Business Process Management (BPM) refers to activities performed by businesses to optimize and adapt their processes. These tools can also monitor the execution of the business processes, providing managers of an organization with the means to analyze their performance and make changes to the original processes in real-time. Using a BPMS the modified process can then be merged into the current business process atmosphere.
Download this free report to explore the potential of applying business performance management principles to advance document performance management to reduce costs; better manage documents as vital strategic, financial and information assets; and secure positive returns on investments from outsourcing. Learn more today!
Although Unified Communications (UC) is a term that's frequently heard these days, finding clear - or even consistent - definitions can be a real challenge. Avaya has created a straightforward yet holistic definition: Unified Communications is the convergence of real-time and non-real-time business communication applications. Learn more today!
Optimize IT process, maximize ROI and improve service levels. The challenge facing businesses today is the need to achieve ever-higher levels of service and maximize return on investment, while simultaneously minimizing costs. This white paper reveals how IBM Maximo® asset and service management solutions help your organization run more efficiently.
WebSphere Portal remains IBM's strategic front end for SOA. It enables our clients to closely align their business objectives on standards-based platforms with role-based delivery of composite applications across and beyond their enterprise. At the end of June we delivered a new version of WebSphere Portal Version 6.1. This release significantly improves performance by tapping into the 64-bit capabilities of the IBM System z platform. Click here to learn more! Download Now
Despite the fact that billions of dollars per year are spent on business travel and entertainment (T&E) by employees on behalf of their organizations, many companies are still not maximizing the value of that spend because they’re relying on multiple processes and solutions to manage their T&E – an area of spend that for many is the second largest controllable cost after payroll. Download Now
Majority of the organizations have implemented systems and solutions like ERP, SCM and CRM and similar point solutions from a variety of vendors. These systems provide organizations with the ability to manage business critical information and data. For smart organizations focused on providing niche and differentiated products and solution offerings to their customers, it is very essential to implement business solutions that go beyond just data and process management and provide a formal infrastructure to cultivate the "Informal" within the organization, borrowing from the successful design concepts of Web 2.0 and social applications. Download Now
Learn how Stratus Mission-Critical Managed services have delivered 100% business capability for a clients' global operation - so they can 'have their cake and eat it too!' Download Now
The intrepid data miner runs many risks, including being buried under mountains of data or disappearing along with the "mysterious disappearing terabyte." This article outlines some risks, debunks some myths, and attempts to provide some protective "hard hats" for data miners in the technology sector. Download Now
Protect the availability of business-critical processes while keeping costs in line. This e-book takes you from business analysis to design and deployment to an actual case study using recognized industry best practices and governance guidelines. Download Now
Before your company launches its next package selection, implementation or upgrade, make sure you don’t cripple the project from the start by failing to identify your requirements – the number one reason that projects spin out of control. This white paper summarizes some of the key lessons we have learned through our industry-leading requirements definition practice. Download Now
The business value that the Smart SOA approach brings is well-established, expanding and mainstream. IBM has a track record of helping to deliver agility through the Smart SOA approach and has made it clear how to get the most out of your SOA pursuits. If you haven't already done so, consider implementing a focused Smart SOA starter project to help you achieve rapid business value. Extend your implementation end to end with BPM enabled by SOA. Get a head start by using industry frameworks and solutions. Scale up and scale out with the confidence of robust process integrity. Download Now
Service oriented architecture (SOA) could revolutionize the way we think about IT. Why is that possible? Because SOA finally has the potential to make the concept of reuse real. Companies have been talking about reuse for years, but have never been able to transform that talk into full-scale reality. Now, you might be asking, "How can SOA succeed where previous approaches have failed?" Because the standards, best practices and governance models have finally matured to the point where reuse can actually work. Download Now
Most organisations have had to supplement their IT capability with some form of external help at one time or another. However, as financial pressures mount and technology continues to evolve and its relationship with the business becomes increasingly complex, how does this change the expectations and needs of those external relationships? Learn more today!
ALM is much more than just writing code. All three aspects—governance, development, and operations are important. Maximizing the value of the applications we create means doing all three aspects of ALM well. Achieving this goal isn’t easy, especially when today’s ALM tools aren’t as well integrated as they could be. Yet there’s no way around it: Taking a broad, holistic view of ALM is essential for improving this critical business process. Download Now
Learn how PPM is delivering compelling ROI. In the September 2008 IDC White Paper sponsored by CA, How Project and Portfolio Management Solutions Are Delivering Value to Organizations, IDC analysts reveal that substantial business benefits are being realized by IT organizations deploying PPM solutions. Download Now
In this white paper sponsored by CA, IDC turned to three very different global corporations for their approaches to innovation: a manufacturer of fast-moving consumer goods, a manufacturer in the oil and gas industry, and a medical devices manufacturer. Download Now
Special Report for Discrete Manufacturers: How a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) Can Transform Your Shop Floor Operations Ever wonder exactly what an MES can do? Want to learn how manufacturing execution software will benefit your company? Discover answers in this guided tour of a best-in-class MES. Download Now
Predictive intelligence is a forward-looking IT management technology that performs far beyond what the crystal ball has to offer. Predictive intelligence is advanced technologies that actually learn what is normal and abnormal based on usage patterns within your IT environment, trigger actions to isolate root cause, and take corrective action before services are impacted. By leveraging predictive intelligence, IT organizations can benefit from rapid returns on their technology investments, reducing capital and operating expenses. Download Now
Buying an ERP system that doesn't closely fit your business processes can be a costly mistake. This is particularly true if you try to fit a generic manufacturing ERP solution into a packaging/printing business environment. Reworking a non-industry specific system to meet the day-to-day operational needs of a printing/packaging operation requires significant modifications to the core product. The resulting software can end up so heavily customized that it can be difficult and very costly to maintain. Download Now
Learn how mill products companies are going through a period of intense economic change triggered by a variety of factors, such as globalization, industry consolidation, volatility in raw material and energy prices, fierce competition, and increasingly demanding customers. Discover what best practices improve operational excellence. Download Now
Avoid the cost and complexity of managing chargebacks associated with promotions and special pricing by using the SAP Paybacks and Chargebacks application by Vistex. It helps you streamline processes, reduce errors, validate claims, reduce disputes, prevent overpayments – and achieve dramatic savings in labor costs. Download Now
Workplace Performance Management: A strategic framework and system to align, measure and deliver greater shareholder value from workplace assets and operations. Corporations need to align workplace operations and assets to business strategies. Workplace assets and operations must be measured and linked directly to stakeholder expectations to expose the true contributions of real estate to the organization. Download Now
To paraphrase an old saying, “When the going gets tough, retailers start slashing operational costs.” Ironically, cost slashing usually exposes a retailer to even greater risks instead of fortifying it against economic uncertainties. All businesses have felt the impact of today’s volatile economy. Retail has been hit especially hard, with sales in 2007 rising by only 2.4% - the smallest year-to-year increase since 2002. Despite such dour statistics, there are plenty of opportunities to gain share in today’s market.
Operate your business more effectively by driving faster, smarter decisions, applying better control over costs, minimize risk and liability, and anticipate change. SAP Business ByDesign helps you automate business processes, streamline administrative tasks, and proactively deliver role-based information to employees. Download Now
