it will force banks to focus on improving...

Tags: oft, free banking

[12 May 2008]

Naked CIO: The true cost of IT

Comment The goal should be solely about trying to get appropriate buy-in, transparency in cost and effort and for all projects to have a net long-term benefit to the business. It's all very well trying to put price tags on everything the IT department does.

Tags: value, cost allocation, projects, departments

[21 Apr 2008]

Turning shoppers into advocates: The customer focused retail enterprise

whitepaper Today's marketplace faces unprecedented diversity, fragmentation of consumer values, and information transparency. These circumstances make it harder than ever to achieve brand loyalty. This white paper focuses on incorporating customer input into...

Tags: crm software, faces, consumer, paper focuses

[11 Apr 2008]

Client Success With Sarbanes Oxley Compliance for Complex Financial Instruments

whitepaper The client achieved transparency, consistency, and thorough documentation of reporting processes throughout front, middle, and back-office, elevate auditors' confidence level by using a valuation solution widely used and accepted in the market...

Tags: finance, reporting, sarbanes oxley act, act

[10 Apr 2008]

Building Internal Rate of Return with CRM

whitepaper They sought to realize customer insight to empower its sales force, provide a more integrated buying experience, improve customer service by streamlining processes and increase transparency among departments, partners, and end customers.

Tags: crm, customer service, manufacturing, learn

[10 Apr 2008]

Sarbanes-Oxley: Is Corporate Compliance or Corporate Culture the Solution to Ethical Crises?

whitepaper But creating a vibrant and ethical culture promises not only to increase transparency and accountability. While the Sarbanes Oxley Act may not be the ideal response to recent corporate scandals, it is a predictable response given the impact that...

Tags: sarbanes-oxley, response, ethical, evidence

[10 Apr 2008]

Computer Security White Paper - How Safe is it Out There

whitepaper Let's face it, modern day office equipment is in its majority geared towards ease and transparency of use, and not of security of data. So you want to go on the Internet, you want to do business on the web, and online financial transactions with...

Tags: security management, shares, equipment, transactions

[10 Apr 2008]

Storage Resource Broker Data Grid

whitepaper The requirements for a data handling system can be expressed as “transparencies” that hide grid implementation details: Name transparency, Location transparency, Protocol transparency, Time transparency, and Single sign-on transparency.

Tags: storage management, handling, transparency, grids

[10 Apr 2008]

mySAP Supply Chain Management: Supply Chain Event Management with mySAP SCM

whitepaper Dependable plan fulfillment and the highest possible process transparency are crucial for your business success. Therefore SAP Event Manager has been developed as an interface and mediator between planning and implementation.

Tags: supply chain management

[02 Apr 2008]

Global Advertising Products Lifts Revenue, Streamlines Operations With CRM Solution

whitepaper This has improved customer service, boosted revenue, provided greater control, increased transparency and lifted staff satisfaction. Promotional products provider Global Advertising Products (Global) relied on an outdated system to manage its...

Tags: application servers

[02 Apr 2008]

SAS Value Chain Analytics: At Last, Financial Transparency - The Evolution of Financial Analysis in the Retail/CPG Industry

whitepaper The paper then explains how value chain analysis overcomes the hurdles of traditional supply/demand financial measurement to allow more complete financial transparency. The ongoing debate about the differences between activity-based costing and...

Tags: business management

[31 Mar 2008]

Momentum Webcast: Is Your Business Ready for the New World of Work? (Level 100)

whitepaper But to compete, people have to stay connected, and increasing regulatory requirements make organizational transparency a must. With the relentless pressure to reduce costs, one must learn to do more with less.

Tags: business intelligence - data warehousing

[27 Mar 2008]

Reducing Total Cost of Ownership With a Corporate Reporting System for a Global Insurance Company

whitepaper The client recognized the need to improve its business metrics through process optimization, functional integration, and increased transparency across the organization. Rapid growth and international expansion through diverse acquisitions had...

Tags: finance

[27 Mar 2008]

Reducing Inventory Costs and Ordering Time Through Supplier Collaboration

whitepaper Furthermore, the heightened transparency afforded by the solution enhanced the client's relationships with its key suppliers. One of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer goods demanded a more efficient supplier collaboration system.

Tags: supply chain management

[27 Mar 2008]

Mobilitie LLC Improves Business Agility and Scalability With Integrated Applications

whitepaper Mobilitie LLC wanted to manage multiple independent funds, as well as thousands of discrete properties and tenant relationships and focus on partnership approach with customers, with open lines of communication and transparency.

Tags: knowledge and data management

[24 Mar 2008]

Europe-Wide Industrial Research Project Attains Real-Time Communications

whitepaper Using Microsoft Content Management Server 2002, each partner can manage its own content autonomously, while still ensuring synergy and transparency as the project progresses. Piloted by the Schneider Group, whose businesses cover electrical...

Tags: infrastructure management

[24 Mar 2008]

Retail leaders will open up in tough times

Retail leaders will open up in tough times

Comment In his keynote, Carphone Warehouse boss Charles Dunstone talked of 'radical transparency'. An icy wind is blowing through the high street. The danger is that a downturn will bite into IT spending even though technology could be retailers' saviour...

Tags: recession, john lewis partnership, carphone warehouse, supplier

[13 Mar 2008]

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