ANALYST BRIEF - Take take a fresh look at SAP's Software as a Service (SaaS) solution. Read this Aberdeen Analyst Insight by Cindy Jutras and learn why she is convinced that SAP Business ByDesign is real.
Posted: July 21, 2009 | Published: May 22, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Process Management | ERP | ERP Software | SaaS ERP | SAP (Product) | Software as a Service

ANALYST BRIEF - The SAP BusinessObjects Electronic Invoicing for Brazil (SAP BusinessObjects Nota Fiscal Eletronica) application helps companies that do business in Brazil meet digital invoice regulations. The application enables automated, certified, and secure communication with government systems at the state and federal level.
Posted: November 5, 2009 | Published: November 5, 2009


Topics:  Billing Services | Billing Software | Billing Systems | Business Intelligence | Business Performance Management | Business Service Management | SAP (Product)

ANALYST REPORT - 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.
Posted: June 5, 2009 | Published: November 12, 2007


Topics:  Agile Manufacturing | Business Intelligence | CEOs | CFOs | CIOs | ERP | Lean Production

ANALYST REPORT - To find out how senior executives view their financial processes, the Economist Intelligence Unit surveyed a global sample of mostly financial executives in September 2008. Some respondents focused on the importance of developing processes that reduced costs and improved efficiency. Others acknowledged the importance of cost and efficiency..
Posted: June 5, 2009 | Published: November 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Process Automation | CFOs | Chemical Industry | Consumer Packaged Goods Industry | Economic Environment | Financial Reporting | Financial Services | Financial Services Industry | Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) | Life Sciences Industry | Retail Trade Industry | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

ANALYST REPORT - This paper focuses on Global Trade Management (GTM) trends in chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing companies, with an emphasis on the challenges and solutions for Global Trade Compliance (GTC).
Posted: November 5, 2009 | Published: July 1, 2009


Topics:  Chemical Industry | FDA | FDA Compliance | Imports | Pharmaceutical Industry | Regulations | Regulatory Compliance | SAP (Product) | Supply Chain Management

ANALYST REPORT - This report serves as a roadmap for those attempting to match environmental and social stewardship to clear, actionable, and measureable improvements to their bottom lines – thus ensuring the sustainability of their business ecosystem.
Posted: September 28, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Dashboards | Environmental Compliance | Environmental Standards | EPA | ROI

ANALYST REPORT - In June 2008, CFO Research Services conducted a research program among senior finance executives in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The research looked at what kinds of alliances companies are forming and how finance sees itself working with internal and external partners to establish and assess successful alliances.
Posted: June 8, 2009 | Published: June 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Communications | Business Intelligence | Business IT Alignment | Business Management | Business Metrics | Business Models | Business Performance Management | Business Process Modeling | Business Processes | Business Systems | CEOs | CFOs | CIOs | Communications Networks | Financial Management | Financial Reporting

ANALYST REPORT - 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..
Posted: June 7, 2009 | Published: January 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Management | Communications Systems | Economic Environment | Globalization | Metadata | Research and Development | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

ANALYST REPORT - This report takes a close look at the capabilities of the software vendors that are addressing the Global Trade Management (GTM) market and summarizes their functionality and ability to address the different kinds of risk in the global supply chain.
Posted: November 5, 2009 | Published: November 5, 2009


Topics:  SAP (Product) | Software Selection | Supply Chain Automation | Supply Chain Management | Supply Chains | Surveys

ANALYST REPORT - As the key findings in this report will show, developing or enhancing a spend analysis program and closing process gaps to ensure tight linkage to the sourcing process are straightforward and practical ways to attain greater savings and deliver greater value in this period of uncertainty and strict budgets.
Posted: November 5, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Performance Management | Business Process Automation | Data Quality | Enterprise | Knowledge Management | Procurement | Spend Management | Surveys

BOOK - To avoid a 7.96% increase in logistics costs, companies should follow the roadmap of Best in Class companies, which have been able to reduce costs or keep them flat via supply chain transformation.
Posted: January 26, 2009 | Published: January 23, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Customer Service | ERP | Manufacturing | Supply Chains

BOOK - This report investigates the strategies, capabilities, and supporting technologies that Best-in-Class companies are employing to alleviate the pressure to accelerate the delivery of actionable information within their enterprises.
Posted: January 26, 2009 | Published: January 23, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Data Integration | Data Management | Data Storage | Information Management | Information Management Software | Knowledge Management | Productivity

BOOK - This whitepaper examines the role of ERP in Globalization in detail, outlining steps to improve current strategies to meet the changing face of the global business of today ...and tomorrow.
Posted: September 26, 2008 | Published: September 18, 2008


Topics:  ERP | Global Economy | Globalization | Localization | Manufacturing | Market Research | Offshore Outsourcing | SOA | Supply Chain Software | Supply Chains

BOOK - Enterprises that employ advanced sourcing strategies are positively impacting product development cycles and building stronger supplier relationships by making better, more informed decisions. Get the details in the results of this Aberdeen Group survey.
Posted: February 4, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2007


Topics:  Contract Management | ERP | ERP Software | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Execution Systems | Procurement | Strategic Planning | Supply Chain Management

CASE STUDY - 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.
Posted: January 26, 2009 | Published: January 23, 2009


Topics:  Best Practices | Business Activity Monitoring | Business Continuity Planning | Business Development | SOA | TCO | Web Services