Six Technology Tactics to Promote Corporate Social Responsibility
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a relatively new precept for business. Conceptually, CSR holds organizations to a higher moral and ethical standard considering the overall interests of society in the operations of its day-to-day business. Under this utilitarian view, businesses would need to take responsibility for the impact of their activities on all parties that they would affect-customers, shareholders, surrounding communities, and the environment-in all aspects of their operations. Ultimately, companies will look to IT and software solutions to help them find opportunities to be better stewards of the environment and extend the tangible benefits of corporate social responsibility from the business through the extended supply chain.
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Achieving Efficient Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Through Process and Automation
Now more than ever, organizations of all sizes and descriptions are struggling to comply with regulations and manage the risks and penalties of failing to operate within the rules. Establishing, maintaining and proving compliance requires both money and time that executives and shareholders would rather invest in top-line growth.
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Bringing Web 2.0 to the Enterprise: Leveraging Social Computing Technologies for ERP Applications
Today's business applications are not flexible enough to keep pace with the businesses they support. Users must figure out where to find information, located in isolated silos, that supports their tasks; the IT costs of keeping up with evolving business requirements remain high. Adding collaborative Web 2.0 technologies, such as enterprise search, presence, and mashups to business applications is increasingly seen as a way to address these challenges both for business users and IT alike. Yet while many business users are familiar with these technologies through personal use, they remain uncertain about how these new capabilities can support their business strategies. This white paper details how Web 2.0 technologies support business strategies by improving efficiency and productivity as well as harnessing knowledge through collaboration. They also reduce IT costs by simplifying integration and improving IT administration and maintenance.
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Designed To Manage Lean Principles
Manufacturers are widening the focus of lean manufacturing to encompass all processes that contribute to the bottom line, applying lean principles to all areas within the organization. As a result, consumers have enjoyed lower prices, higher quality and more involvement in the overall supply process.
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Strategies for a Successful CRM Implementation
Now more than ever, organizations of all sizes and descriptions are struggling to comply with regulations and manage the risks and penalties of failing to operate within the rules. Establishing, maintaining and proving compliance requires both money and time that executives and shareholders would rather invest in top-line growth.
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Warehouse Management Solutions: Embedded or Best-of-Breed?
As manufacturers and distributors come under rising pressure for faster fulfillment of product orders and outstanding customer service, they increasingly ask the question, "Would a warehouse management system1 (WMS) help us better manage and automate our warehouse and fulfillment operations?" Often, they are finding that a WMS would, indeed, provide the benefits they seek. Your company may be coming to the same conclusion.
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The Visible Supply Chain
Today's supply chain is, of course, the primary processing mechanism of every manufacturing company. But it's more than that: Its multifaceted, multicompany, multinational structure makes it the most complex management challenge found in any enterprise. Supply chain management no longer means just making sure that the right resources and the right materials move to the right place at the right time.
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Five Ways ERP Can Help You Implement Lean
Becoming Lean has been a goal of most companies over the last few years. Why is Lean so popular? Lean delivers what companies really need in today's highly competitive world - shorter lead times, improved quality, reduced cost, increased profit, improved productivity and better customer service.
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