VIDEO - Watch this video white paper to learn how a world-class financial close suite can help your organization streamline the close process, address compliance issues, improve accuracy, and reduce costs.
Posted: July 27, 2010 | Premiered: July 27, 2010


Topics:  Compliance (Finance) | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Financial Management | Financial Reporting | Financial Systems | Regulatory Compliance

WHITE PAPER - A 2010 survey conducted by Vanson Bourne shows that IT departments within the Financial Services sector are looking to Application Modernization and Migration to help achieve their business growth objectives. Read this paper to find out more.
Posted: July 22, 2010 | Published: July 22, 2010


Topics:  Application Infrastructure | Cost Benefit Analysis | Financial Applications Software | Financial Industry Organizations | Financial Management | Financial Services | Financial Services Industry

WHITE PAPER - This TDWI Best Practices report identifies how business intelligence (BI) enables finance and accounting executives, managers and analysts to be powerful agents of organizational change. The paper includes practical advice and best practices for finance departments to partner with IT to leverage financial and non-financial data strategically.
Posted: June 30, 2010 | Published: June 30, 2010


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Financial Industry Organizations | Financial Management | Financial Reporting | Financial Services | Financial Systems | Infrastructure Management | Risk Management

ANALYST REPORT - This IDC study examines the changes affecting IT equipment, software and services management, and acquisition practices, rising interest in open source software, and services trends such as outsourcing. Changes resulting from the recent economic turbulence are resulting in substantial changes to business and technology management models.
Posted: June 11, 2010 | Published: June 11, 2010


Topics:  Business Management | Capital Expenditures | Cost Benefit Analysis | eCommerce Services | Economic Environment | ERP | Financial Management | Manufacturing Systems | Operating Equipment Efficiency or Effectiveness (OEE) | Product Life Cycles | Spend Management

WHITE PAPER - Read this paper for a look at recent information that has been gathered about managing for profitability in European countries. This paper examines what European CFOs have been doing to maximize profits and business success.
Posted: June 2, 2010 | Published: October 20, 2009


Topics:  CFOs | CIOs | Financial Management | IT Management | IT Systems | Operational Support Systems

WHITE PAPER - Read this paper for compelling examples of how organizations foster collaboration between finance and IT to ensure successful strategic planning.
Posted: June 2, 2010 | Published: December 18, 2009


Topics:  Business Management | Business Processes | CFOs | CIOs | Financial Management | Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) | IT Management | Strategic Planning

WHITE PAPER - Increasing numbers of enterprises are incorporating project portfolio management in their strategic planning. And just as individuals use financial reports and analyses to consider various investment options, the enterprise uses an analysis called the Business Case to evaluate various project proposals for inclusion in the project portfolio.
Posted: May 25, 2010 | Published: May 25, 2010


Topics:  Financial Management | Financial Reporting | Investments | Project Management | Project Portfolio Management | Regulatory Compliance | Strategic Planning

WHITE PAPER - The SEC will likely require companies to report in both GAAP and IFRS formats during the first official IFRS transition year and for two years prior. Accordingly, our customers want to know how SAP supports parallel reporting.  Read this paper to learn which options SAP recommends and find out which is best for your organization.
Posted: March 18, 2010 | Published: March 16, 2010


Topics:  Compliance (Finance) | Compliance Best Practices | ERP | ERP Software | Financial Management | Financial Reporting | Financial Services | Regulatory Compliance | SAP (Product)

WHITE PAPER - Accounts payable remains a manual and often inefficient business process. Read this white paper for a discussion of best practices options and a solid approach to implementing solutions for automating and optimizing Accounts Payable in the SAP environment.
Posted: February 25, 2010 | Published: February 15, 2010


Topics:  Accounting Software | Business Process Automation | Business Process Automation Software | Business Process Management | Business Process Management Software | Financial Management | SAP (Product)

WHITE PAPER - This paper reviews aspects of cost reduction and examines some typical financial accounting expense categories. This paper also looks at how data quality services can be applied in those examples to reduce expenses, and examines the potential for applying data quality management as a way to manage and reduce organizational expenses.
Posted: January 22, 2010 | Published: January 22, 2010


Topics:  Cost Benefit Analysis | CRM | Data Management | Data Quality | Financial Management | Financial Reporting | IT Spending | Master Data Management | Product Life Cycles

WHITE PAPER - This technology brief highlights how BI applications can integrate information across data sources and departments, provide a single, integrated view of customer and enterprise information, and enable greater alignment of decisions and execution to drive higher customer profitability and share of wallet.
Posted: October 12, 2009 | Published: December 1, 2007


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Customer Profiles | Financial Management | Oracle (Product)

WHITE PAPER - This document examines the current state of Order Management Systems (OMS) portfolio management capabilities, identifies major challenges and "pain points" that firms encounter, and outlines seven system attributes needed to overcome them.
Posted: August 10, 2009 | Published: January 5, 2009


Topics:  Asset Management (Finance) | Business IT Alignment | Financial Management | Financial Reporting | Financial Services Industry | Order Management Systems | Portfolio Management (Finance) | Workflow Software

ANALYST REPORT - In June 2008, CFO Research Services conducted a research program among senior finance executives in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The research looked at what kinds of alliances companies are forming and how finance sees itself working with internal and external partners to establish and assess successful alliances.
Posted: June 8, 2009 | Published: June 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Communications | Business Intelligence | Business IT Alignment | Business Management | Business Metrics | Business Models | Business Performance Management | Business Process Modeling | Business Processes | Business Systems | CEOs | CFOs | CIOs | Communications Networks | Financial Management | Financial Reporting

WHITE PAPER - This SAP Executive Insight examines the changing role of the finance organization in today's business environment. Further, it describes how companies can develop best-run finance organizations.
Posted: June 8, 2009 | Published: June 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Metrics | Business Models | Business Performance Management | CEOs | CFOs | CIOs | Financial Management | Financial Metrics | Financial Transaction Processing | Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

WHITE PAPER - What's arguably the single greatest barrier to the fast close has remained constant - the completion of the intercompany reconciliation process. This paper examines the issues behind intercompany reconciliation and outlines how companies can make impressive progress when they employ software solutions such as those from SAP Business Objects
Posted: June 8, 2009 | Published: June 2, 2009


Topics:  Accounting | Accounting Software | Compliance (Finance) | Financial Applications Software | Financial Management | Financial Reporting | Regulatory Compliance | SAP (Product) | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

WHITE PAPER - The term "financial close" describes a corporation's ability to complete its accounting cycles and produce financial statements for internal management and external legal reporting. This paper identifies solutions to help organizations improve and sustain their close times and address the challenges associated with automating internal controls
Posted: June 5, 2009 | Published: June 2, 2009


Topics:  Accounting | Business Performance Management | Compliance (Finance) | Financial Management | Financial Reporting | Financial Statements | Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) | Legal Compliance Software | Risk Assessment | Risk Management

WHITE PAPER - To maximize profitability, companies must know the true cost of making and delivering their products and services. Traditional cost accounting, devised in a simpler era, does not satisfy that need. This paper examines indirect and overhead costs, which are crucial to managing profitability.
Posted: June 5, 2009 | Published: June 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Cost Benefit Analysis | ERP | Financial Management | Financial Reporting | Financial Services Industry | Financial Systems | Manufacturing | SAP (Product)

WHITE PAPER - In February 2008, CFO Research Services, a unit of CFO Publishing and part of The Economist Group, began a research project with Business Objects, an SAP company, asking senior finance executives to give views on their priorities and challenges around integrating operational and financial planning processes.
Posted: June 5, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2008


Topics:  Balance Sheets | Business Intelligence | CFOs | Financial Industry Organizations | Financial Management | Financial Metrics | Financial Reporting | Financial Services | Financial Services Industry | Financial Systems | Risk Assessment | Risk Management | SAP (Product) | Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

WHITE PAPER - In this research, we examine the lessons that have been learnt from the current financial crisis, and propose ten practical lessons that could help to address perceived weaknesses in risk identification, assessment and management.
Posted: June 4, 2009 | Published: June 2, 2009


Topics:  Compliance (Finance) | Economic Environment | Financial Management | Financial Reporting | Regulatory Compliance | Reporting Software | Risk Assessment | Risk Management

PRODUCT LITERATURE - FACTS DCS is the technology solution that deliver consumer directed health plan administration seamlessly within your health claims processing operations.
Posted: April 2, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2004


Topics:  Business Processes | Financial Management | Insurance Applications Software | Insurance Industry | Integration | Support Services | Training

WHITE PAPER - The Financial Services Industry pervades the entire IT industry. This guide gets you up to speed on essential financial areas such as Regulatory Compliance, Business Continuity, Financial Reporting, and Financial Management.
Posted: January 22, 2006 | Published: January 10, 2006


Topics:  Financial Applications Software | Financial Management | Financial Service Providers | Financial Services | Financial Services Industry | Financial Systems | Money Laundering | Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance