WHITE PAPER - Read how SAP software can help your company manage risks and exploit operational and business opportunities regarding social, environmental, and economic sustainability.
Posted: July 22, 2009 | Published: June 3, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Business Structures | Risk Assessment | Risk Management

WHITE PAPER - This EIU global research report, based on survey of 320 executives, discusses current challenges and the importance of managing environmental risks.
Posted: July 22, 2009 | Published: June 5, 2009


Topics:  Compliance (Systems Operations) | Compliance Best Practices | Environmental Compliance | Environmental Industry | Environmental Law | Environmental Standards | Risk Assessment | Risk Management

WHITE PAPER - Examine lessons learned from the current financial crisis in this EIU report. The report proposes ten practical lessons that could help address perceived weaknesses in risk identification, assessment, and management.
Posted: July 22, 2009 | Published: July 15, 2009


Topics:  Data Security | Financial Management | Risk Assessment | Risk Management | Security | Security Management | Security Policies | Security Threats

WHITE PAPER - Find out why operational risk management is a rising priority for monitoring disparate and disconnected efforts in safety, environmental compliance, and asset use to provide better enterprisewide control and management accountability. Making substantial efforts today will improve risk mitigation and create an enduring competitive advantage.
Posted: July 21, 2009 | Published: November 12, 2008


Topics:  Environmental Compliance | Environmental Industry | Environmental Law | Environmental Standards | Risk Assessment | Risk Management | SAP (Product)

WHITE PAPER - With the economy down it is important for IT organizations to be as efficient as possible. This means that IT operations, those responsible for the product and health of the enterprise, must have full visibility and control over their resources - and of course, the technology to do so.
Posted: June 26, 2009 | Published: April 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Economic Environment | Investments | IT Governance | IT Management | Lean Production | Risk Management | Scalability Testing | Service Level Management

WHITE PAPER - 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.
Posted: June 5, 2009 | Published: June 5, 2009


Topics:  Branding | Business Process Management | CRM | Customer Loyalty | Customer Satisfaction | Economic Environment | Knowledge Management | Regulatory Compliance | Risk Management | SAP (Product)

WHITE PAPER - The term "financial close" describes a corporation's ability to complete its accounting cycles and produce financial statements for internal management and external legal reporting. This paper identifies solutions to help organizations improve and sustain their close times and address the challenges associated with automating internal controls
Posted: June 5, 2009 | Published: June 2, 2009


Topics:  Accounting | Business Performance Management | Compliance (Finance) | Financial Management | Financial Reporting | Financial Statements | Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) | Legal Compliance Software | Risk Assessment | Risk Management

WHITE PAPER - The Center for Healthcare Supply Chain Research (formerly the HDMA Research & Education Foundation) recently published an important study concerning data management and data sharing in the healthcare supply chain. This whitepaper discusses the key conclusions of their study.
Posted: June 5, 2009 | Published: June 2, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Management | Data Management | Data Quality | Data Visualization | Data Visualization Software | Health Care Applications Software | Health Care Industry | HIPAA Compliance | Regulatory Compliance | Risk Management | Supply Chain Management

WHITE PAPER - In February 2008, CFO Research Services, a unit of CFO Publishing and part of The Economist Group, began a research project with Business Objects, an SAP company, asking senior finance executives to give views on their priorities and challenges around integrating operational and financial planning processes.
Posted: June 5, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2008


Topics:  Balance Sheets | Business Intelligence | CFOs | Financial Industry Organizations | Financial Management | Financial Metrics | Financial Reporting | Financial Services | Financial Services Industry | Financial Systems | Risk Assessment | Risk Management | SAP (Product) | Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

WHITE PAPER - SAP® solutions for governance, risk, and compliance help you institutionalize compliance throughout the enterprise. Across operational, financial, global trade, and environmental compliance activities, you can reduce costs and risks while boosting productivity and increasing your competitive advantage.
Posted: June 4, 2009 | Published: June 2, 2009


Topics:  Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Business Process Management | Compliance (Finance) | Compliance Best Practices | Data Governance | Data Integration | Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) | Regulatory Compliance | Risk Assessment | Risk Management

WHITE PAPER - In this research, we examine the lessons that have been learnt from the current financial crisis, and propose ten practical lessons that could help to address perceived weaknesses in risk identification, assessment and management.
Posted: June 4, 2009 | Published: June 2, 2009


Topics:  Compliance (Finance) | Economic Environment | Financial Management | Financial Reporting | Regulatory Compliance | Reporting Software | Risk Assessment | Risk Management

WHITE PAPER - 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.
Posted: June 4, 2009 | Published: June 2, 2009


Topics:  Compliance (Finance) | Disaster Planning | Enterprise Resource Management | Financial Reporting | Payroll Software | Regulatory Compliance | Risk Assessment | Risk Management

WHITE PAPER - According to a September 2006 benchmarking survey conducted by the Americas' SAP Users' Group (ASUG) and SAP on governance, risk, and compliance (GRC ), most organizations today have a reactive approach to GRC management - a fire-drill method of channeling precious resources and management attention to address specific regulatory...
Posted: June 4, 2009 | Published: June 2, 2009


Topics:  Business Architectures | Business Intelligence | Business Structures | Compliance (Finance) | Data Governance | Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) | Regulatory Compliance | Risk Assessment | Risk Management | Supply Chain Intelligence

WHITE PAPER - A 2007 report conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) found that nine out of ten corporate executives admit to making important decisions on the basis of inadequate information. This whitepaper will discuss what information visibility can do for your organization as well as the three critical strategic areas of business decision making.
Posted: June 4, 2009 | Published: June 2, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business IT Alignment | Data Visualization | Data Visualization Software | Enterprise Resource Management | Information Management | Information Management Software | Information Retrieval Software | Information Standards | Information Storage and Retrieval Systems | Knowledge Management | Knowledge Management Software | Risk Management | SMBs

WHITE PAPER - This white paper will discuss what you can do to protect your company's data in case of an unexpected disaster. Having a disaster recovery plan is not only a smart business move, but in some cases it is mandatory for legal and regulatory reasons.
Posted: May 28, 2009 | Published: May 28, 2009


Topics:  Business Architectures | Business Continuity Planning | Business Management | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Data Security | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Risk Management | Systems Management