This E-Guide features two articles from our editorial team on advice for implementing lean manufacturing templates, and how to prepare your current enterprise resource planning (ERP) system for a more efficient and less wasteful environment. 

Access this resource to discover an inventory optimization strategy that improves service levels and reduces working capital costs through improved inventory planning, adjusts inventory levels through tested planning methods, and facilitates coordinated inventory planning for the entire consumer products supply chain. 

Read this white paper to learn how, centralizing and intelligently automating supply chain monitoring within SAP, you can extend real-time B2B supply chain insight and problem-solving beyond the IT department to your business departments. 

Forrester Research has witnessed a significant increase in organizations' adoption and interest in embedding data quality best practices, methodologies, and technologies into enterprise data management strategies and architectures. Read this whitepaper to learn more. 

Your enterprise has invested heavily in SAP. But data exchange restrictions caused by large data files, FTP spaghetti and unreliable network connections create long waits, limit your ability to send and receive information, and raise costs and risks. Read this paper to find out how Managed File Transfer ensures your data flow is secure and speedy. 

View the slides presented in the "New Research: How to Improve Your B2B Email Marketing Results in 2007" Webcast and find out how 3,637 marketers responded to tough questions about their open, click and conversion rates. Also, find out which tests work best, what's not working, list growth strategies and how email budgets are changing for 2007. 

This whitepaper compares and contrasts Orchestrated Service Management (OSM) systems to the other classes of ITSM systems in use today. It describes these defining characteristics, thereby creating a template for IT leaders to use when evaluating modern ITSM systems. 

In this case study Flow International standardizes on Dell hardware to increase enterprise efficiency, cut new PC deployment time by up to 10 hours, and foster collaboration among global divisions. Download now to learn more about the specific benefits achieved. 

<p>Read this white paper to learn how comprehensive security analysis equips you with the proper insight into the structure of your software code to identify and resolve possible security holes</p> 

This paper discusses how protecting cardholder data is a critical and mandatory requirement for all organizations that process, store or transmit information on credit or debit cards and the requirements and guidelines for securing cardholder data are specified in the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS).