Discover the impact of Lean on consumer product manufacturers and gain key tips in implementing successful Lean initiatives across the enterprise. 

The best products to offer are those that provide a high level of value for both you and your customer. Companies with successful product portfolios often utilize a systematic process to effectively guide which projects are selected. This whitepaper explains how you can take advantage of a value-driven approach to product portfolio management. 

The evolution of consumer marketing causes everyone to think in new ways. Instead of reaching consumers through traditional media, Internet, product placement and word of mouth are good alternatives. Check out this paper for more information about integrated brand management. 

This white paper discusses two Oracle OLAP solutions: Oracle's Hyperion Essbase and Oracle Database 11g OLAP Option which share similar characteristics but are individuals with their differences. 

The product portfolio decisions you make today will determine whether your company is relevant tomorrow. To increase the chances of marketing a successful product, organizations must deliver products and services to the consumers they value the most, and they must provide those deliverables when their consumers want them. Read on to learn more. 

This paper presents an overview and introduction to reverse logistics and how to manage reverse logistics in the CPG industry in an efficient manner. 

Read this presentation transcript to learn the business value of PLM in an uncertain economy as well as significant trends in the PLM market. Explore SAP's approach to a new generation of product lifecycle management solutions that will help you remain or become a product and services leader. 

This webcast explores the business value of product lifecycle management (PLM) in an uncertain economy and explores SAP's approach to becoming more innovative, agile and efficient. 

This paper is aimed at helping senior management address its product ROI in a manner that can be directly applied to their everyday management practices. In this report, EMF presents a methodology for calculating the ROI for a development based on the direct cost of development, associative costs, extrinsic costs and a process for estimating risk. 

The need to keep product and service offerings fresh is not a new concept in business today, but the new approach is involving a network of business partners and even customers in their quest to innovate. This process is called "continuous product and service innovation." 

Leading-edge manufacturers are discovering that they can improve production efficiencies and manage MRO expenditures by integrating their Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) with Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) systems. 

This paper gives a brief overview of the SAP® solutions used by manufacturers of complex products and equipment to differentiate themselves from the competition through superior-value products and services against low-cost global providers.