WHITE PAPER - In this research report, we examine five of the critical issues that are creating new opportunities for the accounting profession and nine key strategies for obtaining competitive advantage.
Posted: October 5, 2009 | Published: October 5, 2009


Topics:  Accounting | Accounting Industry | Collaboration | Economic Environment | Regulatory Compliance | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance | Workforce Planning

WHITE PAPER - This paper examines solutions, both traditional software and Software as a Service models, with a proven track record in helping companies make the transition to 100% electronic AR invoicing.
Posted: October 5, 2009 | Published: October 5, 2009


Topics:  Accounting | Accounting Software | Billing Software | Business Processes | ERP Software | SAP (Product) | Software as a Service

WHITE PAPER - This paper presents a solution that leverages comprehensive document process automation to deliver the advantages of paperless invoice processing as an on-demand service. It highlights the opportunity to shift ROI from the project level to the document level (capital versus operational expense) and realize automation benefits immediately.
Posted: July 10, 2009 | Published: July 10, 2009


Topics:  Accounting | Accounting Software | CEOs | CFOs | CIOs | Operational Support Systems | Payment Processing | ROI

WHITE PAPER - What's arguably the single greatest barrier to the fast close has remained constant - the completion of the intercompany reconciliation process. This paper examines the issues behind intercompany reconciliation and outlines how companies can make impressive progress when they employ software solutions such as those from SAP Business Objects
Posted: June 8, 2009 | Published: June 2, 2009


Topics:  Accounting | Accounting Software | Compliance (Finance) | Financial Applications Software | Financial Management | Financial Reporting | Regulatory Compliance | SAP (Product) | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

WHITE PAPER - The term "financial close" describes a corporation's ability to complete its accounting cycles and produce financial statements for internal management and external legal reporting. This paper identifies solutions to help organizations improve and sustain their close times and address the challenges associated with automating internal controls
Posted: June 5, 2009 | Published: June 2, 2009


Topics:  Accounting | Business Performance Management | Compliance (Finance) | Financial Management | Financial Reporting | Financial Statements | Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) | Legal Compliance Software | Risk Assessment | Risk Management

WHITE PAPER - the following article will share the results of SAP research as well as APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking Collaborative (OSBC) research. The OSBC research is the first global set of common standards for business processes and data, giving organizations an independent, authoritative resource for evaluating and improving business practices.
Posted: January 26, 2009 | Published: January 23, 2009


Topics:  Accounting | Benchmark Testing | Best Practices | Business Processes | Financial Services Industry | Fixed Assets | Performance Testing | Regulatory Compliance | Risk Management | SAP (Product)

WHITE PAPER - Manufacturers must be prepared to recognize impending change as early as possible, assess the potential impact, determine the optimum strategy for dealing with the change, and implement that strategy in the most effective way possible. In this white paper you'll learn 4 steps toward developing chaos-tolerant business processes.
Posted: September 4, 2008 | Published: September 4, 2008


Topics:  Accounting | ERP | Information Management | Inventory Management Software | Manufacturing Execution Systems | Supply Chain Automation | Supply Chain Execution | Supply Chain Integration | Supply Chain Software | Warehouse Management Software

WHITE PAPER - Find out how leading companies are designing their sales and operations planning (S&OP) processes to continuously monitor and meet customer demand.
Posted: March 24, 2008 | Published: March 1, 2007


Topics:  Accounting | Customer Service | ERP | Operations | Sales | Supply Chains