The Profit Impact of Business Intelligence
by Reader in Employment Relations Steve Williams and Nancy Williams
The Profit Impact of Business Intelligence presents an A-to-Z approach for getting the most business intelligence (BI) from a company's data assets or data warehouse. BI is not just a technology or methodology, it is a powerful new management approach that - when done right - can deliver knowledge, efficiency, better decisions, and profit to almost any organization that uses it. When BI first came on the scene, it promised a lot but often failed to deliver. The missing element was the busine...
The 2nd edition of this book shows how the quality of information can be improved in such knowledge-intensive processes as on-line communication, strategy, product development, or consulting. The text offers proven principles for applying information quality management to a variety of information products. Case studies show how information quality management can increase satisfaction of knowledge workers and information consumers. Includes much new material.
Vulnerability Assessment of Physical Protection Systems
by Mary Lynn Garcia
Vulnerability Assessment of Physical Protection Systems guides the reader through the topic of physical security with a unique, detailed and scientific approach. The book describes the entire vulnerability assessment (VA) process, from the start of planning through final analysis and out brief to senior management. It draws heavily on the principles introduced in the author's best-selling Design and Evaluation of Physical Protection Systems and allows readers to apply those principles and conduc...
MyITLab with Pearson eText -- Access Card -- for Technology in Action, Complete
by Alan Evans, Kendall Martin, and Mary Anne Poatsy
ALERT: Before you purchase, check with your instructor or review your course syllabus to ensure that you select the correct ISBN. Several versions of Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products exist for each title, including customized versions for individual schools, and registrations are not transferable. In addition, you may need a CourseID, provided by your instructor, to register for and use Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products. Packages Access codes for Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products may...
Business Process Management Workshops (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, #308)
This book constitutes revised papers from the eleven International Workshops held at the 15th International Conference on Business Process Management, BPM 2017, in Barcelona, Spain, in September 2017: BPAI 2017 – 1st International Workshop on Business Process Innovation with Artificial Intelligence; BPI 2017 – 13th International Workshop on Business Process Intelligence; BP-Meet-IoT 2017 – 1st International Workshop on Ubiquitous Business Processes Meeting Internet-of-Things; BPMS2 2017 – 10th W...
Databases in Telecommunications II (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, #2209)
Just like the previous workshop at VLDB 1999 in Edinburgh, the purpose of this workshop is to promote telecom data management as one of the core research areas in database research and to establish a strong connection between the telecom and database research communities. As I wrote in the preface of those proceedings, data management in telecommuni- tions is an interesting area of research given the fact that both service management and service provisioning are very data intensive, and pose ext...
Detection of Intrusions and Malware (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, #3548)
by Klaus Julisch
Digitale Transformation (Informationsmanagement Und Digitale Transformation)
Dieses Open Access-Buch gibt eine Einführung in die Grundlagen der digitalen Transformation. Es werden aktuelle technologische Trends sowie Auswirkungen auf den Wettbewerb und die Geschäftsmodellentwicklung erläutert. Außerdem werden anhand empirischer Umfragen sowie Fallstudien aus der Praxis die Chancen und Risiken digitaler Transformationsprojekte aufgezeigt. Die Ergebnisse helfen Unternehmen dabei, Technologiepotentiale abzuschätzen und frühzeitig zukunftsweisende Technologiekompetenz...
This book constitutes the joint refereed proceedings of the 13 International Conference on Next Generation Teletraffic and Wired/Wireless Advanced Networking, NEW2AN, and the 6th Conference on Internet of Things and Smart Spaces, ruSMART 2013, held in St. Petersburg, Russia, in August 2013. The total of 38 papers was carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in this book. The 14 papers selected from ruSMART are organized in topical sections named: internet on things, smart spaces technologie...
Using Excel & Access for Accounting 2010 (with Student Data CD-ROM)
by Glenn Owen
USING EXCEL & ACCESS FOR ACCOUNTING 2010 teaches students how businesses use spreadsheets and databases in accounting and explains how to use these tools in solving real accounting problems. It is written in a step-by-step format, with plenty of screenshots making it easy to follow. Faculty One-Line Description: USING EXCEL & ACCESS FOR ACCOUNTING 2010 teaches students how businesses use spreadsheets and databases in accounting and solve real accounting problems.
Introduction to Computational Optimization Models for Production Planning in a Supply Chain
by Stefan Vo_, David L Woodruff, and Stefan Voc
The book begins with an easy-to-read introduction to the concepts associated with the creation of optimization models for production planning. These concepts are then applied to well-known planning models, namely mrp and MRP II.From this foundation, fairly sophisticated models for supply chain management are developed. Another unique feature is that models are developed with an eye toward implementation. In fact, there is a chapter that provides explicit examples of implementation of the basic m...
The Demographic Characteristics of Immigrant Populations
by Of Europe Council
Conformance Checking
by Josep Carmona, Boudewijn van Dongen, Andreas Solti, and Matthias Weidlich
This book introduces readers to the field of conformance checking as a whole and outlines the fundamental relation between modelled and recorded behaviour. Conformance checking interrelates the modelled and recorded behaviour of a given process and provides techniques and methods for comparing and analysing observed instances of a process in the presence of a model, independent of the model’s origin. Its goal is to provide an overview of the essential techniques and methods in this field at an i...
What the Digital Future Holds (Digital Future of Management)
by MIT Sloan Management Review
The relationship between management and digital technology: experts present a new agenda for the practice of management. Digital technology has profoundly affected the ways that businesses design and produce goods, manage internal communication, and connect with customers. But the next phase of the digital revolution raises a new set of questions about the relationship between technology and the practice of management. Managers in the digital era must consider how big data can inform hiring dec...
Using QuickBooks (R) Online for Accounting (with Online, 6 month Printed Access Card)
by Glenn Owen
Master the skills of QuickBooks (R) Online Plus (QBO) at your own pace with the unique self-directed learning approach found in Owen's QUICKBOOKS (R) ONLINE FOR ACCOUNTING, 3E. This edition focuses exclusively on QBO, allowing you to refine your skills while reviewing your understanding of financial accounting, reporting and analysis tools. You learn how accounting information is both created and used to make key decisions. Easy-to-follow instructions, real examples and manageable assignments h...
In today's industrial manufacturing Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is essential in order to cope with the challenges of more demanding global competition. New and more complex products must be introduced to markets faster than ever before. Companies form large collaborative networks, and the product process must flow flexibly across company borders. This first book on Product Lifecycle Management in English language is designed to introduce the reader to the basic terms and fundamentals of P...
Principles of Computer Systems and Network Management
by Chandra Verma Dinesh
Process planning detennines how a product is to be manufactured and is therefore a key element in the manufacturing process. It plays a major part in detennining the cost of components and affects all factory activities, company competitiveness, production planning, production efficiency and product quality. It is a crucial link between design and manufacturing. In spite of the importance of process planning in the manufacturing cycle, there is no fonnal methodology which can be used, or can hel...
Programming Languages for Business Problem Solving
by Shouhong Wang and Hai Wang
It has become crucial for managers to be computer literate in today's business environment. It is also important that those entering the field acquire the fundamental theories of information systems, the essential practical skills in computer applications, and the desire for life-long learning in information technology. Programming Languages for Business Problem Solving presents a working knowledge of the major programming languages, including COBOL, C++, Java, HTML, JavaScript, VB.NET, VBA, AS...