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. 

To find out how senior executives view their financial processes, the Economist Intelligence Unit surveyed a global sample of mostly financial executives in September 2008. Some respondents focused on the importance of developing processes that reduced costs and improved efficiency. Others acknowledged the importance of cost and efficiency.. 

Oracle Financial Analytics provides organizations with better visibility into factors that drive revenues and shareholder value. Oracle BI Applications are powerful, pre-built solutions that enable organizations to implement more quickly, with less risk and at a fraction of the cost required to build traditional business intelligence solutions. 

This paper is designed to assist CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, Accounts Payable managers and ERP system administrators in learning, planning and evaluating automation of accounts payable processes to gain added efficiency in today's competitive business environment. 

This whitepaper explains why automated reconciliation is quickly evolving into a competitive necessity. The costs associated with manual reconciliation, the benefits from automation, and the best reconciliation workflow model will all be discussed. 

Wipro analysts gathered information from 106 IT organizations in North America, Great Britain, and Germany in March 2009. This whitepaper explores contributing factors that determine the optimal refresh rate for laptop and desktop PCs, using examples from the firms that participated in the survey. 

This whitepaper discusses best practices options and a solid approach to implementing solutions for automating and optimizing Accounts Payable in the SAP environment. 

Read this paper to learn about the accounts payable (AP) automation solutions available today and learn which solutions best relieve the AP pain points while delivering the best overall solution, through leveraging the existing SAP® ERP environment and it's built in workflows. 

This paper discusses everything you need to make an educated and informed decision on automating your AP processes. Read this paper to learn the potential problems and solutions to automating AP. This paper will also examine the development of the types of solutions available in the marketplace today. 

This paper will give you an overview of how one company's business soared after applying AP processing to their company improved business. 

The global economy has gone through a painful restructuring in the last year. The economic downturn has however presented many opportunities for firms to cut costs and enhance their productivity. In this webcast you'll learn how to leverage those opportunities using Blackberry® solutions for accounting firms. 

This IDC Analyst Connection takes a closer look at the key parameters in establishing the appropriate financial objectives in an organization's decision-making framework. 

Streamlining your business means reducing costs and increasing the amount of time you can spend focusing on outperforming the competition and growing sales –without increasing your head count. The right business management software can help you do just that, and you'll see results that directly affect your bottom line.