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Investors' Best Practices: NASD operates an Investor Complaint Center that is designed to receive complaints from investors regarding their brokers and/or the firms that employ them. NASD's role is to investigate these complaints for potential violations of securities laws or regulations. This Web Page discusses some of the most common problems reported by...; Tags: Financial accounting, NASD, investor, best practice, Web page, Web; White papers
Crisis Management Business Interruption, Part II: Best Practices for Claims Preparation: The September 11 terrorist attacks created what is perhaps the largest business interruption event in history, as measured in the number of claims, the magnitude of damage, and the complexity of adjusted losses. Of the tens of thousands of businesses that were disrupted by the catastrophe, many will be filing...; Tags: crisis management, Risk Manager, terrorist attack, best practice; White papers
Supply Chain Best Practices: Companies Must Define What Works for Them: "Best practices" means understanding the operations and the costs thoroughly, getting the best return on investment, satisfying customers and understanding that one has never done with the job. It's critical to understand that when it comes to having the right building and the right systems on the right site in...; Tags: best practice, transportation, ROI, supply chain, job, tool; White papers
Best Practices for Web Analytics Governance: How to Structure Internal Resources to Ensure Success: Who owns Web analytics in your organization? More than one person? Less than one person? Better yet, who “owns” the Web site? Many companies haven’t designated a single point of contact to oversee the entire Web site, much less the Web analytics program. Industry analysts such as...; Tags: Marketing research, Financial Planning, Omniture Inc., Web analytics, analytics, e-business, accountability, Web, Web site, best practice; White papers
Benchmarks and Best Practices in Accounting, Focus Area: Payroll: Compare your organization to your peer groups and discover ways to improve your accounting performance. How do centralized accounting operations compare to decentralized ones? Learn the answer to these questions in this excerpt from APQC's new benchmarking and best practices book, By the Numbers: Accounting. It tells...; Tags: Operational accounting, Financial services, APQC, accounting, benchmarking, payroll, best practice; White papers

Sorting Out Best Practices in Disclosure Committee Charters: The paper depicts that in response to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Securities and Exchange Commission SEC recommended in its August 29 release that companies create a committee with responsibility for considering the materiality of information and determining disclosure requirements on a timely basis. This committee, commonly called...; Tags: Protiviti, SEC, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, best practice; White papers
Best Practices in Selecting Performance Management Solution: A new generation of sophisticated, web-based database applications is changing the way companies look at planning and financial reporting. A new generation of sophisticated, web-based database applications is changing the way companies look at planning and financial reporting. These Corporate Performance Management CPM applications combine a wide variety of financial...; Tags: Financial Planning, Financial accounting, Business intelligence, financial reporting, corporate performance management, financial, performance management, data source, database, best practice, Web, performance; White papers
Best Practice in Consumer Collections: Consumer spending is at an all-time high around the world. Competition and increased availability of additional credit mean that more consumers than ever before are able to purchase goods and services and finance them without having to pay for their entire cost in a lump sum. With the dramatic improvement...; Tags: Operational accounting, consumer credit, credit history, income, best practice, finance, credit card; White papers
Accounts Payable Benchmarks and Best Practices: APQC has compiled data from numerous organizations to develop benchmarking data for accounting. Download this excerpt to drill down on metrics for the accounts payable function, or just to see examples of what thorough analysis can tell you about a business process. Invoicing cost is critical, and these metrics show...; Tags: Operational accounting, Quality, APQC, accounts payable, organizational structure, standards, benchmarking, best practice, business process, accounting, analysis; White papers
Payroll Benchmarks and Best Practices: APQC has compiled data from numerous organizations to develop benchmarking data for the payroll function in accounting. This excerpt from APQC breaks down individual activities in the three main payroll processes: reporting time, managing pay, and reporting payroll taxes. Its research found that median cost per payroll payment is $6.50,...; Tags: Operational accounting, payroll solutions, payroll, APQC, payment, benchmarking, best practice, accounting; White papers
Podcast: Best practices for building and deploying employee self-service solutions: Improving workforce effectiveness is a key business objective that most organizations face today. Companies purchase solutions aimed at increasing employee productivity and access to relevant information, and improving collaboration among employees. However, what end-users (including employees, customers, partners and suppliers) are demanding is seamless access to information, applications, and each...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, IBM Corp., decision-making, workforce, podcast, best practice, collaboration, supplier, job, network; Download resources 2007-06-19
Why Best Practices In Freight Audit And Payment?: As you shop for a freight audit and payment partner it just makes sense to become familiar with the industry best practices and then choose a firm that actively supports them. If you don't approach the project that way then you're probably about as likely to partner with the firm...; Tags: Operational accounting, SSI Ltd., payment, audit, best practice, industry; White papers 2007-04-16
Best Practices in Creating a Strategic Finance Function: According to the results of a recent APQC study, finance organizations, no matter what their size, are still spending almost two-thirds of their time on transaction processing, to the detriment of more strategic functions such as decision support and management. The study concluded, in part, that the respondents who are...; Tags: Financial accounting, Databases, SAP AG, APQC, finance, transaction processing, decision support, best practice, survey; White papers 2006-05-01
Best Practices in Nonprofit Governance in Light of Sarbanes-Oxley and Texas Law: The Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act, otherwise known as Sarbanes Oxley, 15 U.S.C. 7201 et seq., was passed in 2002 after the collapse of Enron. It was intended to promote greater accountability for and public trust in publicly traded companies after the high-profile corporate scandals surrounding Enron,...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, Enron Corp., Sarbanes-Oxley Act, accountability, accounting, best practice, board; White papers 2006-05-05
Best Practices for Implementing Performance Management Software: This CFO Research Services report is a follow-up to the firm's previous paper, "Best Practices in Selecting Performance Management Software," which offers tips and recommendations from senior finance executives who have successfully implemented performance management systems in their companies. Sponsored by Clarity Systems, this paper builds on that earlier report...; Tags: Business intelligence, Clarity Systems, finance executive, performance management, best practice, performance, forecasting, business strategy, software; White papers 2006-01-01
Best Practices for Budgeting, Forecasting and Reporting: By combining best practices with technology, companies can consistently deliver a more timely, accurate, and flexible plan; strengthen the link between strategic objectives and operational and financial plans; improve communication and collaboration among managers; and enhance strategic decision-making, enabling leaders to more quickly identify, analyze, and forecast the impact of...; Tags: Sales force management, Financial accounting, budgeting, forecasting, best practice, business management, financial management, financial, decision-making, collaboration, leader; White papers 2005-12-09
Summary of Responses on the Consultation Paper on Relationships Between Insurers and Sales Intermediaries - Achieving Best Practices: On June 3, 2005, the Canadian Council of Insurance Regulators CCIR and the Canadian Insurance Services Regulatory Organizations CISRO released a consultation paper entitled Relationships between Insurers and Sales Intermediaries. The consultation paper was prepared by the CCIR / CISRO Industry Practices Review Committee IPRC. The IPRC was formed in...; Tags: Insurance Company, Consultation, Best Practice, Insurance, Financial Planning, Sales Strategy, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Sales; White papers 2005-11-01
Creating Value Through Partnering, Part II: Accenture/SAP Case Study of Best Practices: It is a well-established fact that partnership is a critical and necessary component of the continued success and growth of a services firm. Yet, there is no guarantee that a partnership will succeed in providing the expected benefits to each party involved. In fact, a large number of partnerships fail...; Tags: Business structures, International Data Group, partnership, Accenture Ltd., SAP AG, best practice, benefit; White papers 2005-08-01
High Performance ERP: Creating Value With Accenture and SAP Best Practices for Chemicals: Enterprise resource planning for a midsized chemical company is like a traffic jam. The paper reveals that getting a typical ERP solution implemented both cost-effectively and within a short timeframe is nearly impossible. The combination of global business, mergers and acquisitions, development in emerging markets, increasing production and product quality...; Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Accenture Ltd., ERP, chemicals, M&A, emerging market, high-performance, best practice; White papers 2005-05-12
Financial Services: Best Practices for Authenticated Sign-On Implementations: As financial services enterprises confront the security challenges of today's business environment, controlling access to information has evolved into an important boardroom issue. Who has access to corporate information assets affects an enterprise's security strategy, risk and liability exposure, compliance capabilities, worker productivity, and IT support costs - all issues...; Tags: Financial Planning, BNX Systems Corp., financial service, security strategy, enterprise application, security, financial, best practice, compliance, worker, information technology; White papers 2005-04-01