Achieving an accurate and up-to-date view of the products and their components is an increasing challenge to be overcome by the industries in this current competitive and accelerated economic scenario.
Some questions are frequently raised: How to manage the great number of options and alternatives in the product structures? How can the product structure reflect different strategies and processes? How to operate with more than one product structure? Who is in charge of the product structure? How to simplify the product? How to increase the accuracy of information?
The lack of quality of essential information has been a crucial factor, from the design to the manufacture of products. The accurate management of BOM – Bill of Materials is one of the paths towards high performance and excellence in the management of the product lifecycle.
To learn more about this currently outstanding powerful product management practice, join us for this Webinar.
About | André Gontarski SoftExpert Product & Market manager for EAM and PLM solutions, Andre's B.Sc in Industrial Engineering is focused on Product Development and Productive Systems. He has 8 years of experience comprising Brazilian and European markets, carrying enterprise-wide consulting experience across large size companies. He also had the opportunity to be in charge of strategic projects.
Any organisation wanting to respond quickly and effectively to changing business conditions and really understand performance to stay ahead of the competition, must adopt the Corporate Performance Management (CPM) approach. CPM is not a new concept, but it still allows organisations to drive performance through effective planning, monitor performance using metrics and scorecarding techniques and understand the reason behind the performance through sophisticated reporting and business intelligence capabilities.
To provide you with the best information on how to get all these benefits and strengthen the fundamental concepts of performance management, please join us for this Webinar and learn:
Performance Management and Balanced Scorecard concepts;
CPM terminology, best practices, and pitfalls to avoid;
Strategy management, business alignment and cascading processes;
How SoftExpert CPM Suite can help you achieve performance management excellence.
Softexpert’s Product & Market Manager of CPM/GRC Solutions. Expert in Business Management with a degree in Computer Science, holds certifications in risk management, certified by the International HACCP Alliance, and performance management, where had great participation in various projects on Balanced Scorecard Methodology in public and private companies. Has been working for seven years at SoftExpert as product and market analyst for CPM, GRC and ERM solutions.
If there is any type of organization that can best demonstrate the value of project management, it would be professional services organizations (PSOs). Professional services organizations – in consulting, technology implementation, engineering, manufacturing, and other disciplines – must track detailed time and expenses for billing to specific customers and account for time spent on internal projects.
At the end of the day, it is the project management’s strong competence in aligning projects with client goals, ensuring stakeholder buy-in, and leading a project team that ensures the PSO’s success. The difference between their offer and those of their competitors is rarely based on the technical skill sets they can deliver, but rather on their reliability in delivering a project on time, within specification and on budget. This will ensure profitability. Yet many firms fail to capture full revenue and do not understand the profits or losses for each client or project until it’s too late to make changes.
In this Webinar, we will be exploring the unique needs of professional service organizations, the value of project management, and the relevant technologies and best practices that can impact their success.
About | Roberto Ortiz Roberto Ortiz has been working in the IT field for over 15 years as a systems analyst, business analyst, and consultant for large national and international companies in various industries, including: automotive, food and beverage, healthcare, high-tech, manufacturing, retail, and transportation. Mr. Ortiz holds an MBA degree from the Georgia State University, USA and is ITIL V3 certified.
One
of the most important issues that businesses have focused on in the
last 20-30 years has been quality. But the concept of quality is not so
young: From the 1900's to the 1950's, Taylor, Shewart,
Juran and others have created concepts, methods and studies for quality
control that are the basis for quality management as we know it.
There are a variety of perspectives that can be taken in defining
quality. Are some definitions "more correct" than the
others? Is one quality expert "right" and the others "wrong"?
Join us on this Webinar and learn more about Quality Management and how
its principles can be used as a framework to guide their organizations
towards improved performance.
About | Leandro Venturi SoftExpert Product & Market Manager for EQM / EHSM / HDM Solutions
With over 6 years experience in the software industry, Leandro has
worked as a consultant on quality management software projects in both
South America and Asia, helping customers to overcome business
challenges on quality management. ITIL certified, has a degree in
information systems and a major in systems analysis. He is currently
Product and Market Manager for SoftExpert EQM, EHSM and HDM solutions.
In today's economic climate, organizations around the world are facing tremendous pressure
to manage their assets proactively across the organization to reduce
costs, increase productivity, and respond to a rapidly changing
regulatory and economic environment.
For asset-intensive industries, optimization of assets management can
be the difference between profit and loss, between regulatory
compliance and non-compliance. Mismanagement of assets may have large and adverse impacts over the
company. Machine downtime can disrupt production promoting
customer dissatisfaction. The inadequate preventive maintenance can
increase the costs of maintaining assets running at peak efficiency,
forcing companies to make unnecessary investments in new machinery and
equipment.
Therefore, it is essential to use modern tools to support best
management practices and enable organizations to achieve the highest
standards of modernity and efficiency in assets management business.
For further understanding about the tools, practices and benefits of
assets management business, join us for this Webinar and learn:
- What is EAM?
- Why is EAM important?
- What are the compliances, applications and benefits?
- How to enhance the Assets Management through SE EAM | SoftExpert Enterprise Asset Management.
About the author Andre Gontarski
SoftExpert Product & Market manager for EAM and PLM solutions,
Andre's B.Sc in Industrial Engineering is focused on Product
Development and Productive Systems. He has 8 years of experience
comprising Brazilian and European markets, carrying enterprise-wide
consulting experience across large size companies. He also had the
opportunity to be in charge of strategic projects.
IT executives are required to provide tangible benefits and show, in numbers, their contribution to the business’s strategic objectives together with evidence of alignment. Therefore, the key is to make IT a strategic asset, and consider how an ITIL implementation investment can selectively improve elements of IT operations and provide differentiated value that becomes ultimately measurable to the organization.
This Webinar will provide real examples of the benefits derived by adopting and implementing ITIL, showing key performance indicators that can be translated into numeric values.
About | Roberto Ortiz
SoftExpert Market Analyst
Roberto Ortiz has been working in the IT field for over 15 years as a systems analyst, business analyst, and consultant for large national and international companies in various industries, including: automotive, food and beverage, healthcare, high-tech, manufacturing, retail, and transportation. Mr. Ortiz holds an MBA degree from the Georgia State University, USA and is ITIL V3 certified.
The old model of risk and compliance management is a recipe for failure. Organizations have been reactive, depending on manual or specific solutions. This means the business becomes extremely fragmented, forced to manage individual efforts that do not relate to a broader risk and compliance strategy. The lack of integrated and interrelated information framework leads to burden, inefficiency and ineffectiveness as opposed to agility, efficiency and effectiveness of risk and compliance processes from an integrated GRC program.
Risk and compliance professionals are turning to GRC platforms to create a framework for improving oversight, accountability and efficiency, with the overall objective of improving governance and business performance. All policies, risks, controls, events, requirements, enterprise assets and processes, responsibilities and objectives interrelate and support each other. When managed in silos, each of these areas brings inefficiency to the risk and compliance processes.
To introduce you the concept of a unified and integrated GRC program, please join us for this Webinar and learn:
Compelling and detailed introduction and conceptualization into GRC Framework;
Organizational and cultural obstacles to integrated GRC;
How SoftExpert GRC Suite can help you achieve Governance Excellence through integrated Governance, Risk and Compliance Management practices.
Softexpert’s Product & Market Manager of CPM/GRC Solutions. Expert in Business Management with a degree in Computer Science, holds certifications in risk management, certified by the International HACCP Alliance, and performance management, where had great participation in various projects on Balanced Scorecard Methodology in public and private companies. Has been working for seven years at SoftExpert as product and market analyst for CPM, GRC and ERM solutions.
E-waste is a major environment issue and it's the fastest growing waste component in the planet. The United Nations Environment Program estimates that in some countries, the amount of e-waste being produced could rise by as much as 500% over the next decade.
Although regulations and legislation are in place in most developed countries, organizations still struggle to understand all the aspects involved in the process of e-waste management. As a result, brand name and shareholder value are slowly damaged as consumers become aware of environmental responsibility.
What are the side-effects of overlooking this issue? How can business cut costs and benefit from e-waste?Join us on this Webinar and learn more about how your organization can effectively manage e-waste for better business results.
Leandro Venturi
SoftExpert Product & Market Manager for EQM / EHSM / HDM Solutions
With over 6 years experience in the software industry, Leandro has worked as a consultant on quality management software projects in both South America and Asia, helping customers to overcome business challenges on quality management. ITIL certified, has a degree in information systems and a major in systems analysis. He is currently Product and Market Manager for SoftExpert EQM, EHSM and HDM solutions.
Strategy is one of the most poorly understood management topics. Most strategic planning consists of merely issuing goals and assigning projects and tasks, then producing a giant report that no one ever reads.
Strategy Mapping, developed by Norton and Kaplan at the Harvard Business School, explain strategy while simultaneously acting as a diagnostic tool for management by exposing gaps concerning the strategic choices. Building a good strategy map is a key factor for achieving and maintaining your Balanced Scorecard success.
To provide you with the best information on how to build an effective strategy map, please join us for this Webinar and learn:
• CPM, BSC, Strategy Maps and Performance Maps – Relationship, differences and applications;
• Set of practical tips that you can apply when building and maintaining strategy maps;
• How SoftExpert CPM Suite can help you achieve Strategy Excellence through Corporate Performance Management and its Strategy Mapping features.
Softexpert’s Product & Market Manager of CPM/GRC Solutions. Expert in Business Management with a degree in Computer Science, holds certifications in risk management, certified by the International HACCP Alliance, and performance management, where had great participation in various projects on Balanced Scorecard Methodology in public and private companies. Has been working for seven years at SoftExpert as product and market analyst for CPM, GRC and ERM solutions.
2009 was the year of standardization in the area of risk management having its peak on November with the release of ISO 31000 - the first international standard about risk management. The origin of the standard is the need of corporations to deal with uncertainties that can affect their goals, which may be related to several activities of the organization, from strategic initiatives to operational activities, finances, processes or projects.
The convergence proposal is aligned with the vision of integrated ERM - Enterprise Risk Management, a consolidated acronym which has been trying to reduce the silos in which risk management was applied in recent years, and that is now getting a strong ally.
Join us in this webinar to keep up to date with the developments in the field of risk management, and learn:
- ISO Guide 73 - Standardized terminology.
- ISO 31000 - Wide coverage with objectivity.
- How to enjoy the real benefits of integrated risk management.
About the author Tobias Schroeder
Expert in Business Management with a degree in Computer Science, holds certifications in risk management, certified by the International HACCP Alliance, and performance management, where had great participation in various projects on Balanced Scorecard Methodology in public and private companies. Has been working for seven years at SoftExpert as product and market analyst for ERM, GRC and CPM solutions.
Today's business environment requires that organizations redouble their efforts to improve the efficiency of processes that have a positive impact on financial performance.
Organizations looking to increase revenues and cut costs are increasingly using Business Process Management (BPM) to reach their goals. According to Aberdeen Group, the BPM category may arguably provide the greatest and fastest return on investment (ROI) compared to any other software category available on the market today.
In order to generate more profits and create a competitive advantage, companies must build a comprehensive process framework that ensures optimal support for Business Excellence.
Building a Process Framework delivers the knowledge and tools necessary for managing Business Processes and process improvement initiatives.
To provide you with the best information on how to build your business process framework, please join us for this Webinar and learn:
- What BPM is and is not - It is more than just workflow. It is not just another IT technology. It is a new way of managing your business.
- Main regulations supported by BPM initiatives - ISO 9000, ITIL and SOX, among others.
- How SoftExpert BPM Suite can help you achieve Business Excellence through Business Process Management.
About the author Carlos Aggio
Carlos is an EXIN certified in Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) and has been participating in ECM and BPM Specialist program of the Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM), AIIM Professional Member since 2003. Certified in Sales Advantage from Dale Carnegie Training, he is author of several articles published in specialized magazines about ECM and BPM with more than ten years experience in IT Product and Service Management.
Being able to anticipate potential problems of a project seems to get more complex the larger the initiative and broader the project scope. Good planning coupled with effective use of the Earned Value Management (EVM) technique will reduce a large amount of issues arising out of schedule and cost overruns, no matter what the size or complexity of the project.
During this Earned Value Management (EVM) webinar, Mr. Ortiz will discuss how EVM can improve project performance by analyzing key performance indicators, to successfully and quickly identify trouble points and mitigate their effect on your project before they become major issues, ensuring the project will finish at the correct time frame and within the expected costs.
About the author Roberto Ortiz SoftExpert Product & Market Analyst of PPM Solution Roberto Ortiz has been working in the IT field for over 15 years as a systems and business analyst, and consultant in large national and international companies. Mr. Ortiz holds an MBA degree in Information Systems from Georgia State University, USA. As the PLM specialist, he has the worldwide responsibility for successful realization of Softexpert's Product Lifecycle Management solution.
Corporate Performance Management has been evolving fast in the current business scenario. Therefore vendors are offering important features along with significant benefits that are quickly absorbed by organizations. This cycle demands manager to be up to date and challenges suppliers to comply with these needs. This growing cycle makes CPM one of the hottest trends at moment.
However, CPM comprises a series of processes and analytical applications used to manage corporate performance, which one of them is the Dashboarding and Scorecarding. Dashboards and Scorecards are useful KPI/metric reporting mechanisms that enable users to quickly monitor and track performance, measure and align the strategic and tactical aspects of business.
To provide you the best information on how to stop spending your time handling spreadsheets and siloed specialist systems please join us for this Webinar and learn:
What is CPM - Dashboarding and Scorecarding as an essential process.
Main CPM frameworks and regulations related.
How to improve your business performance management using SoftExpert CPM Suite.
Tobias Schroeder Expert in Business Management with a degree in Computer Science, holds certifications in risk management, certified by the International HACCP Alliance, and performance management, where had great participation in various projects on Balanced Scorecard Methodology in public and private companies. Has been working for six years at SoftExpert as product and market analyst for ERM, GRC, EHSM and CPM solutions.
Today we hear many companies say - Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is an important part of their business strategy or PLM has a big role in their corporate strategy.
In practice however, companies struggle with implementing PLM because it is a concept supported by an enterprise IT-system, and it is difficult to assess how far a particular company has proceeded on the road to full implementation or what the relative position is compared to other companies in the branch.
This webinar will describe how a PLM Maturity Model can be applied in order to take advantage of the strategic value of PLM and the undisputable benefits for corporate management.
About the author Antti Sääksvuori is an author, well known management consultant, and noted speaker in the field of PLM. He has been helping dozens of companies in various branches of industry to develop their business through the possibilities brought by strategical and well structured product and service lifecycle management. Currently Mr. Saaksvuori is a partner in Talent Partners Ltd. (Finland based management Consulting Company.)
He has published a number of books and articles on PLM and service productization. For example the "Product Lifecycle Management", the first book on PLM has been a great success.
The challenge of handling records and documents is uncontestable. Studies have shown that unstructured content comprises 80% or more of all corporate information and is growing at anywhere between 65% and 200% per year depending on the industry sector.
A recent PriceWaterhouseCoopers survey reports that the average worker spends 40% of their time managing, searching and retrieving non-essential documents.
With an ECM strategy, instead of searching for information you spend time meeting the needs of your currents customers or acquiring new ones. Instead of spending their days looking for information or filing documents, your staff spends their time more productively.
Selecting and implementing the appropriate technologies and tools for ECM can be a daunting process. That process should start with the development of an effective strategy.
To provide you with the best information on how to stop spending your time handling paper, searching for documents and filing records, please join us for this Webinar and learn:
What is ECM - It's more than just documents and records. It's not just another IT technology. It's a new way of improving your business performance.
Main regulations supported by an ECM strategy - SOX, ISOs, 21 CFR Part 11, and others.
Practical Approach - How SoftExpert ECM Suite can effectively support the implementation of an integrated document & records lifecycle management.
About the author Carlos Aggio is an EXIN certified in Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) and has been participating in ECM and BPM Specialist program of the Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM), AIIM Professional Member since 2003, certified in Sales Advantage by Dale Carnegie Training. Author of articles published in specialized magazines about ECM and BPM with more than eight years experience in IT Products and Services Management.
Why do projects fail? The answer may be in the decision making process. Project management teams face complex situations that require new, more sophisticated approaches to decision making. Strategic tradeoffs, risks, interdependencies, data overload and timing factors combine to mask business options, value and opportunities.
Project Portfolio Management provides the right governance processes to help organization to improve its decision making, reduce asset and project portfolio costs, manage service demand and lessen operational risks. Project Portfolio Management is a discipline that oversees the evaluation, prioritization, balancing, and approval of strategic initiatives.
Join this webinar to find out how SoftExpert's Portfolio application can effectively help your organization manage portfolio value by aligning project initiatives with business goals, and effectively executing on those goals. While grounded firmly in best practices and portfolio management theory, this webinar shows how to bridge the gap between theory and practice.
About the author Roberto Ortiz SoftExpert Product & Market Analyst of PPM Solution Roberto Ortiz has been working in the IT field for over 15 years as a systems and business analyst, and consultant in large national and international companies. Mr. Ortiz holds an MBA degree in Information Systems from Georgia State University, USA. As the PLM specialist, he has the worldwide responsibility for successful realization of Softexpert's Product Lifecycle Management solution.
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