Key trends driving global business resilience and risk - Findings from the 2011 IBM Global Business Resilience and Risk Study
[ Source: IBM ]
November 2011-
Integration, cloud, security and company-wide participation are among key elements of successful business resilience and risk management strategies that deliver business value and competitive advantage - as detailed in the new 2011 IBM Global Business Resilience and Risk Study research report.
Six Calls To Success: Call Attempt Case Study
[ Source: Leads360 - Sales Software ]
October 2009-
Leads 360 recently performed a study that shows six calls equals success when trying to contact a lead. According to Leads 360, on the first call attempt there is only a 39% chance of contacting that lead, making just one more attempted call increases the chance of contact to 72%. That’s an increase of 87% simply by making one more call attempt. However six is the magic number of call attempts.
Harnessing Your Tribal Knowledge
[ Source: Altus ]
November 2009-
Corporations are modern tribes, with their own members, culture, and knowledge. Capturing, saving, and sharing the collective knowledge of the tribe can lead to a more informed and productive organization over the long haul.
Most senior corporate leaders would readily agree that the wealth of their organization lies with the knowledge that is locked in the minds and desktops of their employees. The ability to capture and share that knowledge to maintain success and growth ...
Realizing Business Value through Collaborative Document Development
[ Source: Value Prism Consulting ]
October 2009-
Collaborative Document Development is a business process that is common to organizations across all industries and all functional areas. In every business, information is communicated through reports and presentations - documents which are used in decision making at every level within an organization.
Collaborative Document Development describes how process stakeholders collaborate, create content, review content, revise content, publish final drafts, and archive important business documents. This paper describes how groups from a variety ...
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 ...
Standardizing Explorer Folder Tree File Management Into A Document Management Solution
[ Source: DocuLex ]
January 2009-
This document is intended for anyone exploring alternative methods of managing files, achieving better control over creating and storing files in a folder tree structure on a local or shared network drive. This content will be helpful to those transitioning the management of their organizations files, currently using Explorer style nested folders and file names, into a content management solution specialized in managing enterprise wide filing standards, instant document access, secure sharing, file security, and ...
Open Architectures To Improve Plant Visibility And Performances
[ Source: Integration Objects ]
February 2009-
Manufacturing companies have invested large amounts of money in industrial automation infrastructures, but many have yet to realize the full value from their investment as many of these infrastructures remain islands of automation; information silos disconnected from other systems, including business systems. This paper will discuss some of the options available for integrating automation islands and for distributing information at any level in the organization. In particular, two main players in the system integration arena ...
Improve Your Vision and Expand Your Mind with Visual Analytics
[ Source: Tableau Software ]
April 2009-
Learn why data visualization is important to overcome the limits of short term memory, and how it can result in finding what’s meaningful in your data and then making sense of it.
You will learn how visual analysis can allow you to:
• Identify what’s meaningful in the data in ways that your eyes can see and brain can understand
• Keep focused on what’s important and not ...
How To Unleash Data Potential In Times Of Credit Crunch
[ Source: Rajat Sharma ]
March 2009-
In the wake of the current credit crunch, and the failures of both Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, banks are worrying more and more about tracking their spending and making ends meet, trying to achieve profitable accounts while at the same time turning around riskier customer ventures. The nation’s banks are increasingly facing the credit crunch due to the sub-prime loan debacle. While financial stability and a surplus economy might be a mere vision ...
ROI Case Study: Lean BPM with Business Mashups
[ Source: Serena Software ]
March 2009-
In today’s economy, business process improvement is cited as the #1 tool to cut costs. Reducing costs, increasing productivity and improving business processes have never been more relevant. This study profiles three major companies that saved $100,000s in time and money with Business Mashup technology – delivering collaborative, process-centric applications.
Lean business process management (BPM) provides the ability to reduce costs and increase productivity without the need to code or lengthy consulting engagement – a ...