How a CRM for Microsoft Office Can Turn Your Small Business into a Productivity Powerhouse by Brandi Browning
The number one reason small businesses fail is due to lack of experience. “Lack of Experience” in the industry the entrepreneur enters and in management, as well. The fact of the matter is small business owners nearly tear their hair out when attempting to coexist as the CEO, Director of... The benefits of a CRM do not stop with just the needs of the customer -- it adds value to the business as a whole. ... Now the sales process is completely automated from a central point of location. ... Business owners and administrative assistants alike can easily use a CRM Office Add-on to pull up a...

Document and Data Management Considerations for Private Companies by Michael Siersema
Increasingly, the need for a written, highly structured document and data management policy is becoming vital to any private company. While the recently enacted Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) rules promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission require such a written policy for public companies,... Finally, a document destruction policy should be included as part of the written document and data management policy. ... Extensive storage capabilities and related software are required for document management, data backup, and email and instant message archiving, as such records must be...

eLearning Course Development: A How To Guide by Quintus Joubert
Developing a Successful eLearning Course OVERVIEW This eLearning White Paper provides an overview of the steps involved in the development of an eLearning course. It is intended as a guide to avoiding common pitfalls that frequently occur during the development of a new eLearning course. ... Use your business case/needs document and message to promote the course and recruit team members prior to the actual selection of an eLearning development vendor. ... IDENTIFY AND SELECT YOUR ELEARNING VENDOR FOR THE ELEARNING COURSE DEVELOPMENT Although this document describes this as one step, it...

SAP Data Warehousing Solution by Ron Victor
SAP BW is a continuous data warehousing solution that uses former SAP technologies. This SAP BW is built on the Basis of 3-tier architecture and coded in the ABAP (Advanced Business Application Programming) language. This 3-tier architecture and code language uses ALE (Application Link Enabling)... BW Business Content The BW's most powerful selling is Business Content. ... Documents are stored in BDS (Business Document Services). ... This infrastructure contains a component called mySAP Business Intelligence.

EDI: Electronic Document Interchange for Microsoft Great Plains – Overview for Software Developer/Pr by Andrew Karasev
Microsoft Great Plains - Microsoft Business Solutions accounting and ERP system, originally targeted to mid-size - now, with advancements and increasing reliability of its database - Microsoft SQL Server, Great Plains is attractive solution for large corporation. ... Big companies usually have purchasing and order processing automation via so-called Electronic Document Interchange or EDI. ... Communication with UNIX EDI Client or Server – each case requires individual approach. ... Mark processed documents - for this reason we use SOP10100.ADDRESS3 field - which was not used in Great...

Internet Explorer Shortcuts for Mouse-o-phobes by Steve Singleton
If you're like me, you occasionally find the ubiquitous mouse inconvenient. Here are keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft's Internet Explorer (I.E.), the default browser for most personal computers in the business environment. Of course, learning them all would be far more trouble than it's worth. ... PAGE DOWN -- Scroll forward through a document in larger increments. ... DOWN ARROW -- Scroll forward through a document one line at a time. ... HOME -- Move backward to beginning of document. ... UP ARROW -- Scroll backward through a document one line at a time.

Buying Package Software: Five Tips To Help Cut Through The Sales Pitch And Buy The Right Package by Patrick Gray
Package software is often one of the largest technology expenditures of a business. The promise of package software is compelling: replace unwieldy custom applications developed in-house with a standardized, integrated system, built on processes based on the latest industry best practices. ... The Ultimate Selection Committee will assess each business process that will be changed, and determine if, in order of preference: The package process can serve as a “drop in” replacement for the legacy process The legacy process should be modified to accommodate the package or In the absolute...

Visible Ops: Adding Realism to ITIL Process Improvement by Pat Moore
While ITIL has provided a proven framework to assist with the increasing challenges associated with maintaining a more efficient, secure and compliant IT organization, only a handful of tools are publicly available to support the execution of ITIL-based improvement efforts. ... Phase 4: “Enable Continuous Improvement” Based on the previous phases and the progressive integration of the ITIL Service Support processes (BS 15000 equivalent of Release, Control and Resolution processes), phase 4 concentrates on the implementation of process metrics to enable continuous IT service improvement...

Microsoft Great Plains Food Processing – Implementation & Customization Highlights by Andrew Karasev
Microsoft Great Plains might be considered as ERP platform to build your own custom solution upon or as the assembly place for the existing modules. Microsoft Great Plains has Inventory Control (IV), Bill of Materials (BM), Manufacturing modules, coming from Microsoft Business Solutions... In our opinion – you should first understand your options to automate business processes and if Manufacturing module is absolute must – only then you should purchase manufacturing and implement it. ... In the case of large grocery stores you may need Electronic Document Interchange (EDI).

Using Online Data Storage by Steven Cancel
Most people don't realize how convenient online data storage really is in these days using email storage services. The benefits for storing excess data online and freeing up space on your own hard drive is becoming a popular trend. Backing up information that could be lost if something is to go... Instead of going through a process of sending data from one computer to the next, online data storage makes files easier to access from all around the world. ... Online data storage is quick and simple way for the home user or business person to quickly store information and access it at another...