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        <title><![CDATA[Valley Longwall International: Engineering Optimal Business Efficiency with an SAP Business All-in-One Solution]]></title>
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        <title><![CDATA[Aberdeen Report ERP in Manufacturing 2012: The Evolving ERP Strategy]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Read this complimentary Aberdeen Group report, ERP in Manufacturing 2012: The Evolving ERP Strategy, now to learn more about best-in-class manufacturing approaches to ERP strategy. Today, 92% of...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Reducing]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A global financial services provider with presence across 20+ countries was looking to optimize its customer service and back-office operations. The existing processes and systems did not...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Powering a More Intelligent Enterprise: OTC Transformation Delivers $40MM Business Impact at Penske]]></title>
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        <title><![CDATA[Managing Financial Performance]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Implementing individual enterprise performance management (EPM) applications can bring great benefits to organizations, especially when replacing inefficient processes that relied on tools such as...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ensuring EPM Success]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Read how SAP partner Bluefin Solutions uses SAP solutions for enterprise performance management (EPM) to help client business users become more involved in configuring and designing systems they...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Top 10 reasons to automate your IT processes]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Organisations of all sizes are adopting IT process automation. While their critical business initiatives may vary, a standard set of objectives driving the need for automation has emerged.This HP...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Dutch Farms: Refrigerated and Frozen Foods Distributor Enhances Operations With Flexible ERP Solution]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Chicago-based Dutch Farms has 160 employees and distributes a private-label line of dairy products and eggs and a range of refrigerated and frozen foods. After exhausting the capabilities of its...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Real World Business Results: Oracle Corporation's Mission Critical Systems Update]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Oracle Corporation streamlines several business critical applications and enhances mission critical global single instance (GSI) database and ERP environment while lowering TCO and increasing...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Global at the Core]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This white paper explains how Workday has built modern, global enterprise application solutions that effectively transform enterprise business by providing superior information, agility, control,...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Mobile Is The New Face Of Engagement]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Mobile is not simply another device for IT to support with a shrunken Website or a screen-scraped SAP application. Rather, mobile manifests a broader shift to new engagement systems. CIOs must...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[CAPTIVE 2.0: The Next Generation of Indian IT and BPO Captive Operations]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The captive model is evolving and is sustainable. Company-owned captive operations hold broad appeal because of persistent concerns about Intellectual Property (IP) and security in outsourcing,...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Optimizing Business Productivity: Do More for Your Customers and Your Business]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In our current business environment, all too often, productivity is confused with simply demanding more from employees. What's needed is a holistic approach to increasing total business...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Keys To Distributed &amp; Agile Application Development]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How leading firms are winning with strategies for efficient application development, without relying on co-location. This white paper will highlight solutions for application development in...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[The 10 Commandments of a Successful Oracle eBusiness R12 Upgrade]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Your business's success hinges upon the availability of complex enterprise planning (ERP) systems like Oracle E-Business Suite. They serve a crucial range of business needs, from operations to...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated Moves to DB2]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This IDC study discusses the ERP upgrade journey of CCBCC, the challenges it faced, and the lesson learned. This serves as a guide to improve the process of planning, design, development, and...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Three Keys to Better Data-driven Decisions: What You Should Know. Right Now.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[For small and midsize companies, high-quality data can be a powerful competitive tool-or it can bog your company down. Organizations that successfully use an ERP software solution to align all...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[ERP in SME: Fueling Growth and Profits - Aberdeen Group Research Report]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/whitepapers/erp-in-sme-fueling-growth-and-profits-aberdeen-group-research-report/2963807]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[This Aberdeen Group research report provides an in-depth and comprehensive look at companies leveraging ERP solutions as a strategic weapon. ERP systems have served as a source of cost savings and...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Mobility in ERP 2011 - Aberdeen Group Research Report]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/whitepapers/mobility-in-erp-2011-aberdeen-group-research-report/2963797]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Businesses want to use as much of their ERP investment as possible.&nbsp; But ease of access to ERP information, both at the direct labor level and the indirect labor level, has inhibited many...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Aging ERP: When Old ERP is too Old - Aberdeen Group Research Report]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Just prior to the turn of the century, many companies were in a rush to implement ERP systems as part of their investment in IT. Many of those systems have now been installed over 10 years without...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[To ERP or Not to ERP- Aberdeen Group Research Report]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Growing up out of the Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP) world, ERP is also, by default, the primary tool manufacturing companies use to plan and schedule the resources needed for day-to-day...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[ERP and the Cloud: What You Need to Know]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Organizations have long installed enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions on site - or not at all. But today, small to medium-sized organizations are seriously considering Cloud-based ERP...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Maximizing enterprise resource planning ROI: A guide for midsize companies]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Enterprise resource planning systems are the core business applications for many companies. But ERP software can be an expensive and time-consuming IT investment. However, when a company selects...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Transforming Finance into a Strategic Resource]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[As the economic crisis eases and companies begin pursuing new opportunities, they are looking to finance for advice on investment options and business decisions. By providing insights into...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[ERP: Is High ROI and Low TCO Possible? - Aberdeen]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Tips for Maximizing the Return on Your ERP Investment]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[As the economy picks up steam, organizations are increasing their investments in enterprise resource planning (ERP) technology as a way to help grow their business. Yet because the recovery...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[change++ demo: Using interactive dashboards with IBM Cognos Express]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[See how a hotel finance manager can gain new business insights using interactive dashboards to improve performance.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Differentiation Through Service Excellence-Driving Customer Loyalty]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Consider five key service process platforms that are shaping the future - as companies look to service to keep pace with customer expectations. Service income is accelerating. Technology is...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[EnduraData Cross Platform File Replication and Content Distribution]]></title>
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