Getting the Maximum ROI From Your ERP Project and Beyond

This document provides information from Info-Tech Research Group regarding modernizing communications and collaboration infrastructure. [1] It recommends following a three phase methodology to modernize communications - assess current infrastructure, define the target state, and advance the project. Various tools and templates are provided to help with each phase. [2] It emphasizes that the project scope and assessment phase takes more time than anticipated and is critical for defining requirements. Both business and IT perspectives should be considered. [3] A hybrid deployment model combining on-premises and cloud solutions is recommended to modernize infrastructure over time without requiring a full replacement of existing systems.

Learn how companies across industry verticals are leveraging ECLM to improve the creation, administration and assessment of contracts. Our industry and ECLM solution experts cover the keys to addressing critical contracting issues such as: Minimizing potential legal/resource bottlenecks Increasing contract visibility of upcoming payment milestones for finance Minimizing change controls and amendments by incorporating typical scope revisions into standard templates We look at real customer implementation stories and hold an interactive Q&A to show how your organization can achieve a considerable ROI on an ECLM solution.

This document summarizes the results of an annual global survey on IT management trends. Some key findings include: - IT alignment with business goals remains a top concern for organizations. Emerging technologies like SMAC (social, mobile, analytics, cloud) are also getting more business attention and investment. - IT budgets are increasing cautiously after years of cuts and cost-saving pressures. More budget is being allocated to "things" like infrastructure over "people". - Cloud computing, analytics/BI, and application development are receiving the largest IT investments. Security and big data are also growing areas of focus. - Skills shortages remain a challenge as IT roles continue to evolve and require both business and technical

What are the present challenges facing Chief Purchasing Officers,how will they transform their organizations, and what can suppliers and solutions providers do to help them. Depending on the organization titles maybe interchangeable or a Director may have more actual authority than a CPO in one organization vs. another

It’s not a secret that the need to modernize traditional finance operations and evolve into a “Digital Finance” organization has become a key priority for finance leaders. In this video recap of the webinar held on 12/11/ 2019; Raul Vega, Auxis CEO, discussed the key risks and challenges organizations typically face as part of their transformation journey, and how to develop and execute a strategy that provides the business case and outcomes you expect based on your specific company size and needs. What was covered: - What does Modern Finance really mean? - Digitization as a Key Element of the Modern Finance Organization - Most Common Tools you should be implementing as part of your Digital Finance journey - What’s driving RPA’s growth? - Implementation Strategies & Alternatives - How Outsourcing can help finance executives self-fund their Digital Finance Strategy and drive faster outcomes

This document provides an overview and agenda for a presentation on business analysis. It begins by defining business analysis and the role of a business analyst. It then discusses why business analysis is important to avoid issues like failed projects, lower productivity, and unrealized benefits. The document presents statistics showing that a majority of IT projects fail or face challenges due to incomplete requirements and lack of user involvement. It also outlines some of the risks involved like increased costs to fix requirements issues later in the project lifecycle. Finally, it discusses how the presenter's company can help clients with business analysis through services like requirements gathering and management, change request management, and documentation of processes.

ScottMadden recently partnered with APQC for a complimentary three-part webinar series focused on shared services. This webinar session, presented by Brad DeMent and Jerred Crosby, partners at ScottMadden, addressed employee engagement, continuous improvement, new service offerings, and expanding the scope of operations.

An approach that helps IT organizations focus on what’s important —delivering value to their customers

A recent explosion of data and rapidly evolving tools and techniques for managing it have made it difficult to turn data into value. View this deck to hear how Deloitte and Workday are helping organizations get a handle on their data, deploying automated, analytics-based planning models, streamlining finance operations, and becoming truly decision ready.

During the pandemic, financial services firms accelerated their reliance on automation, while an increasingly dispersed workforce was met with an unprecedented volume of digital transactions. Now, finance leaders are seeking ways to learn from the lessons of 2020 while advancing their digital acceleration efforts in 2021 and beyond.

In a rapidly changing business climate, Workday Extend helps you stay agile by building apps that run alongside your existing Workday applications. This slide deck features updates and demos from Workday product experts, along with testimonials from Workday Extend customers IBM, KONE, and Sun Life Financial.

The race for enterprise business process digitalization is raging. IT is often left behind as enterprise budgets for innovation are shifting towards business teams. During this session, we will present the challenges and our field-tested approaches to catch-up and how to take this opportunity to create new app factories. All the while using low-code and RPA platforms. You will discover how to capture business demands, and create an operating model for your IT department to stay in control of the applications being deployed, while bringing value at speed.

With the emergence of new operating models, the office of procurement has changed from a cost-management function to a key player in mitigating risk, unlocking insight, and enabling agility. This slide deck explores the Workday vision for elevating procurement to the level of a strategic partner in driving business transformation.

Are your frontline managers spending too many hours manually reviewing timesheets and payroll entries? In this slide deck, learn how Workday leverages machine learning to enable managers and payroll administrators to streamline these labor-intensive tasks—freeing up their time for more strategic, value-added work.

ScottMadden recently joined industry leaders at SSON’s 22nd Annual North American Shared Services & Outsourcing Week (SSOW) to provide strategies for establishing and continuing shared service success. This presentation shares key takeaways from the event, compliments of ScottMadden's Brad DeMent. For more information, please visit www.scottmadden.com.

This document provides an overview of a webinar on best practices and metrics for next generation purchase-to-pay (P2P). It introduces the speakers from Tradeshift and The Hackett Group. It outlines that the webinar will discuss the value of a high performing P2P department, changing technology landscapes, and what top performance looks like. It also includes polls to gather information from participants. The bulk of the document consists of presentations from The Hackett Group on how top performing organizations in P2P are defined, the key enablers they leverage around areas like guided requisitioning, process automation, spend visibility and supplier information management.

The document discusses IT service management frameworks and standards including ITIL, ISO 20000, COBIT, and ISO 27001. It uses the example of an IT services company called InfraRemote to illustrate how implementing these frameworks can help address issues like unmet service level agreements, poor customer support, and a lack of processes. Adopting standards like ITIL can help formalize processes, align IT with business goals, improve service quality, and increase maturity from an initial ad-hoc level to optimized processes.

David Beard CRM Evangelist - Sage CRM Solutions "With over 10 years involvement in business analyst & project management roles for a variety of companies in the IT, telecommunications & banking sectors, David brings a wealth of experience in helping companies define what a customer means and how best to interact - across both cultural & systemic contexts"

David Beard, from the business software company Sage UK, looks at market place trends driving the thoughts of software vendors. He then considers why businesses often fail to realise the measurable benefits from ERP and CRM software implementations and what they can do to widen, and thus, improve their approach.

Although Big Data is changing enterprise data architecture models, support for Big Data extends beyond the walls of IT. The most successful companies are focused on building strong business cases for Big Data to drive support, adoption and funding though the enterprise. This webinar investigated the two perspectives in constructing a business case for Big Data as well as how to create a compelling business case for Big Data success. During this webinar, we covered: -Challenges Creating Business Cases for Big Data -Two perspectives for building Big Data business-cases -Building the business-focused case and getting to monetized benefits -Fortifying your business case with IT-benefits

This document summarizes a webinar about leveraging technology to power financial planning and analysis (FP&A). It began with defining FP&A and discussing how technology can impact areas like input collection, data processing, and output sharing. It then demonstrated the Adaptive Insights cloud-based planning and consolidation software. The webinar emphasized the importance of building a strong business case for any FP&A technology project by outlining benefits, investments, timelines and approvals. It suggested focusing first on cultural and process changes before implementing new solutions.

Oracle EPM Innovation Day - Boston Mike Killeen of Edgewater Ranzal presented on Improving Performance with Enhanced Insight into Profitability and Costs using Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management (HPCM)

The document discusses a presentation by Edgewater Ranzal, an Oracle consulting partner, on using Oracle's Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management (HPCM) solution. Some key points: - Edgewater Ranzal specializes in Oracle EPM, BI, and big data solutions and has experience delivering over 1,700 projects. - HPCM allows flexible modeling of cost allocation across multiple dimensions to provide accurate and timely profitability analysis at different levels like client, product, and region. - A case study is presented where HPCM helped a consulting client improve profitability insights for their outsourcing business, identifying unprofitable clients and supporting pricing decisions. - The client

Proving the impact of a single learning investment is relatively easy. Answering the broader question of “What impact is L&D having on the business?” is hard. In this Spotlight webinar, Ericsson’s global head of learning measurement and analytics will share how he’s guiding assessment, evaluation and measurement strategies that provide data to help executives understand the impact of employee learning on business performance. During this session, attendees will: Identify ways that analytics is shaping learning measurement. Describe components of a measurement map. Identify the level of measurement maturity in their organization.

Proving the impact of a single learning investment is relatively easy. Answering the broader question of "What impact is L&D having on the business?" is hard.

Improve Performance with Enhanced Insight into Profitability and Costs using HPCM presented by Edgewater Ranzal at Oracle EPM Day New York City 2015

The document provides an overview of a company that provides information technology consulting and staffing services. It has over 1,000 employees focused on verticals like financial services, healthcare, and technology. The company has a global recruiting model with 5 centers to source talent across the world in a cost-effective manner. It aims to maintain high quality standards and commitments to employees, clients, and shareholders.

The document provides an assessment of a company's use of Salesforce across different business units, identifying opportunities for improvement. It finds inconsistent usage and processes across units and recommends centralized governance through a Center of Excellence to standardize usage and achieve greater ROI. A roadmap and action plan are proposed to implement recommendations in phases, focusing initially on call logging, Outlook integration, project notifications, and opportunity management.

The document provides an assessment of a company's use of Salesforce across different business units, identifying opportunities for improvement. It finds inconsistent usage and processes across units and recommends establishing a Center of Excellence to standardize usage and drive greater value from Salesforce. A roadmap and action plan are proposed to implement recommendations in phases, focusing initially on call logging, Outlook integration, project notifications, and opportunity management.

1. The document summarizes the Department of the Interior's (DOI) methodology for business architecture transformation called the Methodology for Business Transformation (MBT). 2. The MBT is a multi-step process that includes analyzing stakeholders, business processes, current IT systems, and defining target business and technology architectures. 3. The goal is to establish a line of sight from investments to business processes and outcomes to improve performance through enterprise improvement, which takes a collaborative approach across the DOI.