WHITE PAPER - On-premises software and SaaS vendors looking to provide BI and analytics functionality have a choice to develop their own components or to partner with an existing BI and analytics vendor. In this white paper, IDC presents evidence showing that a partnership with SAP can result in rapid ROI, improved productivity, innovation and more!
Posted: November 16, 2009 | Published: November 16, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Warehouses | Partnerships | Reporting Software | ROI | SaaS ERP | SAP (Product) | Software as a Service

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

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

WHITE PAPER - Paralleling the explosion in materiel sourcing over the past decade, corporate supply chains have grown strikingly more complex because of a greater amount of outsourcing, increased globalization and a more complex regulatory environment.
Posted: November 5, 2009 | Published: November 5, 2009


Topics:  Supply Chain Automation | Supply Chain Collaboration | Supply Chain Event Management | Supply Chain Event Management Software | Supply Chain Execution | Supply Chain Integration | Supply Chain Intelligence | Supply Chain Management | Supply Chain Software | Supply Chains

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)

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 - For manufacturers today, achieving strategic goals requires not only intimately understanding technology and markets but also overcoming higher hurdles that have been exacerbated by trends toward globalization and outsourcing. Read on to learn more about how your company can achieve product and service leadership.
Posted: October 21, 2009 | Published: October 21, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Process Management | Business Processes | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Industry | Manufacturing Industry Organizations | PLM | Product Development | Product Life Cycles | Product Management

WHITE PAPER - The need to keep product and service offerings fresh is not a new concept in business today, but the new approach is involving a network of business partners and even customers in their quest to innovate. This process is called "continuous product and service innovation."
Posted: October 21, 2009 | Published: October 21, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Management | Business Processes | ERP | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Industry | Manufacturing Industry Organizations | Manufacturing Systems | PLM | Product Life Cycles | Product Management

EBOOK - Find out how to tap into a long-running program with over 750 OEM partners worldwide, and make SAP BusinessObjects market leading BI platform your own.
Posted: October 13, 2009 | Published: October 13, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Dashboards | OEMs | Reporting Software | ROI | SAP (Product) | Software as a Service

CASE STUDY - Find out how CA used the same SAP BusinessObjects tool across multiple products to reduce their customers' costs and reduce the time it takes them to create their own customized reports.
Posted: October 13, 2009 | Published: October 13, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | CRM | CRM Analytics | Customer Data Integration | Reporting Software | SAP (Product)

CASE STUDY - Find out how Picis incorporated business intelligence (BI) reporting and analysis technology from SAP BusinessObjects in the development of the Picis CareSuite family of products. You'll also learn how they comprise best practice applications for automating and documenting their business and clinical processes in their acute care departments.
Posted: October 13, 2009 | Published: October 13, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Process Automation | Business Processes | Customer Data Integration | Customer Data Management | Health Care Industry | Reporting Software | SAP (Product)

CASE STUDY - Find out how Acxiom, specializing in providing customer and information management solutions for companies around the world, uses SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) solutions to transform consumer data into actionable BI.
Posted: October 13, 2009 | Published: October 13, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | CRM | Customer Data Integration | Customer Data Management | Data Warehouses | Databases | Reporting Software | SAP (Product)

CASE STUDY - Find out how Investlink used SAP BusinessObjects tools to enable third-party administrators who work with investment advisors and plan sponsors to build and change statements on an ad hoc basis.
Posted: October 12, 2009 | Published: October 12, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | CRM | Data Warehouse Architectures | Data Warehouses | Reporting Software | SAP (Product)