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whitepaper Kapsch TrafficCom AG Integrates Data From Disparate Systems to Improve Business Processes2009-08-01 Oracle
  Kapsch TrafficCom AG is a leading international provider of innovative Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) products, and services. Kapsch TrafficCom primarily develops and supplies electronic toll systems and handles the technical and commercial operation of these systems. The challenge was to collect and analyze complex ITS information for multilane free-flow systems that allow drivers to pay tolls without impacting the flow of traffic. Kapsch TrafficCom mapped all core processes - including tolling, enforcement, validation, rating, billing, invoicing, maintenance, and resource planning - required for a multilane freeflow system into consolidated data warehouse and deployed Oracle Business Intelligence to provide management with KPI-based decision support including analysis of revenues, cash flow, tolling performance rates, as well as system availability, load, and reliability.

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whitepaper Sole-sourcing BI from your ERP vendor: IT convenience or strategic business decision?2009-07-01 IBM
  In the last two years, the software industry has witnessed a consolidation in the business intelligence (BI) market. In BI, enterprise technology conglomerates identified a strategic growth market and a great opportunity to upsell to their existing install base, primarily that of enterprise applications such as enterprise resource planning (ERP). This consolidation has rendered sole-sourcing BI from ERP vendors an alluring option for many organizations.

In order to explore the benefits and drawbacks of sole-sourcing BI from ERP vendors Datamonitor has conducted a study of 100 enterprises from the US and EU that have deployed BI and enterprise applications from the same vendor. The survey aims to investigate whether or not customers are experiencing what solesourcing promised to deliver.

Tags: Data Tools, Enterprise Planning, Data Tools, Data Tools		   
whitepaper Applying Knowledge Management to Project Management2009-06-23 Global Knowledge
  Knowledge Management is a growing, interdisciplinary field that is dedicated to how we acquire, organize, manage, share, and utilize knowledge and information. This white paper will examine some of the aspects of this field of study, including what knowledge management is, why it is important, how you can apply knowledge management to project management, and how Communities of Practice can support the implementation of knowledge management in your organization.

Tags: Business Functions, Data Tools, IT Budgeting, User Satisfaction		   
whitepaper Enterprise Information Management2009-06-17 SAP
  Read this review of the principal points in an enterprise information management strategy, as well as EIM best practices including IT and business collaboration, building trusted information, enterprise-wide reuse and standards, and data governance.

Tags: Data Tools, Enterprise Planning, Data Infrastructure, Data Tools		   
whitepaper G and J Pepsi Satisfies Thirst for Data-Driven Decision Making With Microsoft2009-06-01 Microsoft
  G&J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers distributes over 300 products for leading beverage brands - including Pepsi, Dr. Pepper, Lipton, and Starbucks - throughout Ohio and Kentucky. Rather than waiting days for month-end reports, employees throughout G&J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers can easily access critical information to gauge performance at any time. The company generates valuable insights from analyzing its finance, sales, operations, and vending data. And because data is up-to-date, management can make more informed, timely decisions. G&J Pepsi adopted a Microsoft Business Intelligence (BI) solution based on Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, and Microsoft PerformancePoint Server 2007.

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whitepaper Capio Delivers Responsive and Better Healthcare With Business Intelligence2009-06-01 Microsoft
  Capio is one of Europe's leading private healthcare companies with operations in multiple countries and a diverse customer base. Operations include hospitals, specialist clinics, training and research. By building business intelligence competencies into its daily management and operational processes, Capio gained productivity, better business insights and decision-making capabilities. The company leverages these performance enhancements to offer the ultimate benefit to patients - more time and better care.

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whitepaper Getting smart about ROI: measuring the impact of business intelligence2009-06-01 SPSS
  Organizations looking to return to business basics might consider business intelligence (BI) solutions for better decision making. BI solutions are designed to help companies efficiently access and analyze data in order to operate more efficiently. BI solutions can be valuable in analyzing the effectiveness of ongoing operations and special initiatives alike. And so BI can make an important contribution to better management. This white paper provides some approaches that will help companies evaluate BI initiatives. By doing so, they can see what value these solutions may hold for their organization and make more informed decisions about whether to implement them, and how.

Tags: Data Tools, Enterprise Planning, Data Tools, Data Tools		   
whitepaper Life Fitness Improves Product Insight and Decision Making With Dashboard-Based Business Intelligence2009-05-01 Oracle
  Life Fitness wanted to replace a report-driven Business Intelligence (BI) tool with a dashboard-focused solution to enable rapid and intuitive drill down and accelerated decision making and enable BI system users to be self-sufficient and empower Life Fitness to support a large user base with limited IT resources. The challenge was to improve the clarity of metadata across subject areas to drive more actionable reports and gain the knowledge required to drive organization-wide improvements to ensure a competitive edge in the price-sensitive and fast-paced fitness industry. Life Fitness standardized on Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition to simplify and improve the quality of business reporting and ensure the consistency of metadata across 125 enterprise subject areas.

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whitepaper The Forrester Wave: Enterprise Business Intelligence Platforms, Q3 20082008-07-31 SAS Institute
  In Forrester's 151-criteria evaluation of enterprise business intelligence (BI) platform vendors, SAS moved into a leadership position in enterprise BI, thanks to rich functionality, ability to scale, and the completeness of corporate and product vision and strategy. This paper describes how BI tools and technologies have moved far beyond simple analysis and reporting, and are now a major component that support an organization's ability to differentiate itself from the competition, win new business, convert more prospects to customers, and increase market share.

Tags: Data Infrastructure, Data Tools, Enterprise Planning, Data Tools		   
whitepaper Cotrijal Cooperativa Agropecuaria E Industrial Speeds Decision Making With Business Intelligence Solution2009-04-01 Oracle
  Cotrijal Cooperativa Agropecuaria e Industrial wanted to structure data, primarily in the grain management area, to improve decision makers' access to critical indicators of grain production and collection as well as product sales and eliminate Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, which produced unreliable results due difficulties in collecting accurate data. The challenge was to improve grain collection and sales receipt generation processes across the cooperative to eliminate reliance on paper and manual data entry and gain a competitive edge against other cooperatives in the region by automating processes and leveraging business intelligence capabilities. The company worked with Oracle Partner Advanced IT to implement Oracle Business Intelligence - creating easy access to necessary indicators that improve data analysis for managers, reducing the decision making time from weeks to days.

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