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Overview: SAP's vision is for companies of all sizes to become best-run businesses. Best-run businesses transform rigid value chains into dynamic business networks of customers, partners, and suppliers.
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A Better Bottom Line - Implementing Efficient Business Solutions by SAP AG
. February 01, 2008 - Efficient operations help you better control costs and enable you to offer
more competitive pricing and terms to your customers. SAP Business One, a single, affordable application designed for small businesses, lets you streamline operations, access accurate information quickly, and get a 360-degree view of key business areas.
A New Mandate for IT by SAP AG
. April 01, 2007 - Learn more about the changing role of IT in business. This report includes research targeted towards senior executives responsible for managing and deploying information technology in pursuit of business objectives.
Achieve Fuel Distribution Excellence - Drive Efficiency And Growth With Integrated Solutions by SAP AG
. June 01, 2008 - 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.
Achieve Fuel Distribution Excellence: Drive Efficiency and Growth with Integrated Solutions by SAP AG
. January 23, 2009 - 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.
Achieving Sustained Growth through Operational Excellence by SAP AG
. June 02, 2009 - Operational excellence is a simple concept with complex implications. Consistently doing things well across every element of the value chain is clear enough in principle. The ultimate goal is a "single source of truth" where senior executives have shared visibility into all parts of the organization, enabling management by facts.
Assess Your Enterprise Agility by SAP AG
. November 12, 2007 - Forrester reports that CEOs are beginning to recognize the need for their firms to become more agile in detecting and making the changes to strategy, operations, and products.
Best Practices in Complex Equipment Manufacturing, Sales, and Service by SAP AG
. January 23, 2009 - 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.
Best Practices of the Best-Run Sales Organizations by SAP AG
. June 01, 2009 - Leadership teams in today's strongest sales groups have discovered best practices to achieve exponential results. This SAP Executive Insight looks at leading-edge companies and examines how they excel in areas where most sales organizations struggle.
Best Practices of the Best-Run Sales Organizations: Sales Opportunity Blueprinting by SAP AG
. April 27, 2009 - Leadership teams in today's strongest sales groups have discovered best practices to achieve exponential results. This SAP Executive Insight looks at leading-edge companies and examines how they excel in areas where most sales organizations struggle.
Beyond Supply Chain Visibility: Response Management Is the Key by SAP AG
. September 17, 2008 - Supply chain visibility ranks as one of the top two application focus areas for companies as part of their supply chain technology investment plans. Supply chain executives view visibility as the main goal for supply chain executives within supply chain initiatives. Read this paper for more.
Business Intelligence for the Small to Medium Sized Business (SMB) by SAP AG
. June 02, 2009 - Based on feedback from almost 650 end-user organizations, this report serves as a roadmap for SMBs looking to improve their analytical capability and achieve Best-in-Class performace through the deployment of BI.
Business Intelligence: A Guide for Midsize Companies—Improving Your Company’s Efficiency and Effectiveness, No Matter Its Size by SAP AG
. September 01, 2009 - While your company has continued to improve its operating efficiencies, you feel your company should be spending more time analyzing what's going on and predicting and planning for the future. This white paper from SAP offers guidance on how to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of your company with business intelligence.
Business Intelligence: Actionable Insights for Business Decision Makers by SAP AG
. January 23, 2009 - To gain greater business insight and transparency, organizations urgently require a new generation of business intelligence tools and applications that allows cross-enterprise, interenterprise and external data to be integrated and analyzed.
Business Network Transformation: Rethinking Relationships in a Global Economy by SAP AG
. January 01, 2008 - The ability to operate effectively in business networks, be they coordinated or collaborative, is critical to sustaining competitive advantage in a commoditizing global economy. By focusing on their unique core capabilities, business network participants spend less on duplication and more on innovation, resulting in higher degrees of..
Channel Sales Management: New Applications for High-Tech Vendors by SAP AG
. January 23, 2009 - Channel management is a pressing issue for high-tech manufacturers that sell through partners. IDC believes that companies that leverage channels partners should begin to integrate channel management into broader corporate infrastructure applications that include the supply chain and potentially PLM applications.
Clearing the Way for Faster, Smarter Decisions: Instant, Accurate Information Drives Competitive Edge by SAP AG
. December 17, 2007 - 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.
Compliant Manufacturing Operations In Life Sciences Companies by SAP AG
. June 02, 2009 - With compliant manufacturing operations, you can deliver quality products to customers consistently and meet good manufacturing practices regulations at the lowest cost possible - all key to leading the competition. How can you achieve such objectives? With software and services from SAP and our partners.
CRM without Compromise: A Strategy for Profitable Growth by SAP AG
. April 01, 2007 - This white paper describes the concept of “CRM without compromise,” elucidating how organizations can maximize their results by taking a more structured, holistic approach to CRM across the enterprise to gain a competitive advantage and profitable growth.
Customer Relationship Management (SAP CRM) Application: Maximize Service Profitability by SAP AG
. January 23, 2009 - The SAP® Customer Relationship Management (SAP CRM) application maximizes the value from each customer by keeping profitable customers loyal, decreasing service costs by increasing efficiency, and increasing service revenue.
Data Quality: A Survival Guide For Marketing by SAP AG
. June 02, 2009 - Direct marketing is about communicating a message to a specific prospect or customer. This white paper from Business Objects, an SAP company, focuses on these concepts as they pertain to marketing, and particularly as they are supported by data quality functions inside of the broader EIM framework.
Delivering Customer Value: Innovative Approaches to Maintain Competitive Success by SAP AG
. July 01, 2007 - This paper explores the concepts of sales growth in relation to understanding who your customers are, connecting a go-to-market strategy with technology, and using technology to sharpen internal practices.
Developing A Universal Approach To Cleansing Customer And Product Data by SAP AG
. June 02, 2009 - Data quality has always been an important issue for companies, and this
is even more the case today. This paper reviews current industry problems concerning data quality, and takes a detailed look at how companies are addressing quality problems with customer, product, and other types of corporate data.
Differentiation through Service Excellence Driving Customer Loyalty and Service Profitability by SAP AG
. September 17, 2008 - The importance of achieving service excellence is growing. Products are increasingly becoming commodities, and CEOs are recognizing that first-rate service is crucial to enhancing customer satisfaction. This paper explores the crucial links between customer service and customer satisfaction.
Driving Operations through Better, Faster Decision Making by SAP AG
. October 30, 2009 - Software can't tell you how to beat the competition, but it can determine which products and services have the greatest profit margin, who are the most productive employees, or how many pairs of socks customers buy when they purchase particular styles of shoes. Having accurate, timely data takes the guesswork out of the decision-making process.
Driving Your Channel Business: Leverage Information Technology to Improve Partner Relationships and Boost Channel Performance by SAP AG
. September 17, 2008 - This white paper discusses key channel business trends, highlights the complexities and challenges of different channel models.
Enabling Organic Growth by SAP AG
. September 17, 2008 - Discover why organic growth is the means to achieving continuous, profitable growth, and find out how your company can address some of the most common challenges in the quest to achieve it.
Energizing Utilities For The Economic Stimulus Plan: Strategies For Greater Energy Efficiency and Sustainability by SAP AG
. June 02, 2009 - This SAP Executive Insight examines specific concerns that confront utility executives in today's economy. Further, it describes how gaining greater business visibility and transparency can enable organizations to execute decisively and effectively in this challenging climate.
Ensuring Successful Manufacturing Execution in the Fabless Semiconductor Model by SAP AG
. September 17, 2008 - The number of semiconductor companies adopting a fabless manufacturing model continues to increase. And to thrive in this highly competitive market, the fabless company must produce the best product designs for its intended
market. This SAP Executive Insight examines the growing trend toward the fabless manufacturing model.
Get Closer To Your Best Customers: A Shift In Customer Strategies In A Time Of Crisis by SAP AG
. June 02, 2009 - The extraordinary circumstances of the current economic crisis have changed the operating rules for companies of every size, in every industry. Companies now face a unique opportunity to reexamine traditional business practices and make much-needed changes - changes that will help them survive the downturn and flourish with the inevitable up...
Getting Value from Industry Best Practices the High-Tech Supply Chain Challenge by SAP AG
. September 18, 2008 - Supply chain operations play a vital role in the success of any consumer or high-tech original equipment manufacturer (OEM). This SAP Executive Insight examines how the adoption of industry best practices can add value to your organization.
Giving Service Companies a Fast Start by SAP AG
. March 10, 2009 - Learn how the SAP Business All-in-One fast-start program can provide service companies like yours with a software solution that helps you respond quickly to customers' expectations of high-quality, differentiated services to help you maintain services relationships - with predictable costs, and low total cost of ownership.
Giving Trade Companies a Fast Start by SAP AG
. March 10, 2009 - Whether you are a wholesale distributor of furniture, machinery, chemicals, or food and beverages, your success depends on how quickly you adapt to demands from customers and suppliers. You must constantly differentiate your services from the competition while improving operating efficiencies and controlling costs.
High-Tech Industries: The Supply Chain Executive's Strategic Agenda by SAP AG
. September 18, 2008 - This paper explores the concerns and process roadmap of supply chain executives in high-tech industries.
How Technology Can Help You Expand Your Business by SAP AG
. December 01, 2007 - Your company's growing fast. Your days are consumed with the flurry of activities it takes to manage that expansion. With the right business management software, you can integrate your business, improve customer service, make more informed business decisions, and move into online sales.
Intelligent Merchandising: Creating a Unique Shopping Experience, Part 1 by SAP AG
. May 01, 2007 - Learn how you can how you can hook customers with fresh, unusual and relevant shopping experiences. Drive customer loyalty by training, empowering and providing employees with the technical tools to capture the nuances of customer behavior.
Intelligent Merchandising: Creating a Unique Shopping Experience, Part 2 by SAP AG
. August 01, 2007 - Anticipating customer needs is a better predictor of success than just responding to what customers say they want. Read this white paper to learn how you can create a unique customer experience by anticipating customers' lifestyle needs and demands.
Intelligent Merchandising: Creating a Unique Shopping Experience, Part 3 by SAP AG
. August 01, 2007 - The amount of customer information available grows every day. Learn why it is critical for you to analyze and understand customer information in order to draw meaningful conclusions about consumer lifestyles, buying habits and shopping behaviors.
IT Excellence: Achieving Optimised Business Outcomes by SAP AG
. February 01, 2007 - Information technology is ubiquitous in organizations, but what distinguishes top-notch IT from merely adequate IT? Read this article written by the Economist, to learn how leading companies enable IT to perform optimally.
Making Strategy Real by SAP AG
. September 25, 2009 - How can management communicate business strategy effectively and assure that the entire organization has bought in to the strategy and is aligned behind it? Business performance optimization systems are an important tool for success.
Operational BI: Getting Real Time About Performance by SAP AG
. December 28, 2007 - This report provides a roadmap for the strategies and capabilities that Best-in-Class companies are employing to improve operational performance.
Operational Excellence: The New Lever of Profitability and Competitive Advantage by SAP AG
. January 01, 2009 - The paper provides valuable evidence about the benefits of achieving aligned operational excellence. In it you'll discover why companies that build and align their operational capabilities for strategic advantage earn a distinct execution premium in their business performance.
Protecting and Nurturing Your Brand: Maintain and Grow Brand Value in a Time of Crisis by SAP AG
. June 05, 2009 - There are many elements that impact a company's brand. Concentrating on a select few lets you control financial investment while maximizing the returned benefit. This SAP Executive Insight focuses on efforts that target a key set of brand-related opportunities and describes how companies can strengthen brand value even in a recession.
Ready Access to Real-Time Data Helps Small Businesses Thrive by SAP AG
. February 01, 2008 - Today there is new and affordable technology that enables small businesses to access current data from any location, respond quickly to change, and thrive in a volatile business environment. A good example of this technology is the
SAP® Business One application. Read this white paper to learn more!
Reducing Costs with Efficient Operations: A Fast Track to More Working Capital by SAP AG
. July 01, 2007 - Untamed costs can deplete the precious working capital that's critical to your ongoing operations and new expansions. By instituting efficient automated
processes throughout your organization, you can reduce waste, unnecessary
overtime, and a host of other cost factors.
Responding Quickly to Changing Markets: Anticipate, Adapt, Excel by SAP AG
. January 23, 2009 - This paper examines how to tap into the potential of your nimbler organization by instituting efficient operations. Learn how to predict and respond quickly to changing market trends and customer demands.
Retail Today: Understand Customers, Anticipate Needs, and Inspire Loyalty by SAP AG
. December 01, 2007 - Read how the software and tools SAP provides can help retailers succeed today by understanding their customers, anticipating their needs, and inspiring their loyalty as long-term customers by meeting those needs as they arise.
Riding the Growth Wave: Leveraging Economies of Scale by SAP AG
. April 01, 2008 - This paper examines how an integrated information technology solution can help
you take advantage of economies of scale to boost manufacturing utilization,
enhance service levels, and improve the efficiency of your sales and administrative activities.
Running and Optimizing IT: A Best Practice Approach by SAP AG
. June 02, 2009 - The results of this survey show that the highest priorities are focused not on
technology but on the ability of IT to deliver services that provide value for customers and end users.
Sales and Operations Planning: The Key to Continuous Demand Satisfaction by SAP AG
. March 01, 2007 - Find out how leading companies are designing their sales and operations planning (S&OP) processes to continuously monitor and meet customer demand.
SAP NETWEAVER BPM - Industry Trend Reports by SAP AG
. January 01, 2009 - Business process management provides a new management discipline, a new suite of software technologies and tools, and a new IT implementation style based on concrete links between strategy and execution. This white paper explains SAP's place in the BPM landscape and describes its new offering in that arena, NetWeaver BPM.
SAP® Business All-in-One Fast-Start Program: Creating Affordable, Flexible Solutions for Faster Value by SAP AG
. February 08, 2008 - The SAP® Business All-in-One fast-start program enables you to configure a solution online, obtain an estimate of costs, and implement the solution quickly and cost-effectively. It delivers rapid time to value and lets you tailor the solution to meet your changing needs, protecting your long-term investment.
Still Struggling to Reduce Call Center Costs without Losing Customers? by SAP AG
. February 01, 2008 - 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.
Streamline Your Business, Accelerate Your Growth: Using an Affordable Application Built for Small Businesses by SAP AG
. October 26, 2009 - 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.
Supply Chain Cost-Cutting Strategies by SAP AG
. August 07, 2009 - Maintain operational efficiency while cutting supply chain costs with new approaches, technologies, and methodologies. Third party logistics providers, radio frequency identification rentals, and attribute-based demand planning can help you reduce supply chain costs and boost customer satisfaction.
The Challenge to Achieve Perfect Order Management by SAP AG
. January 23, 2009 - Superior order management can be a competitive edge across the board, improving customer satisfaction and retention as well as your bottom line and top line.
The Profitability Perspective: How Automated Reporting Drives Better Decisions by SAP AG
. June 02, 2009 - Driving sustainable growth requires profitability-focused planning and performance management. This special study highlights some key survey findings, which collectively show that profitability reporting is increasing in importance and the use of technology and more sophisticated costing and reporting solutions is high on the agendas of many...
The Responsive Supply Chain: Managing Market Events in the Consumer Goods Industry by SAP AG
. September 18, 2008 - This report focuses on the market events that impact demand. It explains the six market event categories that cannot be controlled but can be effectively managed if the right processes and technologies are in place.
The Two Faces of Risk by SAP AG
. June 02, 2009 - Traditional approaches to risk management emphasize mitigation, focusing on
the readily apparent risks facing a company in the areas of security, privacy,
credit, regulatory, technology, fraud and more. These threats are, of course, important and must be addressed.
Top 10 Reasons Customers Choose SAP for Business Transformation by SAP AG
. January 01, 2006 - SAP is a customer’s company, whose organization is designed for, and encouraging of, innovation in all its aspects - from product development to product delivery to product implementation. Read this white paper to discover the top 10 reasons why customers choose SAP for their business transformation.
Under the Spotlight: The transition of environmental risk management by SAP AG
. June 05, 2009 - This EIU global research report, based on survey of 320 executives, discusses current challenges and the importance of managing environmental risks.
Using Market Influence to Grow Your Business: Collaborate with Partners and Win More Customers by SAP AG
. April 01, 2008 - This paper looks at ways in which an integrated information technology solution can help you keep on top of your chosen markets and sustain growth.
Using Master Data in Business Intelligence by SAP AG
. March 01, 2007 - This paper reviews the current status of master data management (MDM) and offers suggestions for planning, building, and deploying an MDM environment. It examines how the MDM environment can be used in conjunction with BI applications and an underlying data warehousing environment to improve the decision-making process.
Using Talent Supply Chain Management to Overcome Challenges in the Professional Services Market by SAP AG
. January 01, 2007 - Discover how implementing an integrated talent supply chain management environment can help professional services providers enhance revenues by improving delivery performance and speeding client response.
Warehouse Management Today: Balancing Financial Pressures and Growing Demands by SAP AG
. January 23, 2009 - This paper explains why a warehouse management system (WMS) is one of the key technologies required to create a successful adaptive supply chain network. This system enables the extended warehouse to sense and respond to a variety of business requirements and meet complex and changing customer needs.
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