Business Processes Reports

WHITE PAPER: Case management is an area in which many government agencies can benefit by using new tools and approaches. By reading this White Paper, learn how to unify information, processes and people to provide better, faster services and programs.

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 | Published: 20 Aug 2010

ANALYST REPORT: Since the beginning of the industrial age, company leaders and managers have sought to predict, plan, and control company performance. This recent research conducted by DecisionPath Consulting examines the adoption of BPM and BI to drive performance and profits.

Posted: 16 Aug 2010 | Published: 16 Aug 2010

EZINE: In this special issue, SearchSOA looks at elements that drive the fervent interest in BPM today, with a special focus on the problems teams run into when they convert theory into practice. Read about workflow do’s and don’ts, BAM strategies, and CEP implementation challenges in this first edition of SearchSOA’s BPM quarterly.

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 | Published: 10 Aug 2010

EBOOK: Sound data quality is a fundamental requirement of successful data management programs. However, the importance of data quality may be overlooked by executives who take it for granted. This e-book provides readers with advice designed to help them win approval for data quality initiatives on both IT and business grounds.

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 | Published: 05 Aug 2010

WHITE PAPER: Whether or not analytics should become an integral part of an organization’s planning and decision-making seems to be beyond question However, at what level, for what purpose and how to go about deploying analytics are questions that each organization needs to answer for itself. These questions are the focus of this paper.

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 | Published: 05 Aug 2010

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn how this software can aid in starting new projects and adding and transitioning team members quickly, thereby increasing your ability to respond to changes in your business as well as marketplace demands.

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 | Published: 29 Dec 2009

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn how to accelerate process change and lower IT costs and to learn how IBM can work with you in a Business Value Assessment (BVA) to quantify the benefits for your projects.

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 | Published: 11 Aug 2009

WHITE PAPER: In their latest book, Thomas Davenport, Jeanne Harris and Robert Morison show how companies apply analytics in their daily operations. We see examples of analytics at work within core processes in a variety of business areas. Read this white paper to learn how embedding analytics into your organization's processes can help you.

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 | Published: 30 Jul 2010

WHITE PAPER: With IBM products, services and programs, businesses can develop business process management solutions to support their business priorities and objectives, both now and in the years ahead. Read this paper to learn how.

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 | Published: 15 Jan 2010

WHITE PAPER: This white paper is intended to inform the reader of what business process management (BPM) is about, the benefits that can be obtained from its implementation, how to place BPM into operation and why IBM WebSphere® Process Server should be deployed on the IBM System z™ mainframe.

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 | Published: 01 Mar 2008

WEBCAST: Learn how companies can use social software in combination with Business Intelligence applications to improve decision-making in key business processes.Watch this webcast presented by Tagetik, Microsoft and featuring Gartner as new collaboration strategies and methodologies for budgeting and forecasting are introduced.

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 | Premiered: Jun 22, 2010, 11:00 EDT (15:00 GMT)

WHITE PAPER: This paper will present an overview of the changing landscape as companies develop practices and processes to measure their performance as sustainable enterprises. It will examine the complex new drivers of sustainability reporting, as well as the rapidly changing legislative environment that will make reporting mandatory, not voluntary.

Posted: 01 Jun 2010 | Published: 01 Jun 2010

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This presentation transcript discusses the most common BI and ETL process management pain points experienced by BI operations staff as well as strategies for addressing them. Learn how to face process issues, design processes that are efficient and resistant to common problems, and learn real-life examples of successful implementations.

Posted: 20 May 2010 | Published: 13 May 2010

EBOOK: With over 80 different ERP packages available today, determining what’s right for your organization can seem like a daunting task. But, with this e-book you will get advice and best practices for every step of the ERP software selection process. Ensuring you will not get lost in the sea of ERP software.

Posted: 20 Apr 2010 | Published: 20 Apr 2010

EBOOK: Now is the best possible time to re-engineer your organization for peak performance. With just a few smart moves you can position your organization to come out of the downturn even more successful than before and for years or decades to come. Read on to learn more about these 6 smart moves that will ensure success.

Posted: 20 Apr 2010 | Published: 19 Apr 2010

ANALYST REPORT: This report describes how organizations are attempting to improve specific decisions. Most analyses of decision-making address single capabilities, such as technology, leadership, or group process. In this research, the topics addressed were more comprehensive - the idea being to understand which improvements were used most frequently.

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 | Published: 13 Apr 2010

WHITE PAPER: Rapid Application Development (RAD) Tools have become the best way for businesses to incorporate agility into their application development projects. This paper examines the FileMaker Platform and how it offers certain advantages over tools that use more traditional methodologies such as Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, and Salesforce.com.

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 | Published: 12 Apr 2010

WEBCAST: Tune in to this Webinar to find out how data quality influences the effectiveness of predictive analytics and forecasting. You’ll learn how to go beyond name and address matching to realize the potential of numerical data quality, how to overcome insufficient yet relevant data from your predictive and forecasting models, and more.

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 | Premiered: Apr 9, 2010

WEBCAST: Tune in to this Webinar to find out how data quality can improve business performance. You’ll learn how to improve key data areas by performing data quality profiling and data collection through closed-loop monitoring, and how to address data quality as a process to derive value and drive continuous improvement.

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 | Premiered: Apr 9, 2010

WEBCAST: Tune in to this Webinar to find out how to improve key data areas through data quality profiling and provide decision makers with trustworthy information. You’ll learn how to apply analytics to your reliable, high-quality data and come away with insights that optimize your organization’s decision-making capabilities.

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 | Premiered: Apr 9, 2010

WEBCAST: This Webinar explains how by combining the power of SAS® Business Analytics with Microsoft Office you will be able to easily access data from any operational system without IT intervention, automate spreadsheets and PowerPoint decks, and save time and money by reducing redundancy and improving productivity.

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 | Premiered: Apr 9, 2010

WEBCAST: This webcast takes a look at how organizations can consider analytics from two perspectives – the science of analytics and the art of how people apply this science in new and creative ways to make the world better.

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 | Premiered: Apr 9, 2010

WEBCAST: The biggest challenge to improving the efficiency of your business processes often lies in knowing how these processes really work in your organization. This webcast will teach you how to visualize and analyze your business processes from historical data, expose process waste and apply lean initiatives to achieve significant value.

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 | Premiered: Mar 23, 2010

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Read this presentation transcript with John Buckholz, VP of IT, to learn how Google Apps compares to on premise and hosted Microsoft Exchange, how LCC migrated the company intranet from Microsoft Sharepoint to Google Sites, and more!

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 | Published: 17 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