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insiderPROFILES Tom Walker, Program Manager, SAP Solutions Group, OpenText Contemplating financial decisions with out-of-date, incomplete information without allowing the time needed to work through all of the data leads to less-than-desired results. While big data will continue to grow exponentially, corporations must focus on quality information if they are to continue to make fast, accurate financial decisions. This is where enterprise content management solutions come in.
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insiderPROFILES Bernd Noll, Vice President and CTO, SNP America Inc. Three basic and important benefits drive a company’s decision to move to the cloud: more flexibility, less dependency on IT, and lower costs. While the benefits are certainly worth striving for, companies cannot ignore the potential risks that come with moving to the cloud, which is why choosing the right migration approach and service provider are key.
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insiderPROFILES Ken Murphy, Senior Writer To become Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliant by the end of its fiscal year, the IT department at North American pipe and tubing manufacturer JMC Steel had to standardize the company’s IT SAP security. Learn how JMC Steel changed its GRC processes and implemented a solution on top of SAP ERP to identify segregation of duties violations to become SOX-compliant.
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insiderPROFILES David Hannon, Senior Features Editor Since its founding more than 125 years ago, American Water has grown regionally and through acquisition. As a result, the company’s business processes and IT landscape became very localized. To change from a decentralized group of independent regional businesses to a more centralized organization, American Water embarked on a multi-phase transformation project.
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insiderPROFILES Rohit Khanna, Executive Vice President of Global Strategy and Corporate Development, SEEBURGER AG Many enterprises today have a tangle of EDI and business-to-business (B2B) point solutions that are expensive to maintain and lead to difficulties managing partner communications and supporting process improvement efforts, for example. Luckily, advanced B2B integration platforms can help companies overcome these problems, and can improve B2B efficiency and functionality in eight critical ways.
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insiderPROFILES Brian Regan, Project Lead, BackOffice Associates, LLC When tackling a large-scale implementation, such as rolling out SAP ERP Human Capital Management (SAP ERP HCM), it is important to consider potential challenges before you approach the beginning phases of the project. Learn one key challenge that is present in every human resources project, and why “data construction” can solve this issue.
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insiderPROFILES David Hannon, Senior Features Editor One of the goals of Sysco’s business transformation was to put in place the business processes and systems that would allow the company to reduce costs, increase revenue, and make it easier for its customers to do business with the organization. To do this, Sysco developed a customer-facing self-service order-management portal.
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insiderPROFILES Amanda McKeon, Assistant Editor Globalization has changed the way companies conduct their business and as technology advances, more doors open for these global companies. For example, collaboration and communication between businesses has increased, allowing stand-alone companies to expand into stronger business networks. Read this article to find out how Endress+Hauser united all of its 94 entities into one global business through a centralized CMS.
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insiderPROFILES Q&A with Diana Karklins, Vice President of Application Solutions, Kellogg Kellogg Company has over 50 manufacturing plants on 6 continents and produces products in 18 countries. To say that their supply chain processes are essential to the business is an understatement. In this Q&A with Diana Karklins, Vice President of Application Solutions at Kellogg, learn how the company improved system integration and information access by migrating business data to a standardized landscape.
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insiderPROFILES Steve Yeager, Data Governance Engagement Partner, BackOffice Associates, LLC For oil and gas, utilities, food and beverage, and other manufacturing industries, an effective maintenance program is essential to ensure reliable equipment operation. But without complete and accurate master data, the ability to plan and execute preventative and emergency maintenance activities can be difficult. To help companies with this potential problem, BackOffice Associates offers cMass for EAM.
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