Business Process Automation White Papers

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Automated Business Intelligence: Delivering Real Business Value, Quickly, Easily, and Affordably
sponsored by Birst
WHITE PAPER: This White Paper explores how traditional approaches fall short, what the automated solution and its benefits look like, how the on-demand delivery model best represents the integrated stack necessary for automation, and how the automated, on-demand model brings the benefits of BI to a far broader audience than ever before.
Posted: 19 Jun 2009 | Published: 19 Jun 2009

Birst

Modernizing IT: Strategies for Improving Service Quality and Reducing IT Costs
sponsored by BMC Software, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Working harder simply won't get you there. No matter how many people you allocate, sinking more labor into old IT practices cannot concurrently meet rising demands on IT and cut costs. Read about cost-effective, automated ways to meet this challenge head-on in our latest article, “Strategies for Modernizing IT, Reducing Costs, and..”
Posted: 17 Jun 2009 | Published: 15 Jun 2009

BMC Software, Inc.

Understanding ITIL® Service Portfolio Management: An Approach For Implementing Effective Service Lifecycle Management
sponsored by BMC Software, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: IT executives and their teams need a comprehensive and accurate view of IT services. A service catalog includes all relevant details about your services, including which service level agreements (SLAs) are associated with it, who is able to request it, how much it costs, and how to fulfill it. This paper describes the IT Infrastructure...
Posted: 17 Jun 2009 | Published: 15 Jun 2009

BMC Software, Inc.

Oracle IT Modernization Series Modernization: The Path to SOA
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: IT organizations are under increasing pressure to reduce costs while at the same time increase their ability to react to ongoing business demands. To achieve this they need to take advantage of the cost savings and flexibility of a service-oriented architecture (SOA). Read this white paper to learn about more about SOA and its benefits.
Posted: 14 May 2009 | Published: 01 Aug 2008

Oracle Corporation

Demystifying Customer Service Correspondence Work Flow in Cards
sponsored by Wipro
WHITE PAPER: Methods for capturing customer attention and loyalty may have changed over the years, but the basic DNA of business has not - a focus on establishing new customer relationships and retaining existing ones. This paper provides both a business & technology insight into the credit card customer service workflow.
Posted: 13 May 2009 | Published: 12 May 2009

Wipro

Increasing the ROI of Mobility
sponsored by Sybase, an SAP company
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

Sybase, an SAP company

4 Stages of Integrated Document Delivery from SAP
sponsored by STR Software
WHITE PAPER: This paper is intended to educate users, developers, managers, and executives of companies using SAP, on the efficiencies gained from an integrated, automated document delivery system.
Posted: 15 Apr 2009 | Published: 15 Apr 2009

STR Software

5 Steps to Automating Accounts Payable
sponsored by Kofax, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper proposes a 5-step approach to automate an accounts payable operation, describing the typical costs of processing invoices manually and the saving that can be achieved with each of the incremental steps.
Posted: 03 Feb 2009 | Published: 03 Feb 2009

Kofax, Inc.

Dynamic Initiators That Give You the Control You Need
sponsored by MVS Solutions
WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses the initiator requirements, and how ThruPut Manager optimizes and automates batch job queuing and initiation.
Posted: 21 Jan 2009 | Published: 21 Jan 2009

MVS Solutions

Four Common ERP Implementation Mistakes
sponsored by IFS
WHITE PAPER: Here are four common mistakes an implementation leader and team can make, and suggestions on how to avoid them.
Posted: 12 Jan 2009 | Published: 12 Jan 2009

IFS

Reducing Risk through Requirements-driven Quality Management: An End-to-end Approach
sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise
WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains a structured way to manage requirements and how risk-based requirements and quality management are inseparable from the larger process of managing the planning, test and release of a software system.
Posted: 29 Dec 2008 | Published: 23 Dec 2008

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

HP Virtualization with Intel and VMware: End-to-end Virtualization of IT Resources
sponsored by VMware, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores a virtualization approach that easily enables you to consolidate IT resources, enhance disaster recovery capabilities, and more.
Posted: 19 Nov 2008 | Published: 18 Nov 2008

VMware, Inc.

Solutions for Automating Invoice Processing
sponsored by SEEBURGER
WHITE PAPER: This paper focuses on the automation of accounts payable processes - a task that used to be largely paper-based and cumbersome.
Posted: 27 Oct 2008 | Published: 27 Oct 2008

SEEBURGER

Building a Smarter Operational Response
sponsored by Bytware, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Caught in a pinch of downsizing, restore IT productivity through automation.
Posted: 11 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Jul 2007

Bytware, Inc.

Automating Complete PO Document Packages
sponsored by Esker Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Esker DeliveryWare offers a comprehensive solution that streamlines document processes by eliminating inefficient steps, automating information exchange regardless of source or delivery type.
Posted: 03 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Jul 2008

Esker Inc.

Speeding the Time to Intelligence: Effective Information Management through Business Intelligence Competency Centers and Performance Management
sponsored by SAS
WHITE PAPER: This article explains in detail about how to arrive at and implement an effective business intelligence strategy, using both a BICC and performance management technology.
Posted: 20 May 2008 | Published: 20 May 2008

SAS

Capturing Business Value from Inbound Documents with OCR and Dynamic Document Capture
sponsored by Esker Inc.
WHITE PAPER: With this white paper, Gain insight into the operational efficiencies resulting from document process automation, including cost savings and error reduction.
Posted: 16 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Apr 2008

Esker Inc.

Delivering Supply Chain Excellence
sponsored by IBS, International Business Systems
WHITE PAPER: This document concentrates on IT's contribution to Supply Chain Execution and Management.
Posted: 03 Apr 2008 | Published: 08 Nov 2006

IBS, International Business Systems

Inventory Optimization Can Increase Your Profitability
sponsored by IBS, International Business Systems
WHITE PAPER: The core objective of a good inventory management system is to provide the best possible customer service within the restraint of the lowest practical inventory costs.
Posted: 03 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Oct 2007

IBS, International Business Systems

How CIOs Can Drive Growth, Business Flexibility and Innovation in a Flex-Pon-Sive* Company
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Aligning IT with business and focusing on business models and processes is the key to enabling flexibility. Read this paper to learn how SOA can help your organization improve its flexibility while increasing revenue.
Posted: 15 Nov 2007 | Published: 01 Apr 2007

IBM

Integrate Automated Order Processing with SAP Applications
sponsored by Esker Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Inefficient sales order processing can cause companies to miss tremendous opportunities for improved profitability. Learn how automating the sales order process can eliminate the inefficiencies and limitations of manual order processing.
Posted: 04 Oct 2007 | Published: 04 Oct 2007

Esker Inc.

From Unstructured to Structured: Transforming Documents into Knowledge
sponsored by Pitney Bowes Group 1 Software
WHITE PAPER: As global marketplace and compliance laws become more complex, the need for enterprise content management systems has never been greater. Learn how electronic document management technology can increase ROI and secure information sensitive documents.
Posted: 14 Sep 2007 | Published: 01 Sep 2007

Pitney Bowes Group 1 Software

The Third Stakeholder: The End-User's Impact on CRM ROI
sponsored by Knoa Software
WHITE PAPER: CRM solutions, like Siebel, automate complex business processes where high levels of application performance are crucial. Read this whitepaper to learn best practices in Siebel CRM Performance Management.
Posted: 07 Sep 2007 | Published: 07 Sep 2007

Knoa Software

ALM in Geographically Distributed Development Environments
sponsored by SERENA Software, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: A formal Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and change management infrastructure significantly increases the chances of project success for geographically distributed software development teams. This whitepaper explains why.
Posted: 16 Aug 2007 | Published: 01 Aug 2007

SERENA Software, Inc.

Best Practices for Resolving Business-Critical Application Problems
sponsored by BMC Software, Extending Value with Identify Software
WHITE PAPER: This white paper details the challenges of application problem resolution, highlighting the best practices necessary to automate and accelerate the process as a means to optimize development.
Posted: 30 Jul 2007 | Published: 12 Mar 2007

BMC Software, Extending Value with Identify Software