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sector? Need to know about compliance and regulation? Whatever your
interests keep up to date with our collection of sector and
product-based White Papers.
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Customer relationship management (CRM) applications have promised much, but in all too many cases have seemingly failed to deliver on that promise. Respected industry analyst firms such as Gartner Group have recorded failure rates of between 55 and 70 per cent for CRM projects, while also reporting that over 40 per cent of CRM licences purchased have yet to be deployed
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This whitepaper identifies key challenges business and technical management face with their financial management software. Whether your current systems provide inaccurate data and delays in gathering financial information, or if you just don’t have the time or resources to keep your financial systems running smoothly, there is hope. This whitepaper walks through the key areas of a financial management solution so when you’re evaluating current and future financial management software, you’re prepared to avoid challenges and maximise your investment.
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For most companies, planning and budgeting is a necessary but painful annual process. Unfortunately, it is often a prolonged exercise that takes so long that the starting assumptions are virtually meaningless by the time the process is complete. Add to that the rapidly increasing need for reporting and controls, both from investors and to meet regulatory requirements for publicly traded companies, and the situation becomes one where there is an imperative for change.
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Download complimentary copies of all five parts of Making Budgeting and Planning a Tool for Success - A Guide for Mid-Size Companies, or only the parts you feel you would like to read.
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As the UK’s eGovernment programme moves forward, local authorities are under pressure to improve efficiency by embracing new technologies. eProcurement is recognised as one of the key pillars of a successful eGovernment strategy, seen bymost as an effective way to reduce purchase costs, drive new efficiencies and promote collaboration across local government.
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This whitepaper highlights how spend control software is making local authority costs clear to today's finance directors and delivering the benefits that Sir Peter Gershon highlighted in his independent review of public sector efficiency.
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This whitepaper reveals how Spend Control software is making the company cost-base transparent for today’s CFO.
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Finance executives must meet a growing number of complex demands and challenges if their companies are to reach the next level of profitable growth.
In this paper, you will learn:
- Four market drivers that are transforming the world of corporate finance
- Three top challenges confronting today’s CFO
- Five critical success criteria that have guided top performing CFOs in their finance system
investments
- Most importantly, you will learn the success secrets that are enabling finance units to rise to an increasingly valuable position within the enterprises.
You’ll discover how today’s top finance executives are seizing the strategic high ground and delivering exceptional financial guidance.
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Discover how finance executives can provide strategic leadership and operational excellence to drive growth. Finance executives must meet a growing number of complex demands and challenges if their companies are to reach the next level of profitable growth.
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This whitepaper identifies the four key success factors for implementing successful Peformance Management, the pre-requisites, and where to start the journey to drive business performance.
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This whitepaper explores the solutions for driving business process productivity.
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This white paper outlines ways that technology can help manufacturers meet their challenges, increase operational efficiency, and step ahead of competitors with more proactive planning, greater shared visibility, and more agile and more profitable responses to change. This white paper will also address specific ways that Microsoft Dynamics AX can help your manufacturing operations compete, grow, and succeed.
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This paper discusses the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) on businesses and explains how Microsoft Dynamics NAV can help companies and their subsidiaries in SOX compliance.
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Read this whitepaper by Peppers & Rogers Group to discover how to align sales and marketing teams to create a shared go-to-market strategy that focuses on customers, not products.
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Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 is a leading example of a business management solution designed to optimize usability, improve user productivity, and meet the needs of people in a variety of roles to drive business success. The solution’s user-friendly navigation, familiar interface, visualization aids, and self-service business intelligence (BI) tools are prime examples of highly usable features that are designed for the people who use them. This white paper explores the impact of such features on user adoption and personal and organizational productivity.
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Catherine Stratton is an independent analyst on the hire sector.
Read about the current economic background, forecasts, the state of the sector, and recent company results and trading statements.
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This whitepaper explores common ways that businesses protect themselves in an economic downturn, the pressures faced by sales and marketing managers during such a time, and why the need for comprehensive analytics is heightened to make sound decisions in pressured situations.
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This whitepaper is aimed at users of Microsoft Dynamics CRM and NAV who are interested in learning more about how analytics capabilities (such as reporting, ad-hoc analysis, scorecards, dashboards and Key Performance Indicators) can enhance their existing investment in Microsoft Dynamics. It covers the common business case that drives an investment in analytics, and also the typical challenges faced in many analytics projects.
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Download this video to hear the top priorities and the five mega trends from Forrester Research regarding ERP systems.
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This white paper explores how customer relationship management (CRM) solutions can provide the foundation for sustainable growth and enable organisations to survive and thrive in these uncertain times.
