TechRepublic Resources
- Manufacturer Improves Customer Service and Supports Business Growth With New Solution
- Oldcastle Precast is a manufacturer of precast concrete products. Having successfully implemented Microsoft Business Solutions - Axapta 2.5, now part of Microsoft Dynamics, in 2001 to streamline and automate its core business processes, it has decided to take advantage of the new capabilities in Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0. This upgrade...
- Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Customer Service, Microsoft Corp., Oldcastle Precast, Manufacturing, Strategic Planning, Operational Planning, Strategy, Management, Business Operations
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- AppForge Helps BASF Drive Inventory Management and Order Processing Improvement
- BASF is a global supplier of paints and products to collision shops and automotive aftermarket distributors. BASF sought to develop an application that could be used by the sales force on a handheld device. This would prevent "Human error" and streamline the current ordering and fulfillment process. The company's development...
- Tags: AppForge, Inventory Management, BASF AG, Strategic Planning, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Handhelds, Strategy, Management, Sales, Hardware
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- Small Business Webcast: Create/Improve Your Online Presence and Other Management Tools (Level 100)
- An online presence is an integral part of small business success. Microsoft Office Live offers affordable business productivity services designed to help easily grow the business by establishing a presence online. The company will get its own domain name, a security-enhanced private Web site hosted by Microsoft, free e-mail accounts,...
- Tags: Business Productivity, Presence, Small Business, Microsoft Corp., Tool, Document Management, Strategic Planning, Content Management, Managerial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Strategy, Management
- Webcasts
- EDS Reduces Costs and Improves Security With New Automated Deployment Solution
- Technology solutions provider EDS operates a global network with more than 120,000 seats spread over different locations. Its IT team is charged with the task of installing business productivity applications across this network, including areas with bandwidth limitations. EDS required an automated software deployment solution similar to the services it...
- Tags: Security, Business Productivity, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Strategic Planning, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Management
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- strategic planning for BCM
- By applying strategic planning methodology when developing business continuity policy and standards, practitioners can gain acceptance of their program proposals at the executive level and enjoy greater program success. Most business continuity practitioners are well aware of recent regulatory initiatives (e.g., Sarbanes-Oxley, Basel II) driving improvements in both corporate governance...
- Tags: Practitioner, Business Continuity, It Services, Strategic Planning, Corporate Governance, Strategy, Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law
- White papers
- VGR Begins Transition to Knowledge-Based Organization With IBM Omnifind Enterprise Edition
- Region Vastra Gotaland (VGR) is the second-largest region in Sweden with 1.5 million citizens and 49 municipalities. As a government organization, VGR is responsible for the delivery of healthcare, business development, infrastructure, culture, tourism and environmental services to its residents and visitors. The challenge faced was to streamline information access...
- Tags: Knowledge, IBM Corp., VGR, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Strategy, Strategic Planning, Groupware, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Management
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- Linfox Gets Closer to Customers and Sharpens Business Development With 'One Click' CRM
- Following a major acquisition in 2003, transportation and supply chain management leader, Linfox, practically doubled its customer base overnight. With vital information about customer contacts and business development opportunities dispersed throughout many internal systems, Linfox needed to aggregate its intelligence to improve its customer relationship management. Using Microsoft Business Solutions...
- Tags: Customer, Business Development, Microsoft Corp., CRM, Linfox, Strategic Planning, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Strategy, Enterprise Software, Management, Marketing, Software
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- Not-for-Profit Boosts Sales Prospects by 25 Percent, Gains Better Business Insight
- The Business Development Board (BDB) of Palm Beach County is a private, not-for-profit corporation that serves as the county's official economic development organization. Since 1993, more than 225 company relocations and expansions assisted by the BDB resulted in the creation of more than 22,000 jobs and added in excess of...
- Tags: Business Development, Microsoft Corp., Sales, Strategic Planning, Strategy, Management
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- The Neue Zurcher Zeitung: Well-Equipped for Publishing, Well-Equipped for Business
- The Neue Zurcher Zeitung (NZZ) is one of the oldest established and most respected German-language newspapers in the world. The Swiss-based publishing group (AG fur die Neue Zurcher Zeitung) behind the title strives not only to build on the achievements of the past, but also to reach out and grasp...
- Tags: SAP AG, Neue Zurcher Zeitung, Strategic Planning, Operational Planning, Strategy, Management, Business Operations
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- The "Science" of Linking Cost, Performance, and Planning
- FWS is the Department of the Interior's key bureau charged with the responsibility to conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, and plants and their habitats. Most recently, FWS and other federal agencies have been especially impacted by the President's Management Agenda (PMA), which requires linking budget requests to overall results....
- Tags: Bureau, Performance, Accountant, FWS, Strategic Planning, Strategy, Management
- White papers
- Migrating to a Shared Services Center Demands for Unifying Processes and Practices
- The merger of three distinct IT units into a single organization of a Dutch insurer with 1200 FTE resulted in the centralization of the Shared Service Center (SSC) IT. The SSC IT faced the challenge of not just merging the organization, but also of unifying the processes, practices and the...
- Tags: Process, Strategic Planning, Mergers & Acquisitions, Insurance, Workforce Management, Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, Management, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Human Resources
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- MSN Increases Business Productivity and Reduces IT Support Costs by Standardizing on Altiris Deployment Solution
- MSN offers industry-leading content for news, shopping, personal finance, music, sports, automotive buying and entertainment. A business value analysis confirmed that MSN could increase business productivity by upgrading its deployment infrastructure to an integrated deployment and change and configuration management environment based on Altiris and Microsoft technologies. After carefully evaluating...
- Tags: MSN, Business Productivity, Information Technology, Altiris Inc., Strategic Planning, Strategy, Management
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- Stratus Saves Time, Money With Integrated RightFax and Oracle e-document Delivery
- As a fault-tolerant solutions provider, Stratus Technologies considers quick and accurate delivery of systems and services important to its overall success. To meet customer needs, Stratus faced the challenge of automating its purchasing and inventory control processes. It required a faster, cheaper way to track and deliver documents. Also, it...
- Tags: Stratus Technologies, Oracle Corp., Captaris Inc., Strategic Planning, Strategy, Management
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- Parmenter Studios: Beautiful Bronzes With Sage BusinessWorks
- Parmenter Studios, Inc., a manufacturer of high-end sculptures was hobbled by QuickBooks' inability to perform job costing and inventory control functions. The company chose Sage BusinessWorks. The software provides real-time inventory tracking for the bronze, carbides, cross pads, and other materials required for Parmenter's manufacturing processes. Another unexpected benefit of...
- Tags: Software, Inventory Control, Sage Software, Strategic Planning, Strategy, Management
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- NetSuite Case Study: Accordent Technologies
- Accordent Technologies' cadre of business development experts is spread out from coast to coast, supporting partners and enabling marquee contracts with high-tech stalwarts such as Oracle, Novell and Unisys. However, Accordent Technologies was using a non-networked, staid version of ACT! to support its experts. As business grew, ACT! became more...
- Tags: ACT!, NetSuite Inc., Strategic Planning, Strategy, Management
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- Developing the Technology Companies of Tomorrow and Creating a Global Footprint for New Ventures
- The National Software Centre (NSC) in Cork is fostering the development of innovative, knowledge-intensive companies in Ireland by providing companies with access to a range of business expertise and business development programs. Over time NSC saw how a shortage of suitable office space and infrastructure was impacting small start-ups. To...
- Tags: Telephony, Nortel Networks Corp., Business Development, Strategic Planning, VOIP, Strategy, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Management, Networking
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- The Specter of Spam
- Free White Paper - Stop spam eroding your bottom line Spam has evolved and is still a major risk to business profitability. Find out how this ever-evolving threat could be affecting your business productivity, security and your bottom line. In particular: * Spam's...
- Tags: MessageLabs Ltd., Strategic Planning, Strategy, Security, Management
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- Location Partner on the Road to Building Business
- Competitive Computing, Inc. is a consulting firm offering strategic planning, application development, website design, enterprise infrastructure environments, and managed support services. The company was seeking to increase revenues and expand into new markets. Using the power of MapPoint Web Service, the company is developing location solutions for government, retail and...
- Tags: Partnership, Microsoft Corp., Government, Software Development, Strategic Planning, Business Structures, Web Site Development, Outsourcing, It Services, Strategy, Software/Web Development, Management, Finance, Internet, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
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- Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007
- This webcast shows Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007 in action and how this integrated set of business productivity programs helps the user work more efficiently and deliver better results faster.
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Strategic Planning, Microsoft Office, Strategy, Management, Office Suites, Software
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- In Trading Improves Business Productivity by 40 Percent
- Situated just outside of New Delhi in the state of Haryana, In Trading Private Limited (In Trading) was founded in 1996 by Mr. Vikram Jain. In Trading is an exclusive manufacturer, supplier, and exporter of Indian wooden ethnic furniture and furniture accessories to Europe, the United States, the Far East,...
- Tags: Business Productivity, Furniture, Microsoft Corp., Strategic Planning, Channel Management, Strategy, Management, Marketing
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