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- Electronic Reporting System Streamlines forecasting and Analysis of Realtime, Mission-Critical Data
- LSI Logic Corporation is a leading designer and manufacturer of communication and storage semiconductors for applications that access, interconnect, and store data, voice, and video. LSI Logic decided to replace its custom-developed legacy system with SAP. EMC Documentum Consulting supported a project, which had the goal to provide LSI Logic's...
- Tags: LSI Logic Corp., EMC Corp., Analysis, Forecasting, Reporting System, Storage, Hardware
- Case studies
- Microsoft Dynamics Webcast: Using Microsoft Dynamics CRM and the Federated Model for Consolidated Pipeline forecasting and Reporting (Level 100)
- Diversified enterprises often need tailored Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions to reflect the sales processes in different Lines Of Business (LOBs). However, consolidated pipeline forecasting and reporting are essential for managing the overall enterprise. The attendee of this webcast will learn how the federated model can help business units operate...
- Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Webcast, Microsoft Corp., CRM, Forecasting, Sales Strategy, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Advertising & Promotion, Sales Force Management, Enterprise Software, Digital Media, Sales, Software, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts
- Salesforce Helps Navis Streamline Sales Processes and Improve forecasting Accuracy
- Navis needed full-scale CRM solution to support growth. Sales contacts & activities tracked in various programs such as FileMaker & Excel. The company required seamless & tight integration with several internal systems. There was Lack of coordination between pre- and post-sale processes. Navis selected salesforce.com Enterprise Edition. Salesforce.com services team...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Forecasting, Sales Force Management, Sales
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- forecasting Future Needs of Italy's Education System From Within MIUR
- The Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Universita e della Ricerca (MIUR) is responsible for all aspects of education, universities and research in Italy, making it one of the most complex arms of government and resulting in enormous information management requirements. They were already using SAS but essentially only for statistical analysis and to...
- Tags: Information Management, SAS Institute, Forecasting
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- Small Business Webcast: Microsoft Office Small Business Accounting 2006 Overview for Accounting Firm Professionals (Level 100)
- Microsoft Office Small Business Accounting 2006 is a solid financial management tool designed for businesses with fewer than 25 employees. In this webcast, you will learn about the various methods that Small Business Accounting 2006 offers for financial data analysis, including forecasting tools and customizable reports.
- Tags: Accounting, Financial, Microsoft Office, Small Business, Microsoft Corp., Forecasting, Microsoft Office Small Business Accounting 2006, Financial Management, Financial Accounting, Sales Force Management, Investment, Financial Planning, Finance, Sales
- Webcasts
- The SAP Demand Planning Service Select Package Brings New Levels of forecasting Accuracy and Efficiency to Global Company
- Molex - headquartered in Lisle, Illinois - is the world's second-largest manufacturer of electronic, electrical, and fiber-optic interconnection products and systems. The company needed to be able to look at all the materials in an entire plant in one pass, and align historical data with current master data. But mainly...
- Tags: SAP AG, Forecasting, Fiber Optics, Optical Networking, Network Technology, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Telecommunications, Networking, Software
- Case studies
- Hilton Sets the Table for Increases in Catering Revenue With New Database Solution
- Hilton Hotels needed to develop a forecasting system to improve its business analysis process by establishing more accurate pricing and financial planning. It first created its OnQ Forecast Management System built using Microsoft SQL Server 2000 to help forecast guestroom business. However, Hilton Hotels decided to expand the system's functionality...
- Tags: Revenue, Database, Hilton Hotels Corp., Microsoft Corp., Forecasting, Sales Force Management, Pricing, Sales, Marketing
- Case studies
- RWD Technologies, Inc. Drives Sales With Smarter, More Efficient forecasting Tool
- RWD Technologies, Inc. is a privately held, U.S.-based corporation focused on increasing worker productivity, product quality, and bottom-line financial performance. The company wanted to gain greater visibility into the sales pipeline and improve the accuracy of sales forecasting and implement an easy-to-use sales tool that embraces corporate sales processes and...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Forecasting, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales
- Case studies
- River Flow Monitoring System Improves forecasting and Response to Floods and Droughts
- Portugal has established an integrated network to monitor river flows, rainfall, reservoir levels and water quality in all the country's river basins. The 'RIOS' system, developed using the Microsoft .NET Framework, allows the Water Institute to better forecast and monitor flood and drought situations, and keep civil protection authorities aware...
- Tags: Monitor, River, Monitoring System, Information, Microsoft Corp., Forecasting, Portugal, Monitors & Displays, PDAs, Hardware, Components, Handhelds
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- Pernod Ricard Drives Down Global Inventory for Lower Costs and Precision forecasting
- Pernod Ricard is the world's second largest operator in spirits and wine, with a strong presence on every continent. The company wanted to improve supply chain management, hampered by global reach - which often took three months from production to delivery, leading to high levels of inventory around the globe....
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Forecasting, Pernod Ricard, Sales Force Management, Sales
- Case studies
- Copenhagen Energy Holds the Balance: Accuracy in forecasting Amounts to Cost Savings in Delivery
- In Eastern Denmark, it is the Elkraft System that has the overall responsibility for the electricity supply. Elkraft has 16 partners responsible for balance. As of 1 March 2004, Copenhagen Energy (Kobenhavns Energi) was approved by Elkraft as a balance partner. From now on the Copenhagen-based energy company will predict...
- Tags: Forecasting, Elkraft, Sales Force Management, Sales
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- Demand forecasting Yields Cash Savings and Security for Europay Austria
- The cash point or Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) is a service that many Austrians use every day without ever thinking about the complex logistics behind it. But for most banks, the stocking and maintenance of cash machines can represent a major cost and there is significant risk potential for theft...
- Tags: Security, SAS Institute, Forecasting, Supply Chain, Business Operations
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- Brazilian Energy Giant Cemig Achieves forecasting Precision With SAS
- After facing rationing in 2001, the companies in Brazil's electric power are adapting to a new model for the industry that was established by that country's federal government in March 2004. One of the pillars of this design, the rules for buying energy from distributors, requires an extremely high degree...
- Tags: SAS Institute, Forecasting
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- 64-Bit Version of Budget forecasting Software Gives Users More Memory, More Speed
- Applix is a software development company that creates budgeting, forecasting, and planning applications. The company's typical customers are data-dependent organizations involved in retail, healthcare, telecommunications, financial services, and other industries. The flagship Applix product, TM1, helps Applix customers analyze and report on very large data sets in real time. Many...
- Tags: 64-bit, Applix Inc., Memory, Forecasting, Software Development, Sales Force Management, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Development Tools, Software/Web Development, Sales, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software
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- Oxford University Press Education and Children's Division Improves First Fill Rate by 2% in 12 Months Using SAP Demand Planning
- The University division wanted to streamline complex and time-consuming forecasting processes. The challenge was to provide real-time data to enable more accurate planning for ordering and reprinting materials, and maximize sales opportunities, while improving customer service and lowering operating overhead. Oxford University Press Education and Children's Division optimized demand planning...
- Tags: Education, SAP AG, Forecasting, Sales Force Management, Enterprise Software, Sales, Software
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- Tactical Issues and Best Practices
- Ask most CFOs and finance directors to describe an ideal forecasting and budgeting process, and they'll likely portray it as part of an overall integrated performance management framework, ultimately driven by value-based measures. At the same time, however, they'll admit that this vision involves a significant transformation to their current...
- Tags: Budgeting, Best Practice, Forecasting, News, Financial Services, Performance Management, Sales Force Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Sales
- White papers
- The Impact of the newly emerging field of Financial Data Quality Management (FDQM) on Group Reporting and Performance Management Processes
- Data quality management could be regarded as the less glamorous end of the Reporting Supply Chain (RSC). After all, most of the attention and interest are lavished on the latest portal, reporting tool or dashboard. Yet, mismanagement or neglect of underlying balance information or interfaces can place the...
- Tags: analytics, budgeting, dashboard, data quality, financial, financial reporting, forecasting, Hyperion Solutions Corp., performance, performance management, portal, reporting tool
- White papers
- Safic Alcan Unifies Its International Accounting System for More Precision and Better forecasting
- Safic Alcan is the European leader in the chemical rubber processing industry and is developing its presence as distributor of chemicals to the pharmaceutical and cosmetic sectors. Safic Alcan is also France's leader in the chemical coatings industry. The company wanted to build an open, scalable accounting and financial system...
- Tags: Accounting, Oracle Corp., Financial, Accounting System, Forecasting, Alcan, Safic Alcan, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Financial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance
- Case studies
- Momentum Webcast: Driven by Demand: How High Tech Manufacturers Leverage Their Supply Chain for Improved Profitability (Level 100)
- As high tech companies are attempting to change and become more responsive to the high volatility of their markets, they know that they still need reliable and meaningful forecasting and demand management processes. Many companies are expanding their use of traditional demand planning and forecasting tools. Many more are re-examining...
- Tags: Business Process, Supply Chain, Webcast, Forecasting, Sales Force Management, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Operational Planning, Sales, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations
- Webcasts
- How to Maximize Your Sales Forecast Accuracy
- Many organizations struggle with accurate forecasting and lack the tools or best practices to embed the forecasting process into ongoing opportunity management process. Watch this Web seminar replay to learn: Three key ways to improve forecast accuracy. How a customer successfully implemented forecasting best practices. How Siebel CRM OnDemand can...
- Tags: Sales Forecast, Siebel Systems Inc., Forecasting, Sales Force Management, Sales
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