the following article will share the results of SAP research as well as APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking Collaborative (OSBC) research. The OSBC research is the first global set of common standards for business processes and data, giving organizations an independent, authoritative resource for evaluating and improving business practices. 

How does a firm or fund manager assess his/her research management needs and choose the best solution? This document helps by identifying pain points in the research workflow that RMS must address, describing how RMS supports investment process and decision making, and highlighting key features to consider when evaluating RMS solutions. 

In this research report, we examine five of the critical issues that are creating new opportunities for the accounting profession and nine key strategies for obtaining competitive advantage. 

You probably think it couldn't happen to you, but disastrous events occur more often than not. Perhaps not a hurricane or earthquake or malicious attack, but there are potential risks for every business. Developing a solid data-recovery plan can keep your business up and running in the event of a disaster or other unfortunate event. 

In this research, we examine the lessons that have been learnt from the current financial crisis, and propose ten practical lessons that could help to address perceived weaknesses in risk identification, assessment and management. 

In today's highly regulated IT environment, organizations frequently overspend on compliance. The first step in becoming compliant is understanding your level of risk. In this webcast, get advice from the Aberdeen Group that aids your organizations in providing greater visibility, mitigating technical and operational risks, and reducing costs. 

This paper sets out a framework for deciding on and implementing on-demand ERP within enterprises.. It examines key concerns such as data integrity in enterprise systems, maintaining compliance and ensuring proper process management, as well as discussing new skills and approaches to help maximize returns on investment. 

The Center for Healthcare Supply Chain Research (formerly the HDMA Research & Education Foundation) recently published an important study concerning data management and data sharing in the healthcare supply chain. This whitepaper discusses the key conclusions of their study. 

This EIU global research report, based on survey of 320 executives, discusses current challenges and the importance of managing environmental risks. 

Supply chain visibility ranks as one of the top two application focus areas for companies as part of their supply chain technology investment plans. Supply chain executives view visibility as the main goal for supply chain executives within supply chain initiatives. Read this paper for more. 

This paper summarizes the salient findings from a research into online consumer behavior and outlines the proper mechanisms for introducing security measures to streamline security and improve end-user experience by taking into account consumers’ attitudes and understanding of online security. 

Read this commissioned Total Economic Impact (TEI) study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Esker to learn more about how beneficial going paperless can be for your company and how Esker DeliveryWare can help today. 

By automating and streamlining financial, customer relationship and supply chain processes, Microsoft Dynamics brings together people, processes and technologies, increasing the productivity and effectiveness of the business, and helping drive business success. Explore the Microsoft Dynamics Customer Model and how it's reflected in this software.