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White Papers
ADP: Making the HR Experience Better
Dec 2008
In every organization, business goals and culture drive HR strategy. Although each organization is unique, approaches for supporting HR strategy will follow two fundamentally different tracks. The...
Provided by Automatic Data Processing
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White Papers
HR's Expanding Frontier: From Local to Global Strategic Partner
Sep 2008
In today's world of global companies, with all their diverse cultures and geographies, many organizations are struggling to find a global service delivery model for the administration of their HR...
Provided by Mercer
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White Papers
Human Resources and Compensation Committees: Leveraging Expertise
Oct 2008
There is one important table where HR leaders still lack necessary influence, leaving many companies to pick up a costly tab. That is the contention of some HR thought-leaders who work closely...
Provided by Longnecker & Associates
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White Papers
Framework for Global Talent Management: HR Actions for Dealing With Global Talent Challenges
Jun 2010
In today's rapidly moving, extremely uncertain, and highly competitive global environment, firms worldwide are encountering numerous global talent challenges. Global talent challenges arise as...
Provided by Pace University
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White Papers
The Relationship Between HR Practices and Firm Performance: Examining Causal Order
Aug 2010
Significant research attention has been devoted to examining the relationship between HR practices and firm performance, and research support has assumed HR as the causal variable. Using data from...
Provided by Blackwell Publishing
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White Papers
Human Resources Practices, the HR Function and Trade Unions: Evidence From Uruguay
Jul 2009
During the last decades Industrial Relations have been experiencing a continuous decline, while Human Resources Management practices increase protagonism in European and US organizations....
Provided by University of Pittsburgh
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White Papers
Transforming HR to Create Value
Jul 2010
HR transformation has become all the rage as the function seeks to deliver value. But, heed the warning, transformation efforts that focus exclusively on improving HR are bound to fail. The point...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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White Papers
Creating People Advantage in Times of Crisis: How to Address HR Challenges in the Recession
Mar 2009
The most popular planned action in the current crisis - cutting back on recruiting - clearly makes sense from a cost-cutting perspective. But companies should cut back with caution. For most, it...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
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Case Studies
ENKA Insaat ve Sanayi A.S. Reduces Financial Reporting Cycle Times by More Than 50%
Jul 2010
ENKA Ýnþaat ve Sanayi A.Þ. wanted to reduce reporting cycle times of the group's 30 companies and 40 branches and construction sites - a previously manual task that took more than a month from the...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
Golden Cross Assistência Internacional de Saude Ltda. Reduces Costs and Accelerates Internal Processes
Jul 2010
Golden Cross Assistência Internacional de Saúde Ltda wanted to automate Human Resources (HR) processes to reduce time, operational costs, and amount of paper needed for daily activities and...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
New Billing Processes Improve Accuracy and Customer Service While Reducing Costs
Aug 2009
Every month Recall visits more than 100,000 customer locations, providing a variety of document storage, secured destruction, and data protection services. As Recall grew through acquisition, they...
Provided by Perot Systems
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Case Studies
Fabergé Pushes Boundaries to Deliver Luxury Shopping Experience on the Web
Oct 2009
Faberge wanted to re-launch a global brand - aimed at a very select target market - by recreating a luxury brand experience online, reaching clients wherever they may be. Faberge provided each...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Master the Challenges of Programming Multi-Function Machines
Dec 2009
By combining multiple machining operations such as milling and turning in a single machine, multiple-function machine tools reduce the number of setups required to process parts. Saving a...
Provided by Siemens
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Case Studies
Only the Brave Group Standardizes and Streamlines Human Resources Management Worldwide
Aug 2010
Only The Brave Group wanted to implement a new system to support global and local management and Human Resources (HR) processes that can be Web-accessible in 19 countries and promote development...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
City of Durres Transforms Citizen Service and Boosts Efficiency With Modern, Digital, iGovernment Platform
Jun 2010
City of Durres wanted to gain real time visibility of city council's finances, purchasing commitments, municipality-owned assets and inventory and improve tax collection rates from businesses and...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Why Premium Support Is More Effective Than Standard Support in the Financial Services Industry
Nov 2008
Financial services industry customers are challenged as never before to respond quickly - armed as they are with limited budgets - to accommodate rapid changes in technology and customer demand....
Provided by Symantec
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White Papers
Resilience Amid Turmoil Benchmarking IT Industry Competitiveness 2009
Sep 2009
Resilience amid turmoil: Benchmarking IT industry competitiveness 2009 is an Economist Intelligence Unit white paper, sponsored by the Business Software Alliance (BSA). The Economist Intelligence...
Provided by Business Software Alliance (BSA)
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White Papers
Achieving Profitable Growth Through Exceptional Customer Experience
Apr 2008
The very nature of telecommunications service provision is undergoing fundamental structural and business change. Almost everything connected with the 'Traditional' approach to service delivery is...
Provided by Datamonitor
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Case Studies
New Product Development for a Leading Consumer Goods Manufacturer
Dec 2009
The customer is a leading consumer goods manufacturer based in North America. The customer's products are known for their cost competitiveness, superior performance, feature innovation, energy...
Provided by Satyam Computer Services
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Case Studies
Structural Repair Manual: Allowable Damage Analysis for Stringers for a Global Aerospace Industry
Dec 2009
The customer, one of the top three companies in aerospace industry, is the world's leading manufacturer of business and regional aircrafts. The customer's requirements included: Generate allowable...
Provided by Satyam Computer Services
-
Case Studies
Advanced Automated Material Handling System for On-Time Delivery and Improved Efficiency
Dec 2009
The customer, a leading semiconductor wafer manufacturer in Asia-Pacific, wanted: Manufacturing processes for wafer plant (Conveyer - Foup moments inside FAB - systems) and Wafer transfer inside...
Provided by Satyam Computer Services
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Case Studies
Spring Framework for an Electronic Equipment Company
Jul 2009
The customer, a large electronic equipment company, required spring framework resources to set up delivery centers for its customers and increase the level of support to global technology teams...
Provided by Satyam Computer Services
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Case Studies
Maintaining and Enhancing Mission Critical HR/Payroll Systems
Aug 2009
The client is a fully-integrated telecommunications and information services company that offers a wide range of services and competes in all telecommunications markets throughout Australia....
Provided by Satyam Computer Services
-
Case Studies
HR Operations Improve Value, Quality and Flexibility
Mar 2010
The Co-operative Group, the UK's largest consumer co-operative, CFS has around 6.5 million customers. With disparate systems and a reliance on manual processes, HR was under pressure to improve...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
FAU's Students and Faculty Resolve 97% of Support Issues on Their Own Using Parature
Mar 2009
Florida Atlantic University (FAU) is most notably characterized by its distributed campus structure in which the university's programs and services are geographically dispersed. FAU faced was a...
Provided by Parature
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White Papers
Sales Optimization: Creating and Applying a Model for Optimized Sales Performance in the Solution Selling Business
Jul 2009
Sales Optimization is a management methodology for dramatically improving the productivity of the sales process. Replacing traditional sales management practices with an optimized sales model...
Provided by The Leren Group
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Case Studies
Soft Drinks Business Cuts Support Calls by 50 Per Cent With Proactive IT Strategy
Aug 2010
Britvic Soft Drinks is one of the largest drinks companies in the United Kingdom (U.K.), with brands including Pepsi and Tango. It wanted to increase system performance and reliability, and worked...
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
Improving Intercompany Reconciliation for a Faster Close: Driving Financial Excellence
Aug 2008
Companies are moving beyond the initial need to comply with legislation like the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and are focusing instead on driving sustainability and control into their corporate processes....
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
Improving Sales Pipeline Performance Through Enhanced Visibility: Leveraging Analytics to Focus on the Right Opportunities
Apr 2008
For companies with complex sales cycles - in high technology, industrial machinery, and advanced materials, for example - improving sales pipeline performance is essential for achieving revenue...
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
Integrated Sales and Operations Planning in a Solution Provider Network: Seizing Opportunities to Reduce Costs and Increase Revenues
Mar 2008
Although most companies have a process for Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) in place, many are not seeing measurable, bottom-line benefits from it. However, some best-in-class companies have...
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
SIMATIC IT for the Discrete Industry
May 2009
SIMATIC IT is a scalable, standards-based manufacturing execution and intelligence solution. It contains configurable standard functionality for R&D and production environments and can be easily...
Provided by ARC Advisory Group
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Case Studies
Virtual Commissioning Solution Shrinks an Eight-Day Task to a Single Day at a BMW Plant
Nov 2007
The Siemens Automation and Drives Group (A&D) is the leading manufacturer in this field worldwide. More and more, A&D is called on to develop increasingly complex automation solutions within...
Provided by Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software
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Case Studies
Plant Design and Optimization Solution Helps Protect Centuries-Old Market Leadership
Mar 2008
Meyer Werft - Jos. L. Meyer GmbH was founded in 1795 and can look back on a very successful track record, especially in the building of special-purpose ships Werft. To cater to the need of...
Provided by Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software
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Case Studies
Tecnomatix Manufacturing Execution System Cuts Costs While Improving Efficiency and On-Time Delivery of PCB Assemblies
Feb 2008
Alcatel Shanghai Bell (ASB) delivers end-to-end solutions for fixed, mobile and private communications markets. ASB wanted to face increasing competition also wanted to Compliance with many...
Provided by Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software
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Case Studies
Digital Simulation Helps Create Complex Machining Centers That Perform Faster and Are Available to Customers Sooner
Sep 2007
Witzig & Frank GmbH develops and produces specialized machining centers for the automobile industry and its suppliers, the sanitary and fittings sector and other markets where medium and large...
Provided by Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software
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Case Studies
Standard Software + Innovation = True Manufacturing Integration
Dec 2007
Curtiss-Wright Corporation is a diversified company that designs, manufactures and overhauls products for motion control and flow control applications. The company's continuous improvement program...
Provided by Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software
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Case Studies
Tecnomatix Enables Collaboration on New Robotic Assembly Lines That Reduces Overall Development Time for a New Vehicle
Jun 2009
For more than 40 years, Aritex Canding S.A. has been supplying turnkey robotic assembly systems in the automotive sector, as well as component assembly installations in the aerospace sector....
Provided by Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software
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Case Studies
Product Lifecycle Management Permits a Faster, More Integrated Response to Customer Requests, From Presales Activities Through to Design Cycle
Sep 2010
Crompton Greaves is engaged in designing, manufacturing and marketing high technology electrical products and services related to power generation, transmission and distribution as well as...
Provided by Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software
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Case Studies
SAS Marketing Optimization Helps Scotiabank Gain Wallet Share
Sep 2010
Scotiabank is one of the five-largest financial institutions in Canada, offering deposit accounts, mutual funds, mortgages and lines of credit to 7 million customers across the country. Scotiabank...
Provided by SAS Institute
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Case Studies
A Management Dashboard for SERIT SICILIA
Sep 2008
SERIT SICILIA's main task is administering the collection of revenue and taxes in the nine provinces of Sicily. The company has more than 1,000 employees and is owned by Riscossioni Sicilia and...
Provided by SAS Institute
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White Papers
The Changing Face of Marketing Automation: Managing Customer Dialogue in an Online, Offline, Social, Digital, Multichannel World
Sep 2010
Modern consumers are Web-savvy, mobile-loving people who typically spend more time online than reading magazines and watching TV. These changes in behavior are fundamentally changing the face of...
Provided by SAS Institute
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White Papers
Frozen Capital in Industry
Apr 2010
Frozen capital is defined as inefficiently deployed capital or untapped liquidity potential that could be freed up in industry across the globe. This paper focuses mainly on the manufacturing...
Provided by Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software
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Case Studies
Overtoom Project Proves Worth of SAS-Based Predictive Model
May 2009
Customer intelligence solutions can prove highly successful in optimizing marketing activities. Overtoom International, market leader in office and warehouse supplies, used SAS solutions to...
Provided by SAS Institute
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Case Studies
The Venetian Resort Bets on SAS to Keep Occupancy and Revenue High
Jun 2009
Along with its sister property, The Palazzo, The Venetian brought the mega all-suite luxury concept to a city that is all about reinvention and is making it successful. Venetian wanted to keep...
Provided by SAS Institute
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Case Studies
A Management Dashboard for SERIT SICILIA
Sep 2008
SERIT SICILIA's main task is administering the collection of revenue and taxes in the nine provinces of Sicily. The company has more than 1,000 employees and is owned by Riscossioni Sicilia and...
Provided by SAS Institute
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Case Studies
SAS Marketing Optimization Helps Scotiabank Gain Wallet Share
Sep 2010
Scotiabank is one of the five-largest financial institutions in Canada, offering deposit accounts, mutual funds, mortgages and lines of credit to 7 million customers across the country. Scotiabank...
Provided by SAS Institute
-
Case Studies
Product Lifecycle Management Permits a Faster, More Integrated Response to Customer Requests, From Presales Activities Through to Design Cycle
Sep 2010
Crompton Greaves is engaged in designing, manufacturing and marketing high technology electrical products and services related to power generation, transmission and distribution as well as...
Provided by Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software
-
Case Studies
Tecnomatix Enables Collaboration on New Robotic Assembly Lines That Reduces Overall Development Time for a New Vehicle
Jun 2009
For more than 40 years, Aritex Canding S.A. has been supplying turnkey robotic assembly systems in the automotive sector, as well as component assembly installations in the aerospace sector....
Provided by Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software
-
Case Studies
Standard Software + Innovation = True Manufacturing Integration
Dec 2007
Curtiss-Wright Corporation is a diversified company that designs, manufactures and overhauls products for motion control and flow control applications. The company's continuous improvement program...
Provided by Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software
-
Case Studies
Digital Simulation Helps Create Complex Machining Centers That Perform Faster and Are Available to Customers Sooner
Sep 2007
Witzig & Frank GmbH develops and produces specialized machining centers for the automobile industry and its suppliers, the sanitary and fittings sector and other markets where medium and large...
Provided by Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software
-
Case Studies
Tecnomatix Manufacturing Execution System Cuts Costs While Improving Efficiency and On-Time Delivery of PCB Assemblies
Feb 2008
Alcatel Shanghai Bell (ASB) delivers end-to-end solutions for fixed, mobile and private communications markets. ASB wanted to face increasing competition also wanted to Compliance with many...
Provided by Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software
-
Case Studies
Plant Design and Optimization Solution Helps Protect Centuries-Old Market Leadership
Mar 2008
Meyer Werft - Jos. L. Meyer GmbH was founded in 1795 and can look back on a very successful track record, especially in the building of special-purpose ships Werft. To cater to the need of...
Provided by Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software
-
Case Studies
Virtual Commissioning Solution Shrinks an Eight-Day Task to a Single Day at a BMW Plant
Nov 2007
The Siemens Automation and Drives Group (A&D) is the leading manufacturer in this field worldwide. More and more, A&D is called on to develop increasingly complex automation solutions within...
Provided by Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software
-
White Papers
SIMATIC IT for the Discrete Industry
May 2009
SIMATIC IT is a scalable, standards-based manufacturing execution and intelligence solution. It contains configurable standard functionality for R&D and production environments and can be easily...
Provided by ARC Advisory Group
-
White Papers
Integrated Sales and Operations Planning in a Solution Provider Network: Seizing Opportunities to Reduce Costs and Increase Revenues
Mar 2008
Although most companies have a process for Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) in place, many are not seeing measurable, bottom-line benefits from it. However, some best-in-class companies have...
Provided by SAP
-
White Papers
Improving Sales Pipeline Performance Through Enhanced Visibility: Leveraging Analytics to Focus on the Right Opportunities
Apr 2008
For companies with complex sales cycles - in high technology, industrial machinery, and advanced materials, for example - improving sales pipeline performance is essential for achieving revenue...
Provided by SAP
-
White Papers
Improving Intercompany Reconciliation for a Faster Close: Driving Financial Excellence
Aug 2008
Companies are moving beyond the initial need to comply with legislation like the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and are focusing instead on driving sustainability and control into their corporate processes....
Provided by SAP
-
Case Studies
Soft Drinks Business Cuts Support Calls by 50 Per Cent With Proactive IT Strategy
Aug 2010
Britvic Soft Drinks is one of the largest drinks companies in the United Kingdom (U.K.), with brands including Pepsi and Tango. It wanted to increase system performance and reliability, and worked...
Provided by Microsoft
-
White Papers
Sales Optimization: Creating and Applying a Model for Optimized Sales Performance in the Solution Selling Business
Jul 2009
Sales Optimization is a management methodology for dramatically improving the productivity of the sales process. Replacing traditional sales management practices with an optimized sales model...
Provided by The Leren Group
-
Case Studies
FAU's Students and Faculty Resolve 97% of Support Issues on Their Own Using Parature
Mar 2009
Florida Atlantic University (FAU) is most notably characterized by its distributed campus structure in which the university's programs and services are geographically dispersed. FAU faced was a...
Provided by Parature
-
Case Studies
HR Operations Improve Value, Quality and Flexibility
Mar 2010
The Co-operative Group, the UK's largest consumer co-operative, CFS has around 6.5 million customers. With disparate systems and a reliance on manual processes, HR was under pressure to improve...
Provided by IBM
-
Case Studies
Maintaining and Enhancing Mission Critical HR/Payroll Systems
Aug 2009
The client is a fully-integrated telecommunications and information services company that offers a wide range of services and competes in all telecommunications markets throughout Australia....
Provided by Satyam Computer Services
-
Case Studies
Spring Framework for an Electronic Equipment Company
Jul 2009
The customer, a large electronic equipment company, required spring framework resources to set up delivery centers for its customers and increase the level of support to global technology teams...
Provided by Satyam Computer Services
-
Case Studies
Advanced Automated Material Handling System for On-Time Delivery and Improved Efficiency
Dec 2009
The customer, a leading semiconductor wafer manufacturer in Asia-Pacific, wanted: Manufacturing processes for wafer plant (Conveyer - Foup moments inside FAB - systems) and Wafer transfer inside...
Provided by Satyam Computer Services
-
Case Studies
Structural Repair Manual: Allowable Damage Analysis for Stringers for a Global Aerospace Industry
Dec 2009
The customer, one of the top three companies in aerospace industry, is the world's leading manufacturer of business and regional aircrafts. The customer's requirements included: Generate allowable...
Provided by Satyam Computer Services
-
Case Studies
New Product Development for a Leading Consumer Goods Manufacturer
Dec 2009
The customer is a leading consumer goods manufacturer based in North America. The customer's products are known for their cost competitiveness, superior performance, feature innovation, energy...
Provided by Satyam Computer Services
-
White Papers
Achieving Profitable Growth Through Exceptional Customer Experience
Apr 2008
The very nature of telecommunications service provision is undergoing fundamental structural and business change. Almost everything connected with the 'Traditional' approach to service delivery is...
Provided by Datamonitor
-
White Papers
Resilience Amid Turmoil Benchmarking IT Industry Competitiveness 2009
Sep 2009
Resilience amid turmoil: Benchmarking IT industry competitiveness 2009 is an Economist Intelligence Unit white paper, sponsored by the Business Software Alliance (BSA). The Economist Intelligence...
Provided by Business Software Alliance (BSA)
-
White Papers
Why Premium Support Is More Effective Than Standard Support in the Financial Services Industry
Nov 2008
Financial services industry customers are challenged as never before to respond quickly - armed as they are with limited budgets - to accommodate rapid changes in technology and customer demand....
Provided by Symantec
-
Case Studies
City of Durres Transforms Citizen Service and Boosts Efficiency With Modern, Digital, iGovernment Platform
Jun 2010
City of Durres wanted to gain real time visibility of city council's finances, purchasing commitments, municipality-owned assets and inventory and improve tax collection rates from businesses and...
Provided by Oracle
-
Case Studies
Only the Brave Group Standardizes and Streamlines Human Resources Management Worldwide
Aug 2010
Only The Brave Group wanted to implement a new system to support global and local management and Human Resources (HR) processes that can be Web-accessible in 19 countries and promote development...
Provided by Oracle
-
White Papers
Master the Challenges of Programming Multi-Function Machines
Dec 2009
By combining multiple machining operations such as milling and turning in a single machine, multiple-function machine tools reduce the number of setups required to process parts. Saving a...
Provided by Siemens
-
Case Studies
Fabergé Pushes Boundaries to Deliver Luxury Shopping Experience on the Web
Oct 2009
Faberge wanted to re-launch a global brand - aimed at a very select target market - by recreating a luxury brand experience online, reaching clients wherever they may be. Faberge provided each...
Provided by IBM
-
Case Studies
New Billing Processes Improve Accuracy and Customer Service While Reducing Costs
Aug 2009
Every month Recall visits more than 100,000 customer locations, providing a variety of document storage, secured destruction, and data protection services. As Recall grew through acquisition, they...
Provided by Perot Systems
-
Case Studies
Golden Cross Assistência Internacional de Saude Ltda. Reduces Costs and Accelerates Internal Processes
Jul 2010
Golden Cross Assistência Internacional de Saúde Ltda wanted to automate Human Resources (HR) processes to reduce time, operational costs, and amount of paper needed for daily activities and...
Provided by Oracle
-
Case Studies
ENKA Insaat ve Sanayi A.S. Reduces Financial Reporting Cycle Times by More Than 50%
Jul 2010
ENKA Ýnþaat ve Sanayi A.Þ. wanted to reduce reporting cycle times of the group's 30 companies and 40 branches and construction sites - a previously manual task that took more than a month from the...
Provided by Oracle
-
White Papers
Creating People Advantage in Times of Crisis: How to Address HR Challenges in the Recession
Mar 2009
The most popular planned action in the current crisis - cutting back on recruiting - clearly makes sense from a cost-cutting perspective. But companies should cut back with caution. For most, it...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
-
White Papers
Transforming HR to Create Value
Jul 2010
HR transformation has become all the rage as the function seeks to deliver value. But, heed the warning, transformation efforts that focus exclusively on improving HR are bound to fail. The point...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
-
White Papers
Human Resources Practices, the HR Function and Trade Unions: Evidence From Uruguay
Jul 2009
During the last decades Industrial Relations have been experiencing a continuous decline, while Human Resources Management practices increase protagonism in European and US organizations....
Provided by University of Pittsburgh
-
White Papers
The Relationship Between HR Practices and Firm Performance: Examining Causal Order
Aug 2010
Significant research attention has been devoted to examining the relationship between HR practices and firm performance, and research support has assumed HR as the causal variable. Using data from...
Provided by Blackwell Publishing
-
White Papers
Human Resources and Compensation Committees: Leveraging Expertise
Oct 2008
There is one important table where HR leaders still lack necessary influence, leaving many companies to pick up a costly tab. That is the contention of some HR thought-leaders who work closely...
Provided by Longnecker & Associates
-
White Papers
Framework for Global Talent Management: HR Actions for Dealing With Global Talent Challenges
Jun 2010
In today's rapidly moving, extremely uncertain, and highly competitive global environment, firms worldwide are encountering numerous global talent challenges. Global talent challenges arise as...
Provided by Pace University
-
White Papers
The Relationship Between HR Practices and Firm Performance: Examining Causal Order
Aug 2010
Significant research attention has been devoted to examining the relationship between HR practices and firm performance, and research support has assumed HR as the causal variable. Using data from...
Provided by Blackwell Publishing
-
White Papers
Human Resources Practices, the HR Function and Trade Unions: Evidence From Uruguay
Jul 2009
During the last decades Industrial Relations have been experiencing a continuous decline, while Human Resources Management practices increase protagonism in European and US organizations....
Provided by University of Pittsburgh
-
White Papers
Transforming HR to Create Value
Jul 2010
HR transformation has become all the rage as the function seeks to deliver value. But, heed the warning, transformation efforts that focus exclusively on improving HR are bound to fail. The point...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
-
White Papers
Creating People Advantage in Times of Crisis: How to Address HR Challenges in the Recession
Mar 2009
The most popular planned action in the current crisis - cutting back on recruiting - clearly makes sense from a cost-cutting perspective. But companies should cut back with caution. For most, it...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
-
Case Studies
ENKA Insaat ve Sanayi A.S. Reduces Financial Reporting Cycle Times by More Than 50%
Jul 2010
ENKA Ýnþaat ve Sanayi A.Þ. wanted to reduce reporting cycle times of the group's 30 companies and 40 branches and construction sites - a previously manual task that took more than a month from the...
Provided by Oracle
-
Case Studies
Golden Cross Assistência Internacional de Saude Ltda. Reduces Costs and Accelerates Internal Processes
Jul 2010
Golden Cross Assistência Internacional de Saúde Ltda wanted to automate Human Resources (HR) processes to reduce time, operational costs, and amount of paper needed for daily activities and...
Provided by Oracle
-
Case Studies
New Billing Processes Improve Accuracy and Customer Service While Reducing Costs
Aug 2009
Every month Recall visits more than 100,000 customer locations, providing a variety of document storage, secured destruction, and data protection services. As Recall grew through acquisition, they...
Provided by Perot Systems
-
Case Studies
Fabergé Pushes Boundaries to Deliver Luxury Shopping Experience on the Web
Oct 2009
Faberge wanted to re-launch a global brand - aimed at a very select target market - by recreating a luxury brand experience online, reaching clients wherever they may be. Faberge provided each...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
Master the Challenges of Programming Multi-Function Machines
Dec 2009
By combining multiple machining operations such as milling and turning in a single machine, multiple-function machine tools reduce the number of setups required to process parts. Saving a...
Provided by Siemens
-
Case Studies
Only the Brave Group Standardizes and Streamlines Human Resources Management Worldwide
Aug 2010
Only The Brave Group wanted to implement a new system to support global and local management and Human Resources (HR) processes that can be Web-accessible in 19 countries and promote development...
Provided by Oracle
-
Case Studies
City of Durres Transforms Citizen Service and Boosts Efficiency With Modern, Digital, iGovernment Platform
Jun 2010
City of Durres wanted to gain real time visibility of city council's finances, purchasing commitments, municipality-owned assets and inventory and improve tax collection rates from businesses and...
Provided by Oracle
-
White Papers
Why Premium Support Is More Effective Than Standard Support in the Financial Services Industry
Nov 2008
Financial services industry customers are challenged as never before to respond quickly - armed as they are with limited budgets - to accommodate rapid changes in technology and customer demand....
Provided by Symantec
-
White Papers
Resilience Amid Turmoil Benchmarking IT Industry Competitiveness 2009
Sep 2009
Resilience amid turmoil: Benchmarking IT industry competitiveness 2009 is an Economist Intelligence Unit white paper, sponsored by the Business Software Alliance (BSA). The Economist Intelligence...
Provided by Business Software Alliance (BSA)
-
White Papers
Achieving Profitable Growth Through Exceptional Customer Experience
Apr 2008
The very nature of telecommunications service provision is undergoing fundamental structural and business change. Almost everything connected with the 'Traditional' approach to service delivery is...
Provided by Datamonitor
-
Case Studies
New Product Development for a Leading Consumer Goods Manufacturer
Dec 2009
The customer is a leading consumer goods manufacturer based in North America. The customer's products are known for their cost competitiveness, superior performance, feature innovation, energy...
Provided by Satyam Computer Services
-
Case Studies
Structural Repair Manual: Allowable Damage Analysis for Stringers for a Global Aerospace Industry
Dec 2009
The customer, one of the top three companies in aerospace industry, is the world's leading manufacturer of business and regional aircrafts. The customer's requirements included: Generate allowable...
Provided by Satyam Computer Services
-
Case Studies
Advanced Automated Material Handling System for On-Time Delivery and Improved Efficiency
Dec 2009
The customer, a leading semiconductor wafer manufacturer in Asia-Pacific, wanted: Manufacturing processes for wafer plant (Conveyer - Foup moments inside FAB - systems) and Wafer transfer inside...
Provided by Satyam Computer Services
-
Case Studies
Spring Framework for an Electronic Equipment Company
Jul 2009
The customer, a large electronic equipment company, required spring framework resources to set up delivery centers for its customers and increase the level of support to global technology teams...
Provided by Satyam Computer Services
-
Case Studies
Maintaining and Enhancing Mission Critical HR/Payroll Systems
Aug 2009
The client is a fully-integrated telecommunications and information services company that offers a wide range of services and competes in all telecommunications markets throughout Australia....
Provided by Satyam Computer Services
-
Case Studies
HR Operations Improve Value, Quality and Flexibility
Mar 2010
The Co-operative Group, the UK's largest consumer co-operative, CFS has around 6.5 million customers. With disparate systems and a reliance on manual processes, HR was under pressure to improve...
Provided by IBM
-
Case Studies
FAU's Students and Faculty Resolve 97% of Support Issues on Their Own Using Parature
Mar 2009
Florida Atlantic University (FAU) is most notably characterized by its distributed campus structure in which the university's programs and services are geographically dispersed. FAU faced was a...
Provided by Parature
-
White Papers
Sales Optimization: Creating and Applying a Model for Optimized Sales Performance in the Solution Selling Business
Jul 2009
Sales Optimization is a management methodology for dramatically improving the productivity of the sales process. Replacing traditional sales management practices with an optimized sales model...
Provided by The Leren Group
-
Case Studies
Soft Drinks Business Cuts Support Calls by 50 Per Cent With Proactive IT Strategy
Aug 2010
Britvic Soft Drinks is one of the largest drinks companies in the United Kingdom (U.K.), with brands including Pepsi and Tango. It wanted to increase system performance and reliability, and worked...
Provided by Microsoft
-
White Papers
Improving Intercompany Reconciliation for a Faster Close: Driving Financial Excellence
Aug 2008
Companies are moving beyond the initial need to comply with legislation like the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and are focusing instead on driving sustainability and control into their corporate processes....
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Improving Sales Pipeline Performance Through Enhanced Visibility: Leveraging Analytics to Focus on the Right Opportunities
Apr 2008
For companies with complex sales cycles - in high technology, industrial machinery, and advanced materials, for example - improving sales pipeline performance is essential for achieving revenue...
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Integrated Sales and Operations Planning in a Solution Provider Network: Seizing Opportunities to Reduce Costs and Increase Revenues
Mar 2008
Although most companies have a process for Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) in place, many are not seeing measurable, bottom-line benefits from it. However, some best-in-class companies have...
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SIMATIC IT for the Discrete Industry
May 2009
SIMATIC IT is a scalable, standards-based manufacturing execution and intelligence solution. It contains configurable standard functionality for R&D and production environments and can be easily...
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Case Studies
Virtual Commissioning Solution Shrinks an Eight-Day Task to a Single Day at a BMW Plant
Nov 2007
The Siemens Automation and Drives Group (A&D) is the leading manufacturer in this field worldwide. More and more, A&D is called on to develop increasingly complex automation solutions within...
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Case Studies
Plant Design and Optimization Solution Helps Protect Centuries-Old Market Leadership
Mar 2008
Meyer Werft - Jos. L. Meyer GmbH was founded in 1795 and can look back on a very successful track record, especially in the building of special-purpose ships Werft. To cater to the need of...
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Case Studies
Tecnomatix Manufacturing Execution System Cuts Costs While Improving Efficiency and On-Time Delivery of PCB Assemblies
Feb 2008
Alcatel Shanghai Bell (ASB) delivers end-to-end solutions for fixed, mobile and private communications markets. ASB wanted to face increasing competition also wanted to Compliance with many...
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Case Studies
Digital Simulation Helps Create Complex Machining Centers That Perform Faster and Are Available to Customers Sooner
Sep 2007
Witzig & Frank GmbH develops and produces specialized machining centers for the automobile industry and its suppliers, the sanitary and fittings sector and other markets where medium and large...
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Case Studies
Standard Software + Innovation = True Manufacturing Integration
Dec 2007
Curtiss-Wright Corporation is a diversified company that designs, manufactures and overhauls products for motion control and flow control applications. The company's continuous improvement program...
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Case Studies
Tecnomatix Enables Collaboration on New Robotic Assembly Lines That Reduces Overall Development Time for a New Vehicle
Jun 2009
For more than 40 years, Aritex Canding S.A. has been supplying turnkey robotic assembly systems in the automotive sector, as well as component assembly installations in the aerospace sector....
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Product Lifecycle Management Permits a Faster, More Integrated Response to Customer Requests, From Presales Activities Through to Design Cycle
Sep 2010
Crompton Greaves is engaged in designing, manufacturing and marketing high technology electrical products and services related to power generation, transmission and distribution as well as...
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Case Studies
SAS Marketing Optimization Helps Scotiabank Gain Wallet Share
Sep 2010
Scotiabank is one of the five-largest financial institutions in Canada, offering deposit accounts, mutual funds, mortgages and lines of credit to 7 million customers across the country. Scotiabank...
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Case Studies
A Management Dashboard for SERIT SICILIA
Sep 2008
SERIT SICILIA's main task is administering the collection of revenue and taxes in the nine provinces of Sicily. The company has more than 1,000 employees and is owned by Riscossioni Sicilia and...
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Case Studies
The Venetian Resort Bets on SAS to Keep Occupancy and Revenue High
Jun 2009
Along with its sister property, The Palazzo, The Venetian brought the mega all-suite luxury concept to a city that is all about reinvention and is making it successful. Venetian wanted to keep...
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Case Studies
Overtoom Project Proves Worth of SAS-Based Predictive Model
May 2009
Customer intelligence solutions can prove highly successful in optimizing marketing activities. Overtoom International, market leader in office and warehouse supplies, used SAS solutions to...
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