WHITE PAPER - This paper explores the reporting challenges faced by organizations and examines the many benefits of automated U.S. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) reporting systems.
Posted: November 19, 2009 | Published: November 19, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | CIOs | Dashboards | Data Management | Financial Management | Financial Metrics | Financial Reporting | Reporting Software | SAP (Product)

WHITE PAPER - CFOs at large hospitals must process enormous amounts of information to make quick strategic decisions. This paper will explore the decision-making challenges faced by CFOs and examine the many benefits of solutions that accelerate insight.
Posted: November 19, 2009 | Published: November 19, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | CFOs | Dashboards | Data Integration | Financial Management | Financial Metrics | Financial Reporting | Operational Metrics (Systems) | SAP (Product)

WHITE PAPER - In order to work effectively, the CFO needs a single unified view that integrates data from multiple data sources and key performance indicators (KPIs), and places them in the context of strategic goals and financial plans.
Posted: October 30, 2009 | Published: October 30, 2009


Topics:  CFOs | Data Management | Financial Applications Software | Financial Management | Financial Metrics | Financial Reporting | IT Management | Small Businesses | SMBs

WHITE PAPER - Find out how leading financial enterprises are turning to sophisticated data warehousing techniques, real-time analytics, improved data quality, and intelligent metrics to find competitive advantage.
Posted: October 12, 2009 | Published: June 30, 2008


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Business Intelligence | Data Management | Data Quality | Data Warehouse Architectures | Data Warehouses | Financial Industry Organizations | Financial Metrics | Globalization

WHITE PAPER - How does a firm or fund manager assess his/her research management needs and choose the best solution? This document helps by identifying pain points in the research workflow that RMS must address, describing how RMS supports investment process and decision making, and highlighting key features to consider when evaluating RMS solutions.
Posted: August 10, 2009 | Published: December 31, 2008


Topics:  Compliance (Finance) | Financial Metrics | Financial Reporting | Financial Services Industry | Information Management | Investments | Research and Development

WHITE PAPER - This Report, which summarizes detailed data from a field study conducted exclusively for AMR Research SAP Peer Forum clients, was written to help business audiences looking for every opportunity to reduce the total business expenses of their huge, existing investments in SAP.
Posted: June 24, 2009 | Published: June 24, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Management | Enterprise Resource Management | ERP | Financial Metrics | Inventory Management | Manufacturing | SAP (Product) | Supply Chain Management

WHITE PAPER - Given the dramatic events in the capital markets, everyone is wondering what will happen next - and what the implications are for the wider economy. This paper will discuss challenges facing companies and how to respond.
Posted: June 8, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2008


Topics:  Balance Sheets | Balanced Scorecards | Capital Expenditures | CFOs | Economic Environment | Financial Industry Organizations | Financial Management | Financial Metrics | Financial Reporting | Financial Systems | Financing | Investments | Portfolio Management (Finance)

WHITE PAPER - This SAP Executive Insight examines the changing role of the finance organization in today's business environment. Further, it describes how companies can develop best-run finance organizations.
Posted: June 8, 2009 | Published: June 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Metrics | Business Models | Business Performance Management | CEOs | CFOs | CIOs | Financial Management | Financial Metrics | Financial Transaction Processing | Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

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