November 1, 2005
Articles
Letters
Regarding Our BPM Consulting Guide I just finished reading Craig Schiff's article BPM Consulting Market 2005, which appeared in the September issue of...
Value Orientation: Where Companies Are Going With BPM
If you read enough, or talk to enough people, you may begin to think that business performance management (BPM) is some sort of new government regulation...
Integrating BPM and ERM: Reengineering Corporate DNA To Boost Performance
Early in the 20th century, a small general store in east Tennessee began making buggy whips in the back room to boost revenue. Handcrafted from the finest...
Leaders of the Pack: Practices That Streamline Financial Processes
Consultants talk perpetually about best practices. For managers listening to them, the obvious response is to ask, "But what is the business value of these practices?...
Super Models: The Best of BPM Analytics
When data warehousing and business intelligence technologies emerged years ago, business modeling was a key component of business intelligence software...
Standardized Data: XBRLs Benefits for BPM Benchmarking
Today's economic climate and stringent reporting requirements have sent finance executives' information needs skyrocketing. Investors and regulators are...
Case In Point: Internal Competition Drives Results
Erickson Retirement Communities provides housing, dining, and related services to elderly residents in 13 communities across the country...
Case In Point: Dynamic Planning, in Unison
California-based IT services and outsourcing provider First Consulting Group (FCG) has changed dramatically over the past decade, and the organization's willingness to reengineer itself places great demands on its software systems...
Case In Point: Smart Shoppers Keep It Simple
Rev-A-Shelf LLC, a Louisville, Ky.-based storage-product manufacturer, uses the combination of Crystal Reports and an enterprise resource planning (ERP)...
The Last Word: Mr. Green Genes
Businesses are perpetually trying to define themselves. Or, more precisely, businesspeople at the highest levels are perpetually trying to explain to...