Issue #49  April 30, 2009
BPM Express is a monthly e-mail newsletter that covers developments and trends in the market for business performance management systems and services.

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Today's featured report: "Sustainability Matters: Why -- and how -- business is widening its focus to consider the needs of all stakeholders" from Oracle. This white paper demonstrates how running a responsible business and high levels of performance do not have to work against each other, and makes a case for why sustainability issues should be part of a company's overall performance management practices.


Design to Align: The Key Component in BPM Success
The cleanest data, the latest tools, and the most advanced infrastructure can't guarantee success for your BPM project if it's out of sync with the organization at large. Here's how to get your ducks in a row.

A Context for Success: Creating the High-Performance Environment
A winning BPM initiative must be grounded in an understanding of four critical enablers.

Chief Performance Officer Plays Important Role
Five key principles distinguish successful corporate performance management initiatives from improvement programs of the past.

A New Brand of Value: Integrating Branding Into Corporate Performance Management
Performance management activities do not generally focus on the performance of the corporate brand. But adding measures of brand familiarity, favorability, and loyalty to corporate performance management processes sets the stage for better corporate strategy execution.

Who Does the Chief Performance Officer Report To?
A company's chief performance officer (CPO) ideally should report to the CEO or CEO equivalent in non-commercial enterprises, according to CPM expert Bob Paladino. However, the CPO may not start out at the top. In this blog posting, Paladino shares examples of companies that position their CPOs well.

CPM Office Removes Silos
Decentralized corporate performance management (CPM) can lead to inconsistencies in CPM process applications, different versions of the truth, and projects that don't meet the overall needs of the company. To remedy this, companies should consider instituting a CPM office.

BPM Summit Presentation: Rethinking Planning, Budgeting, Forecasting, and Target Setting
The 6th Annual BPM Summit, Generating Value Through Visibility, brought together some of the business world's foremost practitioners to explore the transformational role of finance in the enterprise. If you missed the live event, you can still enjoy unlimited access to the audio and slide shows from the keynote speaker presentations at our on-demand archive.


RESEARCH & EVENTS
GRC Comes of Age: Leading Practices, Hazardous Pitfalls
Join us for GRC Comes of Age: Leading Practices, Hazardous Pitfalls, a Business Finance Research Webinar that takes an in-depth look at the best practices responsible for driving leading GRC programs. Plus, you'll hear how the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) advanced with a leading GRC program. Attendees receive an Exclusive 2009 GRC Maturity Study.

Leverage the Downturn, Maximize a Savings Opportunity
Attend this webcast and learn what best practices are helping organizations take control of their fragmented T&E spend and how process improvements can be implemented to actually achieve significant category savings. Find out what types of enabling tools are now available to monitor spend, track compliance and capture savings across the enterprise.

Streamline Finance Operations and Drive Growth in a Challenging Economy
At this live webcast you will discover how automating financial reporting and performance management processes helps midsize companies address their most immediate operational challenges while laying the foundation for growth.

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