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You don't – and shouldn't – make important investments without gathering relevant information first. Business management software decisions are no different. When you consider SAP software for your company, it's a great idea to gather reliable outside information. We've assembled the following reports, studies, and white papers so you can hear what industry and software experts think about our business solutions.

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"Fabricated Metals: An Industry in Transition"
Examine typical midsize companies' business challenges in the fabricated metals industry and the SAP software that can support their profitability by helping the firms reduce operational costs, improve manufacturing and transportation efficiencies, support customers, and map profitable growth strategies.  
     "Fabricated Metals: An Industry in Transition" (98 KB)
White Papers
"Is There a Smarter Way to Handle Excess Active and Obsolete Inventory?"
Learn efficient ways to handle excess and obsolete inventory. Excess at-risk inventory ultimately impacts a company's bottom line. Tactics used to resolve inventory issues can be costly. Using private, on-line, competitive auction portals provides one way to manage excess inventory with low-overhead execution. (TEC, 2008)  Log-in required.
     "Is There a Smarter Way to Handle Excess Active and Obsolete Inventory?"  (288 KB)
White Papers
"Metals Manufacturers Set a Solid Lean Pace with a Customer Focus"
Examine why customer-oriented focus is a key for success. More metals manufacturers are recognizing that a lean-enabled production environment can deliver products quickly and cost effectively. Invest in lean manufacturing practices – serve customers while driving down inventory and delivering products just in time.   Log-in required.
     "Metals Manufacturers Set a Solid Lean Pace with a Customer Focus"  (124 KB)
Aberdeen Reports
"Reading the Signals: Process Manufacturers and Customer Demand"
Are you on a path to demand-driven manufacturing? This white paper explores how respondents to an Economist Intelligence Unit survey are pursuing demand-driven agendas – linking them with efforts to boost operational efficiency and sustain growth. (Economist Intelligence Unit, 2008)  Log-in required.
     "Reading the Signals: Process Manufacturers and Customer Demand" (230 KB)
White Papers
"Reverse Auction Best Practices: Practical Approaches to Ensure Successful Electronic Reverse Auction Events"
Wondering if electronic reverse auctions (e-auctions) can help your procurement organization bring transparency to the sourcing process and deliver bottom-line results? Discover ways to sell the idea and strategies of e-auctions to both buyers and sellers – and ways to achieve double-digit price compression.  Log-in required.
     "Reverse Auction Best Practices: Practical Approaches to Ensure Successful Electronic Reverse Auction Events"  (229 KB)
White Papers
"Supply Chain Cost-Cutting Strategies"
Read why you should change your supply chain management to centralize key elements, work toward end-to-end data and process visibility, increase inventory policy reviews each year, improve your ability to sense changes in customer demand, and upgrade applications and move to a closed-loop planning and execution technology framework. (Aberdeen, 2007)  Log-in required.
     "Supply Chain Cost-Cutting Strategies"  (751 KB)
Aberdeen Reports
"The Impact of Technology on Cost in Business Process Outsourcing"
Gain insight into the true cost of business process outsourcing (BPO) beyond what is typically reflected in the BPO provider's service price (total contract value). Learn how technology, if chosen and implemented carefully, will have a major impact on driving down these costs, in both the short and long term.  
     "The Impact of Technology on Cost in Business Process Outsourcing" (224 KB)
White Papers
"Tightening the Chain – Supply Chain Cost-Cutting Strategies"
Maintain operational efficiency while cutting supply chain costs with new approaches, technologies, and methodologies. Third party logistics providers, radio frequency identification rentals, and attribute-based demand planning can help you reduce supply chain costs and boost customer satisfaction. (TEC, 2008)  Log-in required.
     "Tightening the Chain – Supply Chain Cost-Cutting Strategies" (237 KB)
White Papers
"Turning a Profit in Packaging Begins with Integration"
See how top packaging firms succeed in spite of thin margins, fierce competition, and prohibitive distribution costs by leveraging applications from the SAP for Mill Products solution portfolio. These applications support the integration, automation, and flexibility that helps you cut costs and grow customer loyalty.  
     Turning a Profit in Packaging Begins with Integration" (3 MB)
Thought Leadership
Brumlow Mills
Review the advances against its competition this small, privately owned textiles and carpet manufacturer, based in Calhoun, Georgia, made after replacing its outmoded IT environment with SAP ERP. Implementation was completed within six months; ROI was rapid.  
     Brumlow Mills (4 MB)
Business Transformation Studies
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