Benchmarking, or the analysis of operational costs, productivity, and service levels in a comparative context of market standards, is a firmly established management tool. 

Read this white paper to learn the fundamentals and benefits of business process management (BPM), and how BPM systems work so well the mobile workforce management industry. 

While a business process management system can save time and cut costs by governing processes, it can’t decide what to do, given a particular circumstance. A business rules management system enables the right decisions to be made quickly. This white paper uses case studies to illustrate the value of adding rules to BPM. 

This IDC study uses the IDC MarketScape model to assess the capabilities of vendors to support midrange to complex process improvement scenarios using business process management (BPM) software. 

Accounts payable remains a manual and often inefficient business process. Read this white paper for a discussion of best practices options and a solid approach to implementing solutions for automating and optimizing Accounts Payable in the SAP environment. 

This IDC study assesses the capabilities of business process platform vendors to support midrange to complex process improvement scenarios. 

IBM Business Process Manager provides the simplicity, efficiency, visibility and collaboration needed to manage highly dynamic and networked business environments. IBM Business Process Manager is easy to deploy and use straight out of the box or in an easily customizable configuration - providing rapid time to value and improved user productivity. 

Read this white paper for an explanation of how business process management melds with complex event processing. The combination nets intelligent business processes that react to changing business conditions in real time, providing continuous visibility-in short, an instantly responsive enterprise. 

Read this paper for a discussion of SOA Suite 11g, a family of products that take SOA to a new level and correct some of the problems caused by the very combination of components and multiplication of languages that make SOA a flexible, agile system. 

Despite being so important, the process to create the annual report, the 10-K and the 10-Q is still stuck in the Middle Ages. This paper explores the history of annual reporting, the process of manually creating the annual report, and how to bring this process into the 21st century. 

If you want to move beyond the traditional finance role and play a more visible, pro-active role in supporting business decision making, read this white paper today. 

With new technologies—such as planning and analysis solutions powered by IBM Cognos® software—companies are automating the process, getting faster reports and data that fuel “what is” and “what if” scenarios. Read this paper to learn more. 

Many organizations still struggle with siloed operations for lack of a clear path to collaboration. But with the right IT strategy and organizational change, a company can enable collaboration beyond its four walls and extend out to suppliers, customers, and partners, integrating all processes from idea to delivery. Read this paper to learn more.