CRM - Worth the Investment
[ Source: AbilityCRM ]
April 2008-
The process of determining the value of an investment in CRM differs depending on the viewpoint of the decision maker. This special report examines the decision criteria from three viewpoints: the CEO, the CFO and the CIO.
Open Source BI to the Rescue
[ Source: Actuate ]
October 2009-
Follow the trials of the hero of our story as he uses open source BI to break away from the limitations, high costs and complexity of proprietary software. He saved the day with BIRT and now his company is able to make better decisions and improve productivity. Learn how to become a Business Intelligence hero in your company with this e-book.
Project Portfolio Management: An Overview
[ Source: Atlantic Global PLC ]
August 2009-
Project Portfolio Management (PPM) is about how the business manages projects as short-, medium-, and long-term strategic investments. It helps the business establish a clear line of sight from the top right down to the individual project layer -- giving you the ability to spot project redundancies before they happen. From the strategic viewpoint, it allows stakeholders, business leaders, and executives to see clearly and understand how effective their strategies are and, if necessary, which ....
MavenWire Case Study
[ Source: Atlantic Global PLC ]
July 2009-
Read how MavenWire, a provider of independent Oracle Transportation Management (OTM) services, implemented Atlantic Global OnDemand to automate the capture of time and expenditure for its international consultancy operation, which is in a number of countries across the EMEA and North America regions.
Selecting & Implementing an Effective Time & Expense Management Solution
[ Source: Atlantic Global PLC ]
August 2009-
In this guide, Atlantic Global looks at some of the common benefits of automating your timesheet and expense capture; how significant cost savings can be achieved, and how your organization can potentially improve its bottom line. Atlantic focuses on basics such as home-grown vs. dedicated solutions and client-installed software vs. software as a service (SaaS), and complex areas of tax credits and automated client billing. Using real client case studies, we highlight some of ....
Business Intelligence and Corporate Performance Management Strategy, Theory Of Constraints
[ Source: Hitachi Consulting ]
May 2008-
Business Intelligence is more of and art than a science. In exploits of science one knows exactly what to expect in the end. In exploits of art one knows the end but the end could be different for different people with different experience, maturity, methodology, and technology. Business intelligence is more of an art than a science because everyone knows what they need in the end but how they achieve the end result depends ....
Business Intelligence Survey-2007
[ Source: InformationWeek ]
March 2007-
Business intelligence, as we've known it, is about to explode. Oracle's plans to buy Hyperion combined with a series of developments by other players have created quite a frenzy in the once-staid market. How will these shifts impact your organization?
This InformationWeek Research report examines the business intelligence strategies of 500 organizations -- focusing on these topics:
Deployment of business intelligence tools
Drivers of deployment
Challenges and ....
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 ....
Playmarts Give Business Analysts Agility with Control
[ Source: Lyzasoft, Inc. ]
December 2008-
One key group of potential users of business intelligence tools and data warehouse data has been seriously underserved for many years. These power business analysts resort to a mishmash of desktop productivity tools to support them in their search for innovative answers in the ever-growing jungles of enterprise data.
IT departments trying to keep control of the corporate data asset through the data warehouse architecture denounce the "spreadmarts" thus created. Indeed, business analysts themselves also often ....
Business Intelligence For Manufacturing
[ Source: MAIA Intelligence ]
July 2009-
With increasing competition and ever more demanding customers, manufacturing is never easy. Use of BI can significantly improve both the performance and power of manufacturing reporting. BI is very effective for all types of manufacturing, be it process, discrete, or automotive. BI can close the “fact gap” by improving the availability and delivery of actionable data with minimal IT involvement. Manufacturers should carefully consider using BI as a cost-effective way to improve operations. BI for ....