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The Fast Lane: How BPM Helps
Accelerate Decision Making |
| Historically, mid-market companies have used their
ability to react quicker to customer demands as a
competitive advantage over larger corporations. Today's
hyper-competitive business environment, ever-changing
customer demands, and always present resource
constraints are making this harder for mid-market
companies.
This article by Eric Mehringer, BizNet Software's
Vice President of Professional Services, explores how a
BPM solution can help mid-market companies get back to
utilizing one of their greatest assets - speed.
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| Strategy development outpaces strategy
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An Interview with Microsoft's CFO
(McKinsey Quarterly - Requires Free Registration) |
| Microsoft is paying cash to shareholders,
stressing transparency in its diverse businesses,
and embracing Sarbanes-Oxley. Before announcing his
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with The McKinsey Quarterly about why. |
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Rethinking (and Re-doing) Financial Consolidation
and Reporting (PDF)
(Ventana Research) |
| Sarbanes-Oxley changes the economics of
financial systems. Ventana Research notes that
after initial Sarbanes- Oxley compliance is
completed, many companies (one-half to two-thirds)
will then need to focus on improving their
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Our study found that, on average, public companies
expect ongoing Sarbanes-Oxley compliance will occupy
about 10% of their finance organization's time.
Reducing that number would have meaningful impact on
any company's bottom line." |
