by Sanjay J. Poonen, SAP
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With businesses shifting from a decentralized to a centralized model, the role that procurement must play within the business is changing. Companies now need to create one central procurement organization that can leverage tighter controls, enforce standardized processes and policies, and achieve new efficiencies and savings. In this article, Sanjay Poonen, President of Global Solutions at SAP, discusses key components of setting up a successful, consolidated procurement organization.
by Chris Salis and Emily Rakowski, SAP
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In the current market, many companies are focused on bottom-line savings and top-line growth, and the latest wave of procurement technology can help drive both. In this Q&A with Chris Salis, Global Vice President of Procurement Solutions and Emily Rakowski, Senior Director and Head of Procurement Solutions Marketing at SAP, readers can learn how these new innovations are changing the role of procurement.
by Carolyn Beal, SAP
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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
by Frank Suetterlin, SAP
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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.
by Suzanne Miglucci, SAP
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With so many procurement software licensing and deployment models to chose from, some companies may feel like it would be easiest to play "rock, paper, scissors" to make a decision. However, there is a better way. Read this article to learn about the available licensing and deployment options and discover the considerations for figuring out the best model for you organization.
by Stephanie Buscemi, SAP
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Most CIOs would likely agree that the ability to demonstrate deep business knowledge and a clear impact from IT investments is important to success. This feat is not always easily managed, however, as new trends and technologies create challenges in the business world. Familiar with these challenges, SAP is giving businesses a way to turn them into opportunities by using technology to harness data assets and enable systems of engagement. This article looks at four organizations that use business analytics solutions from SAP to gain more value from their data.
by SAP and Partners
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When it comes to opening the door for new innovations, both big data and mobility play a major role. In this special report, you'll hear from SAP's partners about some of the solutions and services that you can leverage to capitalize on the unique opportunities that big data and mobility have to offer, while also maximizing your investment in SAP software and achieving better business results.
by Oliver Betz, SAP
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The prevalence and ease of use of mobile devices in our personal lives has left some companies believing that mobility is easy. However, the complexity of developing and maintaining an enterprise mobility strategy and solution set will quickly shatter this belief. In this article, you'll learn how SAP, using their co-innovation approach, works closely with customers to help them navigate the waters of enterprise mobility and come up with a mobile solution that's the perfect fit for their company.
by Paige Leidig, SAP
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Cloud technology is changing the face of business as we know it and is helping companies reduce costs, maximize productivity, and adapt to a constantly evolving market. Recognizing the demand for cloud solutions that deliver real-time value, SAP has created cloud offerings that solve business problems in new ways and extend customers' existing investments. This article details SAP's top cloud solutions and how they can help your business thrive.
by Greg Chase, SAP
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Cloud computing enables companies to gain the benefits of technology quickly and inexpensively; with software-as-a-service, businesses can access enterprise-class applications without needing an IT infrastructure. This article offers an overview of SAP Business ByDesign, SAP's ERP software solution offered in the cloud. Discover how SAP Business ByDesign can help your company grow and profit, and take a tour of the three components that SAP has built out: the application, the platform, and the cloud service.
by Dr. Heike Laube, SAP AG
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Business leaders must innovate, collaborate efficiently, and make important decisions quickly to drive their organization forward. This can be difficult when too much time and too many resources are devoted to implementing and running solutions. Through services such as Expert Guided Implementations and Meet-the-Expert sessions, SAP Enterprise Support Academy enables companies to focus on developing innovations and enhances customers' operational competence. This article explores the top four channels through which SAP Enterprise Support Academy delivers services to help organizations stay ahead of the curve.
by Mark Cordrey, SAP
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Founded in 2010 as a result of close cooperation with the SAP User Group Executive Network (SUGEN), the SAP Enterprise Support Advisory Council helps drive the evolution of SAP Enterprise Support through collaborative and customer-focused work streams. This approach gives participants the unique opportunity to work on current projects and benefit from SAP Enterprise Support innovations as SAP develops them for its full customer base.
by Frank Krause, Jens Kram, and Markus Bredel, SAP AG
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Regulatory requirements and accounting rules implemented in the past decade have made calculating a company's current and future financial obligations more time consuming and complicated. Small mistakes when accounting for the cost of retiring assets can cause monetary and possibly legal trouble for an organization. To help its customers calculate their asset retirement obligations (AROs) more accurately and easily, SAP has developed SAP Asset Retirement Obligation Management, a solution that automates the data management and accounting processes associated with AROs. This article explains the importance of ARO management and how SAP's new application can streamline your accounting efforts.
by David Ludlow, SAP
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Social networking is changing how employees want to interact in the workplace. With so many ways to represent themselves on social media sites like Facebook and LinkedIn, employees want more control of their personal brand in the office as well. Looking at how HR-related business applications will need to change to meet employees' evolving expectations, this article explores the three core concepts behind a next-generation talent management solution.
by Richard Strattner, SAP
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Implementing the newest solutions is exciting for a business, but to truly maximize the return on the investment in the technology, the company's IT organization and user population must be educated on the solutions before they go live. This can be quite an undertaking, but SAP has developed a series of SAP Accelerated Learning packages to help expedite the learning process. This article discusses the packages for SAP HANA, mobility, and business intelligence, and reviews the different ways the offerings can be delivered for faster and more convenient learning.
by SAP and Partners
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The goals of the business and IT can often seem to be at odds. With Duet Enterprise, however, companies can meet the needs of both. Duet Enterprise provides the building blocks that developers can use to compose solutions that blend the functionality of SAP and Microsoft. For IT, this helps broaden the use of SAP software and expand the scope of Microsoft SharePoint. Business users gain a unified view of both their data and their tasks, giving them a central place from which to manage their business processes. In this special report, you'll learn more about Duet Enterprise and some of the innovative solutions partners have already built with it.
by Karl Kessler, SAP AG
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Emerging technologies -- mobile applications, cloud computing, and in-memory-based solutions -- are providing new ways for companies to design and implement custom applications on a variety of platforms and frameworks. This column provides an overview of SAP's strategy for supporting these trends and accelerating innovation, and explains how SAP NetWeaver helps you meet your custom development needs in all of these areas of innovation.
by Anne Hardy and David Brutman, SAP
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Software today affects nearly every aspect of our lives, a fact that is shining the spotlight on developers and putting them in an influential position. To further support these developers, SAP has initiated new programs to inspire developers, enable new technology adoption, and facilitate an easy, targeted, and open development experience. In this article, you'll learn more about the first of these programs: the SAP Developer Center.
by Tobias Kutning and Bernd F. Lober, SAP AG
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Originally introduced to boost quality assurance, SAP standard application benchmarks are also used to test and verify the scalability, concurrency, power efficiency, and multi-user behavior of system software components, relational database management systems (RDBMSs), and business applications. This article takes a closer look at these benchmarks and explores some of the record-breaking results achieved this year.
by Marko Sommer and Stephan Zlatarev, SAP AG
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If you aren't already integrating on-demand solutions into your end-to-end business processes, it's likely only a matter of time before you do. However, the cloud can bring with it a new set of challenges, particularly in the realm of security. For instance, while users have come to expect consistent user management and single sign-on capabilities for authenticating, securing, and integrating applications into their end-to-end processes, on-demand solutions have remained as separate entities that require separate user maintenance — until now. In this column, you'll learn about the new ID service from SAP that is enabling secure single sign-on in the cloud.
by Nellie Greely, ASUG
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The quality of its leaders is an important part of a company's success. Leaders set the tone for their companies, provide guidance to their employees, and influence the way customers view the enterprise. That's why ASUG, in an attempt to help cultivate these leaders and enable them to maximize their inherent leadership skills, has launched Leadership 2.0, an online community and event-based initiative designed to provide a resource pool of knowledge and guidance for leaders.
by Dr. Mario Günter, DSAG
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As companies assess and plan for new technologies, they must also focus on the need to maintain and manage their older, established systems and solutions. It can be tricky to strike a perfect balance, but DSAG is helping its members do just that. At DSAG's 2011 congress, members got information not only about SAP's latest and greatest innovations, but also about continued support for their established solutions.
by SAP and Partners
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