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Your Next Exec Off-site: Riding the Rails: Executive off-sites fail when they feel like canned affairs cooked-up by HR. You know: team-building ropes courses, faith-fall exersizes, the endless "interactive" PowerPoint presentation in a beige-colored hotel conference room where the only one interacting is the one blathering endlessly on, slide after slide after slide. ...; Tags: Business Operations, Michael Mattis, Management, Microsoft Office, Corporate Governance, Team Management, Cabin, Car, Software, Office Suites, Corporate Law; Blog posts 2008-05-30
The Gap Gives its Word Then Contradicts It: We didn't receive an answer when we asked the question "Why do Indian children keep falling into The Gap?" We do know, however, that Gap Inc. won't sit by idly and watch children being exploited -- not while American consumers are looking, anyway. Gap's pledged $200,000 to improve working standards...; Tags: Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Business Operations, It Operations, Software, Office Suites, Microsoft Office, Quality, Outsourcing, Word Processors, Microsoft Word, Gap Inc., Lori Deschene; Blog posts 2007-11-20
The Best Office Chairs Are Comfy and Green: You spend a large portion of your life sitting on a desk chair so, obviously, that chair should be pretty darn comfy. On the other hand, as a responsible consumer, you want to do your part to help the environment and make sure your kids inherit a clean, green world....; Tags: Software, Office Suites, Marketing, Business Operations, Microsoft Office, Marketing Research, Quality, Chair, Desk, Jessica Stillman; Blog posts 2007-11-09
Case Study: US Investigation Services: In 1996, 650 employees of the Office of Personnel Management's Office of Federal Investigations OFI became owners of a new private company, US Investigations services USIS. Since the privatization, USIS has done extremely well, already hiring 70 new workers and exceeding sales projections. So far, the process seems to be...; Tags: Hiring, Employee, Privatization, American Capital, Administrative Committee, Corporate Governance, Recruitment & Selection, Microsoft Office, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Office Suites, Software; Case studies 1997-04-01
Turning Asset Allocation on its Head: To grow the managed funds business, allocators need to seed new traders to help them learn to trade greater funds under management. Article discusses one firm's method to profit from emerging CTAs while curbing the associated risk. The most frustrating part of being an emerging commodity trading advisor CTA is...; Tags: Asset, Asset Allocation, Manager, Access Asset Management, Asset Management, Microsoft Office, Strategy, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Office Suites, Software, Management; White papers 2003-08-01

Interagency Guidelines Establishing Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information and Rescission of Year 2000 Standards for Safety and Soundness.: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Office of Thrift Supervision (Collectively, the Agencies) are publishing final Guidelines establishing standards for safeguarding customer information that implement sections 501 and 505b of the Gramm- Leach-Bliley Act (the...; Tags: Y2K, Customer Information, Comptroller, Standards, Quality, Microsoft Office, Business Operations, Office Suites, Software; White papers 2001-01-17
Review and Outlook 2003-2004 Property/Casualty Insurance (North America): The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry will experience a significant recovery in profitability in 2003, following modest profits in 2002, and its worst operating year ever in 2001. Consecutive rounds of sharp increases in premium rates and implementation of more conservative underwriting practices across nearly all business lines have improved market...; Tags: Fitch, Microsoft Outlook, Insurance, Financial Planning, Groupware, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Enterprise Software; White papers 2003-12-16
Investment Picture for U.S. Life Insurers ? Impact and Outlook: The report believes that a "turning of the corner" is in progress concerning realized capital losses in the U.S. life insurance industry following the worst investment results in a decade. First-half 2003 investment results reveal that while realized losses remain above historical levels. While rating downgrades continue to outnumber upgrades...; Tags: U.S., Upgrade, Fitch, Insurance, Microsoft Outlook, Financial Planning, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Finance; White papers 2003-10-28
Review & Outlook: 2001-2002 Title Insurance: The report views the capital and surplus of the title insurers in its rating universe as strong from both an absolute dollar and risk-adjusted perspective. Further, reserves continue to appear adequate as measured on both a GAAP and statutory basis. The report analyzes the title industry from a macro perspective,...; Tags: Title Insurance, Perspective, Fitch, Real Estate, GAAP, Microsoft Outlook, Insurance, Business Operations, Financial Accounting, Finance, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Corporate Insurance; White papers 2002-01-17
Review and Outlook: 2002-2003 U.S. Health Insurance/Managed Care): A continuation of favorable commercial pricing underpins the Ratings' Stable Rating Outlook for the health insurance and managed care sector in 2003. The report expects operating performance in 2003 consistent with solid results reported in 2002 as companies continue to emphasize premium rate adequacy over membership growth. Reduced exposure to...; Tags: Fitch, Healthcare, Benefits, Microsoft Outlook, Insurance, Pricing, Payroll Solutions, Human Resources, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Marketing; White papers 2003-01-14
Customizable Multidiscipline Environments for Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow Modeling: This paper describes a small slice of a larger on-going effort to satisfy current and future demands for integrated multidisciplinary tools that can be highly customized by end-users or by third parties. Specifically, the ability to integrate fully featured thermal/fluid simulations into Microsoft's Excel and other software is detailed. Users...; Tags: Modeling, Portals, Research & Development, Microsoft Excel, Web Technology, Productivity, Microsoft Office, Internet, Business Operations, Office Suites, Software; White papers 2004-05-07
An Excel User Interface for Modeling LHPs in SINDA/FLUINT: This paper will provide an overview of the LHP Launch Control Panel, discuss typical analysis results, and provide some guidelines on bracketing the LHP performance for stochastic phenomena such as evaporator core state. In addition it will provide information for the advanced user on how to further customize the tool...; Tags: Analysis, Modeling, Research & Development, Microsoft Excel, Business Operations, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software; White papers 2004-06-22
Review and Outlook 2004-2005: U.S. Health Insurance/Managed Care: This report focuses reviews the United States health/managed care insurance industry for the year 2004 and presents some forecasts for the year 2005. The report insurance/managed care sector in 2005 is based on expectations for continued favorable operating performance, further improvement in balance sheet fundamentals and the absence of any...; Tags: Fitch, Balance Sheets, Microsoft Outlook, Workforce Management, Insurance, Financial Planning, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Finance, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Human Resources, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance; White papers 2004-12-09
North Sea Drilling Outlook: Future Looking Brighter?: The North Sea offshore drilling market has suffered from weakening demand, oversupply of units, and a resultant fall in day rates over the last three years. The analysis presented in this paper suggests that fleet utilization will improve, potentially significantly (15%), in 2004. However, this improvement is a function of...; Tags: North Sea, Simmons & Co., Microsoft Outlook, Outsourcing, Groupware, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Enterprise Software; White papers 2004-01-08
Low Levels of Insurance Reimbursement Impede Access to Cochlear Implants: Cochlear implants enable many severely to profoundly hearing-impaired people who cannot be helped by hearing aids to understand speech and environmental sounds and to communicate better. The treatment, including the cost of a cochlear implant device and required professional services, can cost more than $40,000. But studies by other organizations...; Tags: Treatment, Microsoft Access, Ingersoll-Rand, Cochlear, Insurance, Financial Planning, Microsoft Office, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Office Suites, Software; White papers 2002-10-01
Global Asset-Backed Commercial Paper: 2004 Review and 2005 Outlook: The U.S. asset-backed commercial paper ABCP market posted the first year-over-year growth recorded since the peak of the market at the end of 2001. As of Dec. 31, 2004, ABCP outstandings were up 3.78%, or $27.1 billion, to $744.4 billion, compared with $717.3 billion as of Dec. 31, 2003. The...; Tags: Market, Fitch, Microsoft Outlook, Asset Management, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Operational Planning, Business Operations; White papers 2005-02-03
Some Structural Attributes of Institutional Office Investments: This study explores some of the less cyclical characteristics of the office investment market. Offices comprise more than one-third of investable commercial real estate by value among the major property types. Private institutional investors allocate about this proportion of offices to their real estate portfolios, but REITs own a somewhat...; Tags: Preference, American Real Estate Society, Real Estate, Investment, Financial Accounting, Microsoft Office, Business Operations, Finance, Office Suites, Software; White papers 2003-06-20
Premera Blue Cross: Leading Healthcare Provider Avoids $9.6 Million in Costs With Case Management Tool: At Premera Blue Cross, an independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, case managers handle the post-hospitalization needs of patients with complex medical conditions. Working with Microsoft and Microsoft Certified Partner Cap Gemini, Premera built its Case Management Collaboration Tool using Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003, Microsoft Office...; Tags: Blue Cross Blue Shield, Case Management, Health Care, Microsoft Corp., Corporate Law, Microsoft Office, Business Operations, Office Suites, Software; Case studies
Busyukogyo Co., Ltd: Manufacturer Automates Workload Planning, Improves Quality Control With Desktop Tools: Founded in 1952, Busyukogyo Co., Ltd. is a midsize manufacturer of automotive pipe parts in Ome, just west of Tokyo. Busyukogyo wanted to automate a manual workload planning process for non-technical line workers so it could reduce operating costs. Busyukogyo used a Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003 solution where workers...; Tags: Desktop, Quality Control, Microsoft Corp., Worker, Tool, Quality, Microsoft Office, Business Operations, Office Suites, Software; Case studies
Prudential California Realty - San Bruno: Real Estate Firm Recruits More Clients, Improves Service With Mobile Office Solution: Prudential California Realty - San Bruno is an independently owned and operated member of The Prudential Real Estate Affiliates, Inc. In 2003, the office generated sales worth more than U.S. $484 million. The management at Prudential California Realty had been seeking a way to help their agents improve productivity and...; Tags: Mobile, Prudential Insurance Company Of America, Microsoft Corp., San Bruno, Tablets, Sales Strategy, Microsoft Windows XP, Real Estate, Sales Force Management, Notebooks, Microsoft Office, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Sales, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Business Operations, Office Suites; Case studies