Business Process Management White Papers

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B2B Integration and Collaboration: Strategies for Building a ROI Business Case
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Aberdeen conducted a follow-up survey in May 2011 in which over 60 organizations detailed their B2B integration and collaboration issues and challenges - specific focus was given to return on investment (ROI) related issues. This research excerpt summarizes the findings of this survey.
Posted: 16 Nov 2011 | Published: 16 Nov 2011

IBM

Fast Delivery of Complex Financial Reports - How Leading CFOs Do It
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Reporting speed and accuracy are vital today. But it would be wrong to assume that you have to spend more to go faster and do a competent job. This white paper illustrates how some organizations achieved top-tier results in financial reporting and why some did not.
Posted: 14 Nov 2011 | Published: 14 Nov 2011

IBM

Scorecarding with IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence: Monitor, Manage and Perform
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Scorecards help you define, monitor and manage your company's critical metrics. By translating tactics and strategies into specific, measurable objectives, scorecards help you link corporate strategy to operations and ensure that your company's goals are consistently defined, understood and communicated.
Posted: 14 Nov 2011 | Published: 14 Nov 2011

IBM

Time to Build the “Last Mile”
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: As the global economy slowly heals, finance leaders are looking to fulfill the promise of the last 20 years. Much of the hard work has been done, the infrastructure largely in place. The challenge is to build upon this platform to drive dramatic improvement in the quality and value that finance delivers.
Posted: 14 Nov 2011 | Published: 14 Nov 2011

IBM

Business Process Improvement with IBIS RBE Plus
sponsored by IBIS America LLC
WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, discover RBE Plus Analysis, a system designed by IBIS experts in SAP to pinpoint problem areas in business processes, master data and customizing usage and communicate the results with fact-based, easy to use content front-ended by a browser-based navigation tool.
Posted: 04 Nov 2011 | Published: 04 Nov 2011

IBIS America LLC

Risk-Based Test Automation from a Business Process Perspective
sponsored by Worksoft
WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines how you can improve your risk-based testing without automating thousands of existing manual test cases, and why validating critical business processes will enable you to better accommodate change for greater success as well as reduce the ongoing operational costs associated with running your enterprise systems.
Posted: 03 Nov 2011 | Published: 02 Nov 2011

Worksoft

Clinical Approach to Technical Upgrade
sponsored by Hexaware Technologies
WHITE PAPER: In this paper, discover the reasons why you should be considering an SAP upgrade to improve enterprise resource planning (ERP) and how to get started. Learn about new features of the latest SAP release as well as the technical advances and new technologies available to you.
Posted: 01 Nov 2011 | Published: 27 Oct 2011

Hexaware Technologies

The Three Pitfalls of Business Expansion And How You Can Avoid Them
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how to leverage the power of an integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) system to overcome the pitfalls of business expansion.
Posted: 31 Oct 2011 | Published: 31 Oct 2011

SAP America, Inc.

ARC View In Dynamic Market, Consumer Goods Companies Rely on Manufacturing Operations Management Systems
sponsored by Apriso Corporation
WHITE PAPER: In this paper, discover a manufacturing operations management (MOM) platform and system has seen proven success in consumer goods companies.
Posted: 31 Oct 2011 | Published: 27 Oct 2011

Apriso Corporation

“Know Thyself” Is the First Step to an Effective Upgrade
sponsored by IBIS America LLC
WHITE PAPER: This white paper chronicles how the Santa Clara Valley Transit Authority (VTA) is preparing to perform an SAP ERP systems upgrade.
Posted: 14 Oct 2011 | Published: 13 Oct 2011

IBIS America LLC

Getting Started: A Manager's Guide to Implementing Capacity Management
sponsored by TeamQuest Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Many IT departments have chosen to throw hardware at performance and capacity problems. In the past, that approach has worked, however times and management challenges have changed; demanding a different approach – capacity management. This guide is designed to help those IT leaders who are now looking to assemble a capacity management approach.
Posted: 12 Oct 2011 | Published: 12 Oct 2011

TeamQuest Corporation

Let the Bridge Fall - As Long as It Falls on Time
sponsored by TeamQuest Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Different managers have different philosophies for project planning and scheduling, especially when it comes to meeting deadlines. But what if there was a way to improve risk management in relation to corporate projects? Learn how capacity planning provides the foresight necessary to complete projects on time and boost customer satisfaction.
Posted: 12 Oct 2011 | Published: 12 Oct 2011

TeamQuest Corporation

What to consider when upgrading to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1
sponsored by Fujitsu & Oracle
WHITE PAPER: This white paper details the 12 and 12.1 releases of Oracle E-Business Suite and the benefits that each software offers to businesses.
Posted: 11 Oct 2011 | Published: 11 Oct 2011

Fujitsu & Oracle

Five Ways to Reduce Costs and Drive Higher Efficiencies in Government
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes five cost reduction strategies, supported by concrete examples of government agencies that have improved quality of services to citizens while cutting costs.
Posted: 10 Oct 2011 | Published: 30 Jun 2011

IBM

Transforming Insight Into Action With Business Event Processing
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores key business event processing capabilities that are helping energy and utilities organizations to manage instrumented and intelligent utility networks detect outages, improve grid security, and prevent fraudulent use of energy.
Posted: 10 Oct 2011 | Published: 31 Dec 2009

IBM

The Key To Cloud And Virtual Computing: Managing And Planning Capacity In 2011 And Beyond
sponsored by TeamQuest Corporation
WHITE PAPER: The flexibility and cost alternatives provided by virtualization, cloud computing and SaaS present organizations with a choice of platforms to run applications or a business service. These computing models highlight the need for a better capacity management process. Learn about effectively managing capacity for improvements in business services.
Posted: 10 Oct 2011 | Published: 10 Oct 2011

TeamQuest Corporation

IBM Business Process Manager—Powerfully Simple
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Getting executive buy-in and implementing BPM can seem like a daunting task. Read this white paper to learn how to simplify the process with a simple, scalable, centralized BPM platform that provides total visibility and management of your business processes, real-time analytics, a process coaching for easy user adoption.
Posted: 01 Oct 2011 | Published: 31 Mar 2011

IBM

Straight talk about document imaging and capturing
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Explore the critical points in the document lifecycle and show how you can eliminate both paper and the processes it leaves behind.
Posted: 27 Sep 2011 | Published: 27 Sep 2011

IBM

Business Empowerment Through Enterprise Capture
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores the potential of enterprise capture and explains the elements of a typical system. Uncover a strategy to help your organization leverage information for better business results and more efficient operations.
Posted: 27 Sep 2011 | Published: 27 Sep 2011

IBM

Analyst Report: Case Management Automation - Facilitating Compliance
sponsored by EMC Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn about the compliance implications of case-based process automaiton.
Posted: 22 Sep 2011 | Published: 30 Sep 2010

EMC Corporation

Smarter Business Planning and Transformation: Attain maximum value from your Enterprise Architecture
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Explore architecture management with IBM. Find out how the four elements of actionable enterprise architecture can transform your business.
Posted: 19 Sep 2011 | Published: 19 Sep 2011

IBM

SAP NetWeaver Business Process Management
sponsored by SAP AG
WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper for an overview of a new approach to BPM which allows you to quickly model and execute new business processes, without error-prone and time-consuming coding. Learn how this strategy drives business flexibility and speed by allowing the quick change or implementation of business processes.
Posted: 15 Sep 2011 | Published: 15 Sep 2011

SAP AG

Incorporating Master Data Governance into Business Processes
sponsored by SAP AG
WHITE PAPER: This white paper looks at common problems experienced by MDM programs. Inside, learn how coupling MDM with business process management (BPM) can help provide greater governance and success for MDM programs.
Posted: 15 Sep 2011 | Published: 15 Sep 2011

SAP AG

SAP NetWeaver Business Rules Management
sponsored by SAP AG
WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores a strategy for externalizing business rules for centralized management and consistent implementation across business applications. Also inside, discover how this approach can help close the gap which can occur between the design and coding phases of business rule implementation.
Posted: 15 Sep 2011 | Published: 15 Sep 2011

SAP AG

IT Service Automation: Streamline and Automate Key Functions and Processes
sponsored by BMC-Accenture
WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores the pivotal role of automation in achieving this goal and showcases tools and services that can assist you with the strategy, design, and implementation of this process.
Posted: 19 Aug 2011 | Published: 19 Aug 2011

BMC-Accenture