SmartBiz IT Research Library

WHITE PAPER - A business process is defined as a set of related activities that produce either a service or a product, the idea behind BPM is to line up these processes with the goals of a department or company.
Posted: November 12, 2008 | Published: November 12, 2008


Topics:  Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Business Service Management | ERP | SOA | Software as a Service

WHITE PAPER - This paper focuses on the automation of accounts payable processes - a task that used to be largely paper-based and cumbersome.
Posted: October 27, 2008 | Published: October 27, 2008


Topics:  Accounting Software | Business Integration | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Business Process Automation | Business Process Automation Software | EDI | ERP | SAP (Product) | XML

WHITE PAPER - Read this paper to learn how enterprise planning must be built on the ability to operate across an organization, to collaborate across business lines and to access large volumes of enterprise data.
Posted: September 25, 2008 | Published: September 25, 2008


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Business Systems | CRM | Data Warehouses | ERP | SAP (Product)

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper explains how forwardthinking CIOs will leverage both the brains of performance management and the brawn of ERP to stay ahead of the curve.
Posted: September 25, 2008 | Published: September 25, 2008


Topics:  Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | CIOs | Data Collection | ERP | Reporting Software | SAP (Product)

WHITE PAPER - An operational BI system should be focused on influencing the interaction with your customer to provide benefit to both the customer and your business. It also lends itself to a fairly direct ROI.
Posted: September 17, 2008 | Published: September 17, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence Software | Business IT Alignment | Business Performance Management | Customer Service | Dashboards | OLAP

WHITE PAPER - This white paper describes some of the missteps and lessons learned from implementing automated performance management and what companies can do to avoid them.
Posted: September 15, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2007


Topics:  Applications Management | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Business Process Automation | Change Management | Compensation | Human Resources Services | Software Implementation

WHITE PAPER - Manufacturing operations main goal is to reduce the total cost of manufacturing. This paper explains how such a platform can provide the basis for not only managing manufacturing operations, but also quality and inventory across global supplier networks.
Posted: September 11, 2008 | Published: September 11, 2008


Topics:  Business Performance Management | ERP | Global Economy | Globalization | Manufacturing Execution Systems | Manufacturing Industry | Manufacturing Software | Supply Chain Event Management | Supply Chain Event Management Software | Supply Chain Execution | Supply Chain Integration

WHITE PAPER - Maintaining strong business performance and customer loyalty require continual vigilance and assessment and performance tools. Read this paper to learn five steps to improve business performance and increase customer loyalty.
Posted: September 4, 2008 | Published: September 4, 2008


Topics:  Business Performance Management | Customer Loyalty | ERP | Inventory Management | Product Life Cycles | Product Management | Quality Control | Supply Chains | Warehouse Management

WHITE PAPER - Download this white paper to learn about a solution that allows businesses to be able to continuously access, capture, maintain and reuse the key information that improves business performance and creates a sustainable competitive advantage.
Posted: August 21, 2008 | Published: August 15, 2008


Topics:  Application Integration | Authentication | Business Performance Management | Collaboration | Enterprise Content Management | Social Computing | Social Networking

WHITE PAPER - This paper discusses CA's commitment to improving the business value of CA Datacom through continued investment to sustain the solution's performance and availability advantages.
Posted: August 6, 2008 | Published: March 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Performance Management | Customer Data Management | Database Management | OLTP | SOA

WHITE PAPER - At least 60% of all network problems can be directly traced to implementing changes. In this white paper learn about strategy and solutions while implementing new technologies and maintaining live 24/7 operation.
Posted: June 16, 2008 | Published: March 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Performance Management | Enterprise Systems | Network Configuration Management | Network Management | Network Performance Management Software | SLA | VoIP | WAN

WHITE PAPER - This paper provides a brief summary of the significant forces that are reshaping the workplace that present both exciting opportunities and serious threats.
Posted: June 16, 2008 | Published: June 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Environment | Business Performance Management | Change Management | Compensation | Human Resources Services | Human Resources Software | Information Management | Workforce Planning

WHITE PAPER - This paper analyzes the issues of conventional data warehouse design process and explains how this practice can be improved using a business-model-driven process in support of effective Business Intelligence.
Posted: June 4, 2008 | Published: June 1, 2008


Topics:  Architectures | Business Models | Business Performance Management | Communications Systems | Data Modeling | Data Warehouses | Enterprise | Master Data Management

WHITE PAPER - The key to addressing the entire performance management challenge is to start with the fundamentals - the way baselines and thresholds are handled.
Posted: April 21, 2008 | Published: April 1, 2008


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Application Performance Management Software | Business Performance Management | Business Service Management Software | Enterprise | Hardware Management | IT Infrastructure | Network Traffic Analysis | Service Level Management | Strategic Planning

WHITE PAPER - Take a look at how organizations are taking strides to align business strategy with actual initiatives, projects, and daily activities - in short, to close the gap between strategy and execution.
Posted: March 24, 2008 | Published: November 1, 2007


Topics:  Best Practices | Business IT Alignment | Business Performance Management | IT Best Practices | Strategic Planning