White Papers

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Optimizing Technology In the Enterprise

This paper briefly outlines an approach and set of techniques that can be used in examining an Enterprise, with the objective of implementing a common technical infrastructure environment that supports efficient operations. The objective is to prepare an analysis and plan that will ensure that a business' technical infrastructure is optimally suited to provide the best level of support, where criticality, cost, time and professional resources are variable factors. Each business must tailor this approach to meet its own unique needs, with the objective of ensuring a technical infrastructure that is best suited to its operational requirements.
 

Activity Based Costing and Business Process Reengineering

This paper examines how the operations improvement techniques of Activity Based Costing (ABC) and Business Process Reengineering (BPR) can be combined into a singular approach to provide strong benefits for an Enterprise. Frequently, businesses undertake one or both these operations improvement techniques in an isolated practice, without leveraging the combined benefits of both. The paper discusses, using industry examples, how integrating ABC into the systems engineering life-cycle as a component of BPR practices offers a powerful mechanism for obtaining in-depth understanding of existing processes, measuring key factors detailing these processes, and identification of areas of change to meet and exceed market competition.
 

Total Cost of Ownership and Cost Reduction Analysis

A White Paper that briefly examines how the technique of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) analysis can be effectively applied to reducing the technical operating costs of an Enterprise. It briefly examines the components of a TCO model within the context of comparing Personal Computers and Network Computers. Some of the ingredients of a TCO analysis are examined, along with areas for controlling and reducing operational costs. The objective is to apply a TCO approach in an Enterprise in a beneficial manner, so that costs are not only visible, but can be acted upon to control expenditures.
 

Internet, Intranets & the Workflow Layer

This paper provides a brief discussion of the differences and interrelationships between Internets, Intranets, and the Workflow Layer, within the context of practical utilization for businesses. It briefly examines how the three components can be applied together to positively impact a business' operations.