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Enabling Total Spend Analysis in the Enterprise

TIBCO Spotfire Division — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

Hear TIBCO Spotfire's John Callan discuss how you can perform total spend analysis, drive supplier consolidation, identify maverick spend in a user-friendly, visual analysis environment and address a range of KPI's.

Podcast: Enabling Total Spend Analysis in the Enterprise

TIBCO Spotfire Division — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

Case Study: Brown-Forman Implements a Warehouse Automation Solution with RF Capabilities

CDC Global Services - Catalyst — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

Read this case study to learn how by leveraging Catalyst's expertise in SAP R/3 systems integration and remote data collection using SAP console, Brown-Forman was able to increase shipping throughput, improve space utilization, decrease shipping errors, improve inventory accuracy and stock rotation, and more.

Optimize Your SAP Applications and Maximize Your Return on Investment

CDC Global Services - Catalyst — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

Companies do not always know what technologies or processes exist that can help them achieve their desired improvements. Read this paper to learn how Catalyst Logistics Assessment for SAP, makes it easy and affordable to identify specific areas where they can improve.

How to " MAP " Your Infrastructure for Windows 7 and Server 2008

Global Knowledge — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

The Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit is a powerful inventory, assessment, and reporting tool that can securely inventory small or large IT environments without requiring the installation of any agent software. This paper explains how to utilize it to "map" your infrastructure for Windows 7 and Server 2008.

Take Control of Your Assets and Take Control of Your Costs

Numara Software — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

In this webcast, you will see how you can take control of your IT costs by effectively managing your assets with Numara Asset Management Platform (NAMP). You will learn how NAMP automates your resource-intensive IT asset management challenges so you can improve compliance, improve customer satisfaction, reduce risk, and optimize your investments.

Webcast - Turn Your IT Plan into a Competitive Advantage in an Uncertain Market: Harnessing ...

IBM — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

Join this webcast to learn how Enterprise Architecture integrated with Portfolio Management is empowered to integrate your strategic goals into your organization's capital planning, business planning and technology architecture activities. In this way, your strategic planning outputs become actionable.

A Guide to the Value of Reliable Data in Manufacturing

DataFlux Corporation — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

This paper examines the impact of unreliable data on manufacturing companies. It then defines the requirements needed to guarantee data reliability in manufacturing and offers a practical approach to creating and governing that data.

Extend SAP Warehouse Management Capabilities: Kubota Tractors Implements SAP & reg; Console

CDC Global Services - Catalyst — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

This case study explains how Kubota turned to Catalyst to implement SAP® Console Technology and extend SAP warehouse management capabilities. Read on to learn how Catalyst was able to deliver this inside four months, ensuring no loss of business and driving significant benefits throughout the business.

Achieve Extraordinary Gains in Inventory Visibility: C & H Sugar Implements SAP & reg; Console

CDC Global Services - Catalyst — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

When C&H Sugar decided to implement SAP console to further optimize their implementation of core SAP applications, they wanted an expert in radio frequency (RF) transactions. By partnering with Catalyst, they have achieved their goal of increasing visibility and accuracy.

Streamline Your Business, Accelerate Your Growth: Using an Affordable Application Built for ...

SAP AG — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

The SAP® Business One application offers a single, affordable way to manage your entire business – from sales and customer relationships to financials and operations. Designed specifically for small businesses, it helps you streamline processes, act on timely information, and accelerate profitable growth.

Case Study: Welch’s & reg; Improves its Warehouse and Inventory Management Operations

TAKE Supply Chain — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Welch's selected the TAKE Supply Chain Gemini™ for OPM mobile software solution and Compliance Label Manager (CLM), a barcode and radio-frequency identification (RFID) label management solution to improve the speed, visibility, accuracy and control of extended manufacturing and distribution supply chains. Read on to learn more.

Streamlining the Collection of Shipping, Manufacturing and Warehouse Data with Gemini for ...

TAKE Supply Chain — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Read this paper to learn how Gemini for SAP®, from TAKE Supply Chain, allows manufacturing and distribution personnel to perform complex transactions and data entry. Read on to learn how streamlining the collection of shipping, manufacturing, and warehouse data can greatly reduce errors and increase visibility and profitability.

Driving Costs Out and Efficiency In with Enterprise Barcode and Radio-Frequency ...

TAKE Supply Chain — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

In this paper you will learn how TAKE Supply Chain has developed a scalable, rules-based barcode label and RFID print management platform that allows business users — not IT programmers — to effectively administer tagging output and compliance programs, which can increase efficiency while decreasing costs with RFID label management.

Blue Bell Creameries & reg; Improves its Inventory Management and Standardizes Procedures ...

TAKE Supply Chain — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

To improve inventory management and standardize procedures, Blue Bell turned to TAKE Supply Chain's Gemini Series™ for OPM mobile software solution. Read this case study to learn more about the benefits Blue Bell experienced from switching to TAKE Supply Chain’s Gemini Series™, and learn how your company can do the same.

Leveraging A Demand-Driven Manufacturing Model To Enhance Profitability

SYSPRO — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This paper discusses the fundamentals for successful demand-driven fulfillment manufacturing, including optimal channel and customer relationships, informed online buying and selling, flexible product configuration and order fulfillment and integrated operational infrastructures.

Using Inventory Optimization to Reduce Inventory Levels in a Lean Environment

SYSPRO — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This paper examines many of the challenges companies have managing their inventory, and shows how an integrated Inventory Optimization solution can substantially improve their overall supply chain operation.

FREE Software Download - Inventory

VKernel — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Automatically collects important information about all VMs in the virtual infrastructure and creates a detailed inventory report showing VM name, created by and when, resource allocations, and much more.

SOA and BPM: Aligning Business Needs with Your Architecture

IBM — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

View this videocast and learn about the intersection of business process management (BPM) and service-oriented architecture (SOA), with an emphasis on how architecture forms the key foundation for business execution.

How to Optimize Supply Chain Management in SAP Environments

TAKE Supply Chain — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

It's getting more and more difficult for SAP customers to contain the costs of supply chain management. This eBook looks at the technologies and techniques that SAP customers are using to optimize their sourcing processes and to make their supply chains as efficient as possible.

Case Study: Blount Overcomes Operational Efficiency Challenges

CDC Global Services - Catalyst — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

In this case study you will learn how Catalyst's expertise in SAP and process improvement was integral in helping Blount decrease order fulfillment time, increase pick process visibility, remove pack station bottleneck, eliminate pack station disorder, reduce packing and shipping errors, increase inventory accuracy and more.

More Accurate Inventory Control Delivers Better Customer Service: Virco Case Study

CDC Global Services - Catalyst — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

In this case study you will learn how Virco turned to Catalyst, to improve its efficiency and lower costs related to warehouse activities. Catalyst is a warehouse management system that works with current SAP foundations and provides accurate inventory control to eliminate stock-outs, without negatively impacting customer service.

When Data Governance Turns Bureaucratic: How Data Governance Police Can Constrain the Value ...

Siperian, Inc. — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Over the past several years, most Master Data Management implementations have used a "reactive" style of data governance. Learn how "reactive" data governance falls short and why leading organizations are using a "proactive" approach -- includes case study and migration questionnaire.

F5 Data Manager Trial Version

F5 Networks — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

F5 Data Manager helps you understand your file storage environment. This trial version will perform an inventory of your environment and enable you to run detailed reports that analyze which file types are being created, who is creating them, how quickly they age, and which resources they consume.

Eliminating Waste in Supply Chain Network Collaboration

Sterling Commerce — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

The focus of this white paper is to highlight how IT can support the kind of agile, rapid response that is needed to drive out costs and delays in their company's business collaboration networks.

Innovative Marketing Strategies for Individual and Personal Lines Insurers

Infor CRM — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

In this paper you will learn just how important each customer interaction is and how companies are turning to Infor CRM Epiphany Inbound Marketing for Insurance to be able to manage their customers on a highly personal basis which greatly increases customer loyalty and satisfaction which will ultimately increase sales and profitability.

Which SAP & #174; Warehouse Management Application is Right For You?

CDC Global Services - Catalyst — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This white paper is designed to give warehouse operations managers and IT managers a useful framework for understanding SAP's newer Warehouse Management (WM) application functionality. It encompasses a look at both the core ERP Central Component (ECC) functionality in addition to the SCM Extended Warehouse Management product.

11 Questions Every CIO Should Ask Their IT Manager

Red Hat — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

What is your IT really costing you? Could you be doing more with the technology you have? Could you reduce costs and provide better service to your organization? Read Red Hat's suggestions on 11 questions every CIO should ask their IT manager, and how Red Hat open source solutions can help.

Desktop Authority 8.0

ScriptLogic Corporation — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT

A complete desktop management solution needs to be one that not only meets the standardization requirements of the computer, but simultaneously meets the personalized needs of the user. Desktop Authority 8 comprehensively manages the Windows desktop throughout the desktop lifecycle, reducing the total cost of desktop and application ownership.

Turning Results into Rewards: Survey Analysis and Reporting

SPSS Inc. Worldwide Headquarters — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

Please join Jane Hendricks, Product Marketing, and Gregory Crist, Sales Engineer, for this webcast focusing on survey analysis and reporting. See why delivering the right survey research results to the right person at the right time makes all the difference.

Best Practices in Complex Equipment Manufacturing & #44; Sales & #44; and Service

SAP America Inc — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST

This paper gives a brief overview of the SAP® solutions used by manufacturers of complex products and equipment to differentiate themselves from the competition through superior-value products and services against low-cost global providers.

SAP Provides a Central Hub for Managing Interfaces & Web Services for Largest NA Oil ...

SAP America Inc — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST

Valero Energy Corporation selected SAP because of its ability to provide a central hub for managing all interfaces and Web services, power to serve as a single integration & development platform for nearly all of Valero's business, capability to integrate SAP and non-SAP software systems, and support for synchronous & asynchronous messaging.

Implementing a Data Quality Strategy

DataFlux Corporation — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST

In this program Gartner Research Vice President Ted Fredman and DataFlux President and CEO Tony Fisher discuss the data quality issues facing business today as well as the solutions that can solve these problems.

EnterpriseIQ -- Beyond traditional Manufacturing ERP

IQMS — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST

EnterpriseIQ goes beyond traditional ERP software systems by providing a real-time foundation for collaborative and ebusiness environments. From ensuring efficient and timely delivery of products to meeting the dynamic needs of customers and suppliers, IQMS brings it all together, seamlessly.

Turning Customer Interactions into Money: Using Predictive Analytics to Achieve Stellar ROI

SPSS Inc. Worldwide Headquarters — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST

This whitepaper makes the case for using predictive analytics as a catalyst for a company's growth. It includes best practices from several global companies including: Cablecom, Royal & Sun Alliance, and T. Rowe Price. Ultimately, it is about maximizing the level of understanding that can be achieved with customer data.

The Path toward Pervasive Business Intelligence at Ferrari North America

Tableau Software — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST

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.

File System Inventory Summary Report: File Storage Usage for a Mid-sized Technology Company

F5 Networks, Inc. — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

"Company ABC" is a successful enterprise with an annual storage growth rate of 70%, and a series of data management challenges. Check out this report to see what they uncovered by conducting a file system inventory -- and how they used that information to reduce costs and improve data management

Using Configuration Audit & Control to Meet Compliance and Improve Operations

Tripwire, Inc. — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

CAPITAL Card Services wanted a solution that could help automate compliance, improve best practices and reduce unplanned work to meet this requirement it turned on to Tripwire as a result Capital was able to reduced unplanned work by 75%.

There Is No Execution without Integration: MES Adoption Drives Performance

SAP AG — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

Many manufacturers today are getting caught on the wrong side of a technology adoption wave that is quickly gaining momentum. This benchmark study is a roadmap for reducing overall manufacturing costs through the utilization of manufacturing technologies.

Global Manufacturing Operations Management

Apriso Corporation — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

This paper explains how a common platform can provide the basis for not only managing manufacturing operations, but also quality and inventory across global supplier networks.

Augmenting the Value of ERP to Achieve the Perfect Plant

Apriso Corporation — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

This paper reviews multiple compelling issues of establishing and maintaining connectivity to manufacturing operations to achieve the Perfect Plant through an existing ERP system.

Achieve Fuel Distribution Excellence - Drive Efficiency And Growth With Integrated Solutions

SAP America Inc — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

The SAP for Oil & Gas solution portfolio provides functionality that gives fuel marketers and distributors visibility into their distribution network, integrates customer information, and automates processes to improve efficiency, forecast accuracy, and adaptability.

Bankinter turns to Intel & reg; Core & trade;2 Processor with vPro & trade; technology to ...

Intel Technology Provider — Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

Bankinter, a multichannel bank, chose to work together with Intel and Infogroup in order to benefit from Intel® Core™ 2 Processor with vPro™ technology which it believed could meet its desktop platform manageability challenge.

Five CIO Challenges Addressed by Better Change Management

IBM — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST

In today's fast-paced, highly competitive world, change is inevitable. This white paper addresses five of the most important change management challenges that CIOs have to meet and how organizations can turn these challenges into a business advantage.

The Performance Manager: Turning Information Into Higher Business Performance

IBM — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

Download this white paper for an extensive summary of The Performance Manager, Proven Strategies for Turning Information into Higher Business Performance, a book that examines the partnership between decision-makers and the people who provide them with information to drive better decisions.

Still Struggling to Reduce Call Center Costs without Losing Customers & #63;

SAP America Inc — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

Efficient call centers that also meet customer expectations is a challenge that many organizations face. Discover the key steps to turning your call center into a strategic asset.

Operational BI: Getting Real Time About Performance

SAP AG — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

This report provides a roadmap for the strategies and capabilities that Best-in-Class companies are employing to improve operational performance.

Clearing the Way for Faster, Smarter Decisions: Instant, Accurate Information Drives ...

SAP AG — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

This paper examines how you can gain reliable, accessible information from efficient, integrated IT systems – and use that information to make faster, smarter decisions. In turn, the right decisions will lead to better operations and a stronger competitive position.

Intelligent Metrics Ensures Success

IFS — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

Read how GED Integrated Solutions went through the process of identifying and implementing metrics to drive its business process improvement program in 2002 and has since learned many important lessons in how to track and leverage business metrics to improve operational performance.

Understanding and Managing Supply Chain Risk

SAP America Inc — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST

Download this white paper and explore new thinking on potential risk to global supply chains and how companies are adopting the statistical methods more commonly associated with finance and insurance. Learn how identifying and profiling risk variables, quantifying risk and using IT solutions can create higher resilience for supply chain management.