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whitepaper Emerging Green Intelligence: Business Analytics and Corporate Sustainability2009-08-01 SAS Institute
  This white paper, Emerging Green Intelligence: Business Analytics and Corporate Sustainability, reviews a portion of the research and provides analysis and insights on the topic of business analytics. It is part of a series of white papers for C-level executives intended to facilitate sharing the most important insights from the research.   
whitepaper The Lean Approach to Business Forecasting: Eliminating Waste and Inefficiency From the Forecasting Process2009-08-01 SAS Institute
  Most companies spend way too much time and resources on forecasting, yet still complain about inferior results. Whether one is an employee, an executive or a shareholder of one of these companies, this situation is unacceptable. But by applying a lean approach - that is, by identifying and eliminating waste in the forecasting process - it is possible to achieve better results with much less effort. This white paper provides simple and practical methods for applying the lean approach to forecasting at organization. It shows one how to become more efficient in forecasting process - spending less time and money while getting better results.

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whitepaper The Customer You Know: Keeping, Leveraging and Profiting From Current Customers With Business Analytics2009-08-01 SAS Institute
  This white paper reviews a portion of the research and provides analysis and insights on the topic of business analytics. It is part of a series of white papers for C-level executives intended to facilitate sharing the most important insights from the research. There is no business model that exists without a customer. The primary purpose of any business is to attract - and keep - customers. Regardless of sector, size, or style, the business that underestimates the value of its customer risks forfeiting market share to competitors that are better able to create, retain, and extract value from those who purchase their products or services.

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whitepaper Dynamic Risk Classification for Anti-Money Laundering: SAS Anti-Money Laundering Enables Financial Institutions to Meet Expanded Requirements for Due Diligence2009-08-01 SAS Institute
  Financial institutions are finding it necessary to strengthen their Anti-Money Laundering (AML) platforms to stem the tide of illicit financial transactions and meet new regulatory mandates. For enterprises with moderate to high risk exposures, this calls for a rigorous automated system based on dynamic risk assessment. Financial institutions need a way to adapt rules, parameters and scenarios to match the risk profile for any given account or individual in order to monitor differentially based on risk.

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whitepaper Cummins China Investment Improves Budget Accuracy by More Than 60%2009-08-01 Oracle
  In China, Cummins has a complex business structure that makes it difficult for head office staff to understand the budget requirements of its four units - engines, generator units, automotive parts, and automotive accessories. This affected the ability to create accurate budgets. In 2007, Cummins engaged Oracle Certified Partner Beijing Noahark Consulting to implement Oracle's Hyperion Planning as its new budget management system. The system, which combines operations, capital, and investment budgets, provides data that helps staff develop more accurate short-, medium-, and long-term budgets that promote sustainable business growth.   
whitepaper CNACG Improves Budget Accuracy by 50% With Integrated Budget Management System2009-08-01 Oracle
  CNACG undertakes central budgeting and accounting for more than 300 coal-related enterprises across the country. These enterprises have a complex managerial hierarchy, making it challenging for the Beijing head office to maintain operational control. Budget management in particular was a problem. For instance, budgets did not reveal the operating capacity of various units and how they used their funds. To address these issues, CNACG engaged Oracle Certified Partner Beijing Noahark Consulting to implement a new, integrated budget management system based on Oracle's Hyperion Planning. The system combines business, capital, and investment budgets, ensuring CNAGG can improve the comprehensiveness, accuracy, and timeliness of budget preparation and analysis and improve decision making.   
whitepaper JCH Cuts Budget Planning Process From 130 Days to 80 Days With Centralized System2009-08-01 Oracle
  Due to rapid business expansion and intensifying competition, JCH found that its legacy budget management system did not offer the sophisticated features necessary for detailed planning and in-depth analysis. It did not provide the high quality data needed for informed decision-making on strategic and operational matters. This resulted in poor budget control and spiraling costs. To address these issues, JCH engaged Oracle Certified Partner Beijing Noahark Consulting to implement a new budget management system based on Oracle's Hyperion Planning. The system integrates operating, capital, and investment budgets to improve the efficiency and accuracy of budget preparation.   
whitepaper British Airways Makes Business-Critical Systems Unbreakable and Lowers Total Cost of Ownership2009-08-01 Oracle
  British Airways plc (BA) wanted to guarantee availability of passenger-facing and core back-office processes with instant failover, transparent disaster recovery, unparalleled performance, and seamless scalability. The challenge was to cut system management overhead, reduce hardware costs, and optimize data center efficiency to lower energy consumption. British Airways plc (BA) migrated 35 live databases on 20 clusters, each comprising of two or four nodes onto Oracle Real Application Clusters, having chosen it for applications requiring high availability, disaster recovery, and horizontal scalability.

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whitepaper University of Missouri Reshapes Hospital Supply Chain Management to Reduce Cost, Increase Effectiveness2009-08-01 Oracle
  University of Missouri (UM) wanted to improve supply chain management systems, which had operational issues and limited the ability to control supply costs and improve operating rooms' inventory visibility, to limit stocking costs and prevent frequent expediting of supplies. The challenge was to improve reporting and analytics to properly manage overall supply chain logistics and costs and consolidate environments for significant cost savings related to accounts payable functions. UM re-engaged Oracle Insight based on previous successes in working with the team to build solid business cases that resulted in tangible improvements and participated in a series of focused discovery sessions and thorough process analysis with the Oracle Insight team to gain a clear understanding of the university's key supply chain issues and challenges.

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whitepaper OpenTV Lowers Total Cost of Ownership With on Demand and E-Business Suite Release 122009-08-01 Oracle
  OpenTV wanted to provide an industry-leading, enterprise resource planning system that is cost-effective for a midsize technology company and support a complex enterprise system that manages data for five operating units in 11 countries and seven currencies. OpenTV worked with Oracle Certified Partner DAZ Systems, Inc. through the Oracle Accelerate program to implement Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 in just 12 weeks with Oracle Business Accelerators and reduced manual processing previously required to unify 11 different general ledgers, accelerating financial closing and reporting.

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