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by SAP's Global Ecosystem and Channel Marketing Group SAPinsider SAP offers select solution extensions that integrate directly into your existing landscape, providing increased business value to complement the SAP business solutions you already have in place. In this special report, you can explore several of these solution extensions in more detail and take a look at the benefits the various tools can bring to an organization.
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by Dr. Ralf Rath, SAP AG SAPinsider For decision makers searching through vast amounts of data for actionable, meaningful information that contains the appropriate level of detail and context, the SAP Visual Business interface can be a powerful tool. This interactive user interface technology enables users to visualize both SAP and non-SAP data from various sources on a single screen, allowing users to navigate intuitively through business data and manipulate the level of detail in which the information is displayed.
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by Carolyn Beal, SAP SAPinsider Even with the increased emphasis on cost control that has come out of the recession, maverick or unauthorized spending is still a problem for most organizations, sometimes costing millions of dollars. This article shares six steps to help procurement organizations maximize savings and profits; including obtaining executive sponsorship and collaborating with key stakeholders
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by Frank Suetterlin, SAP SAPinsider Supplier management has evolved from basic recordkeeping and scorecarding to a strategic practice focused on the management of supplier information, performance, compliance, and risk. Strategic supplier management programs can improve visibility and collaboration, consolidate spend, and reduce quality issues. In this article, learn the three principles that are essential to strategic supplier management and how to make such a program work within your organization.
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by Lori Mitchell-Keller SAPinsider Collaborate better, decide better, and operate better — these are the hallmarks of a successful strategy in today's "Networked Normal" business environment. SAP;s Lori Mitchell-Keller offers an introduction to the new solutions and features that SAP has developed to help customers better execute on these three dimensions.
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by Thomas Ohnemus and Richard Howells, SAP SAPinsider Despite the best intentions, silos remain in many organizations that fail to see a direct path to collaboration. But the right IT systems, when used effectively, can extend collaboration out to suppliers, customers, and partners, integrating all processes from idea to delivery. In this Q&A, SAP executives Thomas Ohnemus and Richard Howells discuss the idea-to-delivery model and why it’s so important for SAP customers.
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by Michael Lipton, SAP SAPinsider With today's supply chains spread across global networks, a lack of visibility and long decision-making times often make it difficult to plan and execute with speed and precision. This article discusses three success factors that companies are focusing on to become more demand-driven, as well as the SAP solutions — such as SAP Supply Chain Response Management — that are available to support those success factors.
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by Henner Schliebs, SAP SAPinsider Procurement analytics — which encompass traditional spend analytics and key procurement measures — provide the key to identifying areas of low performance, optimizing procurement functions, and reducing costs. But what's the best way to configure and deploy a procurement analytics program? This article will walk you through the 4-step process.
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by Lenore Johnson, Rebecca Newell, Bil Khan, and Kishore Bhamidipati, SAP SAPinsider A recurring theme for companies these days is to do more with less. In this primer, you'll learn about SAP's solution extensions — solutions sourced from third parties that provide their own unique benefits and also closely integrate with SAP solutions and key business processes. These offerings allow companies to build on current IT investments, enabling them to create even more competitive, compelling, and holistic solutions.
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by Siddharth Taparia, SAP SAPinsider Something has been missing from supply chain strategies, and that missing piece is the ability to apply performance management techniques holistically across supply chain processes. Learn how solutions like SAP BusinessObjects Supply Chain Performance Management can enable this ability and ensure tight alignment with your company’s overall strategy.
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