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7 Steps to Building a Business Case for ERP
This white paper describes a 7-step process that will help organizations build their own business case for an ERP investment.
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An ERP Guide to Driving Efficiency
Improving business efficiency is a perennial concern for any company that hopes to achieve “best-in-class” operations. Businesses that successfully improve efficiency stand to reduce operating costs while improving the effectiveness and profitability of their operations. They also gain time to devote to strategic planning. While many companies employ siloed applications and manual business processes, best-in-class companies are more likely to fully exploit ERP technology. This white paper describes how ERP technology can improve efficiency.
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Beyond Depreciation: Gain Greater Control Over Your Fixed Assets with a FAS Solution
Beyond Depreciation: Gain Greater Control
Over Your Business with a FAS Solution. Spend less time managing data and more time making critical
business decisions with a Fixed Assets Software solution.
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Collaboration Drives Growth for Discrete Manufacturers
While every discrete manufacturer may have a different path to emerge from the global recession, the key is to define a strong market position and be able to defend it. In global terms, defensible positions reflect one or more of the three strategies in Treacy and Wiersema’s classic business book, The Discipline of Market Leaders...
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Critical Success Factors for Consumer Electronics’ Return to Growth
What will a return to growth look like for the electronics industry? How has the global recession and industry downturn changed the landscape—not only for the global-brand design corporations that cater to peoples’ dreams, but for midsized enterprises, contract manufacturers, suppliers, and distributors?
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Distribution: Realizing Enterprise ROI Through Sage MAS 90, 200, and 500
Sage Software, a leading provider of business management solutions, has known for several years that implementation of Sage MAS 90, Sage MAS 200, and Sage MAS 500 ERP software systems results in significant enhancements in productivity, efficiency, and streamlined business processes. The net benefits of the deployment and use of these products in distribution businesses has been documented in numerous case studies, which illustrate both increased revenues and cost reductions, or even cost eliminations.
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Driving SMB Efficiency With Business Intelligence
Since many businesses have already slashed many costs and economic uncertainty will limit opportunities for price increases, businesses will need to cut costs by improving efficiency. Many small-to-midsized businesses (SMBs) are investing in business intelligence solutions to assist with this effort. This white paper describes what tools are necessary to provide business intelligence (BI) and how a suite of BI tools can help small-to-midsized organizations improve efficiency.
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ERP: Is High ROI with Low TCO Possible?
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) remains a significant factor that influences Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) strategies and decisions. While the focus for the past decade or more from both ERP solution providers as well their customers has been on reducing the TCO of ERP, as companies brace themselves in this down economy...
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Global Payments: Maximizing Cash Flow with Electronic Payments and Process Automation
Now in its third year, the annual survey of over 160 companies worldwide finds that leading companies are using electronic payments and process automation to streamline and accelerate finance business processes, reduce operating costs, manage risks, while improving visibility, control, and efficiency, and providing a foundation for increased profits.
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Managing Business Risk in Electronics and Computer Markets
Vigilant and systematized risk management is as important for growing small and mid-sized companies that build or distribute electronics as it is for Fortune 500 corporations. Opportunities for mistakes abound as firms develop into one-stop solution providers and handle higher production volumes, possibly on a global scale.
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New Foundation of Productivity in Electronics: Process Innovation and Information Technology to Manage Change
Innovation — as concept — sits somewhere between our notions of full-blown invention on the one hand and of incremental improvement on the other. Yet we know it when we see it. It’s left to economists to decide how best to “quantify” innovation...
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Payment Processing Trends, Tips, and Tricks: What You Need to Know
Over the past few years, credit and debit card acceptance has come on the scene as a required Sage ERP MAS payment option. Similarly, the number of customers using credit and debit cards as a form of payment has been steadily increasing...
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Profitable Innovation in the Medical Device Business: Model for Growth
The medical device industry thrives on the innovations generated by its large base of privately held start-ups and small companies with less than 50 employees. Eighty-five percent of new medical product introductions come from these businesses...
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Profitable Sustainability in the Chemicals Industry
The chemicals industry is becoming a leader in green and sustainability–accelerated by a tough economy and regulatory compliance requirements. Five years ago, there was not a single reference to sustainability at the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) annual conference. This year, ecological improvement and green chemistry dominate the agenda.
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Stay in Control: The benefits of in-house payroll software
Paying employees is a mission-critical duty for any organization. You have to process paycheques and direct deposits correctly on time, every time. Payroll is one of your company’s largest expenses, and payroll mistakes can have a negative impact on employee satisfaction. The accuracy of your payroll affects your company’s compliance...
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Strategic Partnering in the Speciality Chemicals Industry
Specialty chemical companies are in the midst of an industry-wide restructuring that threatens their role as independent innovators. This has been further hastened by the global recession. This White Paper details some ideas that could help chemical companies improve their effectiveness through strategic collaboration.
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