White Papers and Demos

Many people equate Lean manufacturing with the use of kanbans: physical or visual signals that trigger replenishment. While kanban use is indeed a part of many Lean programs, it is not the only solution for triggering the movement of material.

Marketing is not perceived as an exacting science. Many times, marketing plans, campaigns and other activities are planned from guesswork or past "experiences". As a result, money can be quickly wasted on marketing initiatives which were poorly conceived and poorly executed.

When talking to a manufacturing ERP vendor, make sure you ask them these 10 critical questions to make sure you're getting the right manufacturing solution.

This paper, based on the experience and best practice established by early adopters, sets out a framework for deciding on and implementing on-demand ERP within enterprises of 250 employees or more, or in divisions within a larger enterprise. The paper will examine key concerns such as data integrity in enterprise systems, maintaining compliance and ensuring proper process management, as well as discussing new skills and approaches to help maximize returns on investment.

Small and mid-sized pharmaceutical manufacturers are struggling to manage large group purchase organization (GPO) contracts, process heavy volumes of chargeback submissions and ensure pricing policies are fully compliant with regulatory requirements.

This AberdeenGroup Executive White Paper focuses on the business value of front-to-back office integration for small and mid-market companies as well as the role of Software-as-a-Service in enhancing that value. AberdeenGroup field research conducted for this paper concludes that small and mid-market companies will soon find they have outgrown their sales-focused CRM applications and will require more robust solutions to fully integrate pre-sales information with customer data contained in their transactional systems.

Service desks can employ the best agents in the world, or run the most sophisticated technologies, but without effectively combining the two, and directing their interactions based on sound processes, they won’t deliver service and support that differentiates. Some service transformation tools, such as remote support, not only improve customer service delivery, but positively impact employees and business processes as well.

Learn how companies can use CRM to improve their customer service processes.

This White Paper identifies some of the insights gained from a recent benchmark survey on how globalization drives the need for Professional Service Organization (PSOs) to rely on collaboration and remote service delivery tools like Citrix® GoToMeeting® Corporate and Citrix® GoToAssist® Corporate.

This whitepaper presents the results of the TCO analysis for twelve (12) contact center configurations. Total cost of ownership is a valuable way to compare contact center acquisition/deployment alternatives. However, it should be viewed as one element in a comprehensive decision process.