Given the dramatic events in the capital markets, everyone is wondering what will happen next - and what the implications are for the wider economy. This paper will discuss challenges facing companies and how to respond. 

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. 

Traditional approaches to risk management emphasize mitigation, focusing on the readily apparent risks facing a company in the areas of security, privacy, credit, regulatory, technology, fraud and more. These threats are, of course, important and must be addressed. 

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 is the first in a series of six reports addressing the opportunities and challenges faced by midsize manufacturers. 

This product brochure highlights how mid-market Chemicals companies now have a full SAP solution specifically designed for them through the collaboration of Atos Origin and SAP. The solution is a rapid implementation of SAP and ongoing support services with per-user pricing that fits the budget of this target market. 

The customer care and billing functionality in SAP for Utilities provides billing for routine retail service and complex billing for commercial and industrial accounts, flat-rate billing for unmetered energy and nonenergy products. 

Whether the economy is doing well or not, business leaders are always looking for the technological edge to bump up productivity and get more out of their workers. But new innovations always introduce new risks. The hallmark of a good C-level executive is the ability to balance the benefit of innovation with solid risk mitigation. 

To maximize profitability, companies must know the true cost of making and delivering their products and services. Traditional cost accounting, devised in a simpler era, does not satisfy that need. This paper examines indirect and overhead costs, which are crucial to managing profitability. 

Check out this webcast, which discusses the problem of flat budgets, rising costs, and competing priorities, and explains how automating core network services has proven to be a helpful solution. 

In this transcript food pioneer Rich Products shares the strategies that streamlined their payable processes, consolidated AP processing from 19 locations to one and saved them six figures in discounts.