http://www.ithound.com/ Use IThound RSS Feeds to keep up-to-date with new research on the topics that are most important to you. The Hidden Costs of BPM This solution brief looks at why BPM projects are prone to ballooning costs and gives top tips for maintaining control of your project budget . http://www.ithound.com/ithound/view_abstract?id=2442 Improve your Manufacturing Process and Meet Increased Demand with Advance Planning and Scheduling The UK's fastest growing food packaging company needed to improve manufacturing and scheduling processes to meet increased demand. Learn how the company has further streamlined its manufacturing process enabling it to retain and win additional contracts across the country. http://www.ithound.com/ithound/view_abstract?id=2258 Strategic Sourcing Solution provides 400% ROI - A Martin Baker Case Study As part of its IT initiative to optimize the company’s multi-million dollar purchasing budget, Martin-Baker looked to improving cost by taking a more strategic approach to direct material procurement as a means of generating cost savings from its supplier community. http://www.ithound.com/ithound/view_abstract?id=2246 Five Ways ERP Can Help You Implement Lean Becoming Lean has been a goal of most companies over the last few years, delivering what what's really needed in today’s competitive world - shorter lead times, improved quality, reduced cost, increased profit, improved productivity & better customer service. Learn how ERP can help lean initiatives. http://www.ithound.com/ithound/view_abstract?id=2243 11 Criteria For Selecting The Best ERP System Replacement It's no light matter to replace your Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system but done right, it can open unlimited business opportunities but your ERP provider must be part of your vision. Learn how to select a partner that can show you how to make this hard transition easy. http://www.ithound.com/ithound/view_abstract?id=2241 Procurement consultantcy improves consultant utilisation Projectminder provides instant feedback on utilisation per consultant or per role. It's a web based software system allowing consultants easy access and saving them time with a single project report function. http://www.ithound.com/ithound/view_abstract?id=1979 Use PROJECTminder® to easily migrate and automate your project Migration from an old system to PROJECTminder is straightforward and unproblematic. PROJECTminder® is designed to reflect your business processes, which means easy project set-up and simple, ongoing consultant input. http://www.ithound.com/ithound/view_abstract?id=1978 PROJECTminder® helping to deliver profitable growth This case study shows how PROJECTminder, as been designed specifically to support the way management consultants operate. http://www.ithound.com/ithound/view_abstract?id=1977 Optimising Utilisation For most management consultancies, the utilisation rate of their consultants is one of their key performance indicators and a key target on which staff are measured. Get it right and the chances are the business will be highly successful. Get it wrong and the consequences can be disastrous. http://www.ithound.com/ithound/view_abstract?id=1762 Program Management Design: A Viable System Perspective Program Management (PM) is gaining importance as businesses try to find a better way to manage portfolios of projects. This white paper attempts to understand PM design from the perspective of the cybernetic theory of organisation structure, namely the Viable System Model. http://www.ithound.com/ithound/view_abstract?id=1709