Skechers, an IBM ECM Customer Case Study
[ Source: IBM ]
July 2008-
Skechers plans locally, deploys globally to achieve process efficiency and compliance.
Trendy, savvy and cutting-edge were not the words to describe Skechers’accounts payable process. The manual process was rife with inefficiency. Lost documents, duplicate copies, postal and courier costs, lack of standard process, inability to determine invoice status, the expense of storing paper documents and end-of-quarter surprises describe a process that was hardly Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) compliant. With over 6,000 ....
Are You Giving Metadata Management The Right Attention?
[ Source: Tallan ]
June 2009-
Metadata Management is a critical but often ignored component in a successful data warehouse implementation. It is a path to establishing common understanding between the business and IT, but not often well understood by either side of the organization. Costs attributable to poor metadata management are often hidden in project development inefficiencies, mistakes made from incorrect assumptions about data, and analysis hours spent doing redundant research. The following illustrative study illustrates how recognizing metadata management ....
Burt's Bees Builds Sales With SOLYS Demand Data Solution
[ Source: LumiData ]
August 2009-
This case study outlines the challenges of assessing demand data in a timely fashion. The paper shows how the SOLYS demand data solution has helped Burt's Bees Target team save time, increase volume, improve supply chain management, optimize promotions, and improve internal and external communication.
New Enterprise Integration System At Abqaiq Plants
[ Source: Integration Objects ]
July 2009-
This case study examines the system integration solution provided by Integration Objects for Saudi Aramco's Abqaiq Plants. Saudi Aramco was having difficulties with a complex IT architecture that was cumbersome and a challenge to maintain. A solution from Integration Objects was able to provide a more simple IT architecture that was also more secure and ultimately helped Saudi Aramco optimize its operations.
Optimized Category Management And Planograms For Multi-Year Retail Cycle
[ Source: LumiData ]
September 2009-
As category manager for Target, World Kitchen needed to analyze long-term demand data on a weekly basis that would allow the company to optimize promotional events and provide fact-based, extensive brand scorecards to build volume for a retail category with a multi-year sales cycle. With SOLYS, World Kitchen was able to track long-term in-stock and replenishment, and delve into the minutiae of promotional activity data that allowed World Kitchen to zero in on specific product ....
Decision Support System And Data Mining
[ Source: NECHCLST ]
July 2009-
Decision support systems enable business and organizational decision-making activities in a more balanced way. With the evolving nature of information and data, it is challenging to extract key information from the large data set, which is most valuable during decision-making. In order to develop systems for digging down the data storehouse, data mining techniques are useful at the very core of such systems. This paper explores the role of data mining in decision support systems ....
Value Proposition for IBM DB2 9: Cost/Benefit Case for SAP Enterprise Migrations
[ Source: IBM ]
October 2007-
Over the next few years, most SAP users will begin to move beyond application deployment of next-generation NetWeaver solutions to large-scale migrations of core enterprise systems. This report examines the cost implications of employing Oracle 10g or IBM DB2 9 to support next-generation NetWeave solutions. It is based on input from a wide range of users.
Integrated Claims Management System Enhances InsPro
[ Source: Anovatek Inc ]
December 2007-
Anovatek was able to successfully develop and implement a fully integrated insurance claims management application that would function in conjunction with Atiam Technologies' InsPro product. Anovatek's claims system allowed the client to market InsPro as an
end-to-end insurance product that includes policy administration and claims.