WHITE PAPER - The SAP BusinessObjects Spend Performance Management application provides full visibility into direct and indirect spend, and helps companies proactively identify cost savings opportunities and supply risks, reduce costs, maintain supply continuity, and increase spend under management.
Posted: November 5, 2009 | Published: November 5, 2009


Topics:  ERP | ERP Software | Procurement | Spend Management | Spend Management Software | Supply Chain Intelligence | Supply Chain Management

WHITE PAPER - Read this white paper from SAP for an interview with Kathleen Wilhide, research director of IDC’s Compliance and Business Performance Management Solutions program.
Posted: November 5, 2009 | Published: October 8, 2008


Topics:  Analytic Applications Software | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | ERP | ERP Software | Procurement | SAP (Product)

WHITE PAPER - This white paper gives four tips to help you bring lean supply chain improvements to your manufacturing operation. Additionally, it discusses six technology tools that help automate these lean supply chain practices.
Posted: June 19, 2009 | Published: June 19, 2009


Topics:  Enterprise Resource Management | ERP | ERP Software | Lean Production | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Software | Manufacturing Systems | Procurement | Sales Order Management | Supply Chain Management | Supply Chain Software | Supply Chains

WHITE PAPER - In this white paper, StarCite presents its latest industry research about where corporations stand when it comes to travel and meetings integration - and a roadmap for companies ready to reap the rewards of an integrated approach.
Posted: March 10, 2009 | Published: March 9, 2009


Topics:  Cost Benefit Analysis | Enterprise Resource Management | Procurement | Strategic Planning | Teleconferencing Services | Travel and Expense Management Software | Videoconferencing Services | Web Conferencing Services

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper looks at the ecological impact of a business's entire IT infrastructure and provides the CIO with a holistic prospective to a business's carbon footprint.
Posted: February 18, 2009 | Published: February 18, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Power Management | Data Centers | Hardware | Investments | IT Infrastructure | Procurement | Server Consolidation | Supply Chains

WHITE PAPER - Sourcing and procurement organizations have great potential to reduce costs, contribute to the bottom line, and deliver against enterprise strategic goals.
Posted: January 26, 2009 | Published: January 23, 2009


Topics:  Collaboration | ERP | Inventory Management | Procurement | Supply Chains | TCO

WHITE PAPER - In studying the best practices in strategic meeting management, there's proven evidence that a "managed" meetings program can generate significant and immediate cost savings for corporations of all sizes.
Posted: August 29, 2008 | Published: August 29, 2008


Topics:  Procurement | Spend Management | Strategic Planning

WHITE PAPER - Here is a list of 5 guidelines that companies should keep in mind as they create their spend management program: Data Consolidation, Preferred Vendor Program, Legal Oversight, Company-wide Visibility and Coordination.
Posted: August 29, 2008 | Published: August 29, 2008


Topics:  Legal Environment | Procurement | Spend Management

WHITE PAPER - Aberdeen research has found that although both the mid-market and large sectors have similar performance results and organizational structures for meetings management, large organizations are better positioned for long-term success.
Posted: August 29, 2008 | Published: August 29, 2008


Topics:  Procurement | Spend Management | Strategic Planning