Beyond Job Scheduling: The Road to Enterprise Process Automation
[ Source: UC4 Software ]
May 2008-
The relentless pace of today’s business environment and its enormous pressures on IT staff has made it critical for corporate business systems to become more responsive and reliable. End-user expectations for reliability and speed grow dramatically as more and more users have come in contact with a wider array of software applications.
The rise of the web has proven to be the ultimate nemesis for the so-called ‘batch window’ – that nightly ....
Business-Driven IT for SAP - The Model Information Flow
[ Source: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ]
January 2008-
IT environments are becoming more dynamic, from the business side as well as from the infrastructure side. The ability to incorporate change faster, more efficiently and reliably has become a measure of quality of enterprise IT organizations. This paper presents the Model Information Flow. It is part of collaboration between HP Labs and SAP Research. The goal of the collaboration is to explore new approaches of design and management of enterprise applications in virtualized IT ....
mySAP ERP 2005
[ Source: SAP ]
January 2008-
SAP has launched a new-generation ERP solution, mySAP ERP. Its service-oriented architecture provides greater flexibility, seamless business integration and an increased capacity for innovation across the enterprise all of which represent significant competitive advantages. This paper summarizes key business benefits and new functions of mySAP ERP 2005. SAP provides a comprehensive set of documents, tools, and services to support customers in the planning, preparation and execution of an upgrade to mySAP ERP, ensuring maximum ROI ....
ERP For IT And Tooling For Automation
[ Source: Cornerstone Technology BV ]
March 2009-
The question is what can be depicted to be a major key for a successful ERP implementation for the IT disciplines The primary condition for effective ERP systems for the IT-shop itself is self-automation. No human expert input or intervention! Enterprise applications must be automatically inputted into the ERP database. This aspect makes system engineering methodologies like ITIL much more consistent and complete.
On-Demand ERP in the Enterprise: A Practical CIO Guide to Implementation
[ Source: NetSuite ]
July 2009-
This independent research and analysis report, prepared and published by Phil Wainewright, one of the world's foremost authorities on business automation and ZDNet writer on Software as a Service (SaaS), provides a framework for crafting a SaaS strategy and implementing SaaS ERP within enterprises. The paper will examine key concerns such as data integrity in enterprise systems, maintaining compliance and ensuring proper process management, as well as discussing new skills and approaches to help maximize ....
Thinking Outside the Cell: 6 Questions to Ask Yourself About Spreadsheet Security
[ Source: Atlantic Global PLC ]
July 2009-
The overuse and abuse of spreadsheets presents a real danger to the security and competitiveness of your organisation. This paper aims to further the debate over the viability of spreadsheets versus commercial business systems by posing 6 questions you should ask yourself if you use spreadsheets to manage your finances, expenses, projects, contracts or resources. It explores the dangers of using spreadsheets and letting them get out of control. In this paper are ....
Outsourcing For Success - The Retained Organization
[ Source: Novus Origo ]
July 2009-
The requirements for the advanced planning and design of a skilled retained organization are paramount to the success of any outsourcing relationship, and should be facilitated early on in the outsourcing process. Additionally, key success factors in the design and implementation of a retained organization include: the ability of the team to operate against new processes and methodologies, having a clear understanding of what transactions are being outsourced, properly selecting retained resources based on skills ....
Seradex ERP And Sarbanes-Oxley Whitepaper
[ Source: Seradex ]
January 2008-
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act is among the most visible and far-reaching regulations that publicly traded companies. This paper published by Seradex describes that Sarbanes-Oxley Act is among the most visible and far-reaching regulations that publicly traded companies. Failure to comply can result in significant loss of market capitalization and shareholder trust, as well as criminal liability for corporate executives. Seradex ERP provides extensive capabilities to ensure continuous compliance with regulatory mandates, enabling high governance standards and ....
Upgrade Dilemma -- SAP R/3 Enterprise or mySAP ERP?
[ Source: Infosys Technologies ]
April 2005-
SAP's recent announcement to discontinue direct maintenance support to earlier versions of its SAP R/3 software, coupled with the unveiling of its next-generation mySAP ERP and SAP R/3 Enterprise product roadmaps, create a business need to analyze which SAP version and strategy is most appropriate for your organization.
An Approach to Effective APO Demand Planning Design And Implementation
[ Source: Infosys Technologies ]
October 2008-
SAP APO Demand Planning provides many key features and functionalities to help manage a solution in terms of effective scope management, forecast intervention, and support of the APO planning object such as a product at a location through its lifecycle. This paper helps explain some of the features that can be used effectively in your design.