ERP White Papers

WHITE PAPER: Many large organizations have a centralized enterprise resource planning (ERP) environment based on proprietary mainframes or RISC-based systems. In contrast, Intel IT has successfully implemented a decentralized ERP environment that is based on industry-standard servers and supports more than 10,000 active users. Read this paper to learn more!

Posted: 07 Apr 2010 | Published: 01 Mar 2010

WHITE PAPER: SAP provides a comprehensive product offering to support you in your Information Lifecycle Management strategy. Learn more about the three cornerstones of ILM, including data archiving/data management, retention management, and retention warehouse. 

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 | Published: 15 Mar 2010

WHITE PAPER: The current economic environment challenges manufacturers seeking to capitalize on their enterprise resource planning (ERP) software: How can a company increase ERP functionality while reducing operating costs and even head counts? To achieve this difficult balance, many manufacturers have turned to on-demand ERP-support services.

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 | Published: 08 May 2009

WHITE PAPER: This report offers data on a wide variety of ERP solutions. Included in the research sample are Tier I solutions (such as SAP, Oracle eBusiness Suite, and Microsoft Dynamics), Tier II, Tier III and industry-focused niche solutions.

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 | Published: 08 Feb 2010

WHITE PAPER: Through a case study with Pan-American, this white paper examines how insurers can generate measurable progress toward these goals by treating document driven business process automation as a strategic initiative at the C-level.

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 | Published: 03 Feb 2010

WHITE PAPER: Learn how a new, interconnected economy is forcing companies to manage an ever-growing information network -- and the best way to adopt new technologies to give you greater flexibility for faster growth while maintaining business integrity.

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 | Published: 29 Jan 2010

WHITE PAPER: This paper will assess how to locate and account for functionality gaps. It will also illustrate a methodology for realigning applications with business goals.

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 | Published: 23 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines the impact of using disparate systems versus an integrated ERP system on your manufacturing operations. The detailed charts on the following pages provide insight into how the inefficiencies associated with change management today can be easily and cost-effectively eliminated.

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 | Published: 03 Dec 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper takes a new look at the SAP upgrade process in light of emerging best practices and new technologies. This report offers a discussion of the value of both technical and functional upgrades as well as a discussion of some of the best practices to enhance the value of your SAP upgrades while lowering overall cost.

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 | Published: 10 Nov 2009

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: 05 Nov 2009 | Published: 05 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper and learn how Atos Origin, the number one SAP upgrade partner and has over 20 years experience of upgrading SAP systems we have upgraded every R/3 release from 2.0 upwards, can help you bring your SAP system to where it needs to be.

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 | Published: 04 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: With the business intelligence functionality in SAP Business All-in-One solutions, your company can gain visibility, insight, operational alignment, and accountability to increase revenue, margins, and liquidity; streamline processes; improve agility; and become a best-run business.

Posted: 26 Oct 2009 | Published: 26 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: Leading-edge manufacturers are discovering that they can improve production efficiencies and manage MRO expenditures by integrating their Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) with Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) systems.

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 | Published: 01 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper for several great tips for selecting the right ERP vendor for your organization. This paper breaks the process down into easy-to-follow steps, beginning with the basic questions decision-makers should ask.

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 | Published: 14 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: This white paper will enumerate the critical business challenges, as well as specific opportunities and benefits of working aggressively to achieve inbound supply integration.

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 | Published: 01 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: As acceptance of IFRS in the United States becomes imminent, more banks and capital markets institutions are asking key questions: How does IFRS affect my institution? What events would influence my institution's pace of IFRS adoption? What obstacles might we need to consider? Read this paper to learn the answers to these questions and more.

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 | Published: 03 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: A common issue facing small and medium-sized business (SMB) manufacturers today is how to increase revenue and grow their business without significantly adding staff. Read this paper to learn five strategies used by successful SMBs.

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 | Published: 04 Sep 2008

WHITE PAPER: Maintain operational efficiency while cutting supply chain costs with new approaches, technologies, and methodologies. Third party logistics providers, radio frequency identification rentals, and attribute-based demand planning can help you reduce supply chain costs and boost customer satisfaction.

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 | Published: 07 Aug 2009

WHITE PAPER: Find out what ARC has to say about SAP's progress towards turning the "perfect plant vision" into reality by leveraging the chemical industry value network. SAP is also well-aligned with ARC's thought leadership models related to collaborative manufacturing Management.

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 | Published: 07 Aug 2009

WHITE PAPER: Read ARC's view on how SAP's best practices and SAP Business All-in-One solutions for chemicals ensure rapid deployment with low risk for small and midsize companies.

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 | Published: 07 Aug 2009

WHITE PAPER: In this paper, Wipro Technologies focuses on the methodology EMC follows for building its Proven Solutions for organizations of all sizes and domains. This paper also demonstrates the methodology using an example of the solution development process for Microsoft Exchange in physical and VMware environments.

Posted: 27 Jul 2009 | Published: 30 Oct 2008

WHITE PAPER: Despite the significant progress made with open standards in the industry, most SOA platforms are delivered with many proprietary, closed extensions that focus on customer lock-in more than automation of the value chain. Red Hat believes there is a better way. We redefine SOA to be simple, open, and affordable.

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 | Published: 30 Oct 2008

WHITE PAPER: This white paper highlights four primary ways to use integration to make your business better during a down economy. You'll discover how, with the right integration plan and supporting software in place, your company can increase efficiency, minimize expenses, and streamline and accelerate core processes.

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Jun 2009

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn that virtually every organization with a mobile workforce can benefit from Afaria. This powerful and proven technology that is capable of handling large data transfers to and from mobile devices is already delivering notable business benefits to many organizations.

Posted: 08 May 2009 | Published: 08 May 2009

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, we advocate a new definition for Enterprise 2.0. We explain the business drivers and demographic changes that are forcing new, collaborative business models. We identify the technological capabilities required for an Enterprise 2.0 platform, and highlight the transformational abilities of such a platform.

Posted: 05 May 2009 | Published: 01 Dec 2008