Compliance Management

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TABLE OF CONTENTS    Introduction to Compliance Management    Global Trade Services (GTS)    Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)    Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOA)

Introduction to Compliance Management	Return to Table of Contents
Compliance is either a state of being in accordance with established guidelines, specifications, or legislation or the process of becoming so. Software, for example, may be developed in compliance with specifications created by some standards body and may be distributed in compliance with the vendor's licensing agreement. (WhatIs.com Glossary Definition)

• Article: Striving for Regulatory Compliance (SAP Info)
  
• Article: Compliance spawns new industry (CIO Today)
• Article: IT tools crucial to compliance deadlines (Vnunet)
• Article: Compliance fears exaggerated, report says (SearchCIO.com)
• Web resource: Engineering, Construction & Operations -- Compliance Management (SAP)
• Web resource: The Winning Strategy for Regulatory Compliance (SDN)
  

Global Trade Services (GTS)

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Web resources:

• Web resource: SAP Global Trade Services Solution Map (SAP)
  
• Web resource: SAP Global Trade Services: Speeding International Trade and Facilitating Tighter National Security (SAP)
• Web resource: SAP Global Trade Services: Features & Functions (SAP)
• Web resource: SAP Global Trade Services: Business Benefits (SAP)
• Web resource: Customs Management (SAP)
  

• Article: SAP packs GTS application for FedEx (SearchSAP.com)
  
• News: Importing of Goods, Strictly According to the Rules (SAP Info)
• News: Boosting Global Trade (SAP Info)
• News: SAP and Federal Express link up to ease global trade requirements (ZDNet)
• News: Clearing customs hurdles (SAP Info)
• News: SAP eases trade (Line56)
• News: Search for true integration continues (World Trade)
• Article: StorageTek spies trouble with SAP GTS (SearchSAP.com)
• News: SAP's Trade Compliance (Line56)
• News: Competing globally (Line56)
• News: SAP delivers Global Trade Services (Enterprise Systems)
  

White papers:

• White paper: SAP Global Trade Services: Driving Efficient Cross-Border Trade (SAP)
  

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)	Return to Table of Contents
RFID (radio frequency identification) is a technology that incorporates the use of electromagnetic or electrostatic coupling in the radio frequency (RF) portion of the electromagnetic spectrum to uniquely identify an object, animal, or person. (WhatIs.com Glossary Definition)

Web resources and presentations:

• Web resource: SAP RFID: Making adaptive enterprise vision a reality (SAP)
• Web resource: SAP RFID: Features and functions (SAP)
• Web resource: SAP RFID: Business benefits (SAP)
• Web resource: SAP RFID: Technical details (SAP)
• Web resource: SAP Auto-ID Infrastructure: Integrating and leveraging automatic sensing and identification technologies (SAP)
• Web resource: A Roadmap of RFID Tag Standards
• Web resource: SAP RFID Learning Guide (SearchSAP.com)
  
• Presentation: RFID migration strategies: The key to Electronic Product Code, presented by Mike Dominy, The Yankee Group (2004 SearchSAP.com Conference)
• Presentation: How TransAlta expanded the value of its SAP infrastructure with mobile technology, presented by Paul Kurchina, TransAlta (2004 SearchSAP.com Conference)

News, articls and analysis:

• News: RFID data: Too much of a good thing? (eWEEK)
• News: Analyst: Don't panic over RFID deadline (Food Production Daily)
• News: RFID deadline too tight for most Wal-Mart suppliers (Line56)
• News: Microsoft RFID customer expects quick ROI (eWEEK)
• News: University to test RFID/bar code reading device (eWEEK)
• News: Yankee Group: Retailers will benefit from RFID (CRM Daily)
• News: Static over RFID (CNET News.com)
• News: Intel, Siemens Business Services, SAP offer RFID basics (ZDNet)
• Article: SAP's NetWeaver fuels RFID race (SearchSAP.com)
• News: Acsis launches RFID Quickstart (eWEEK)
• Article: SAP primer: From GDS to MDM and RFID (SearchSAP.com)
• Article: Low-cost way(s) to 'foil' low-tech RFID tags (SearchSecurity.com)
• News: RFID and logistics assets (Line56)
• News: RFID hack could allow retail fraud (eWEEK)
• Article: RFID boost for mySAP SCM (SearchSAP.com)
• News: The Path to the RFID-Enabled Supply Chain for Immediate Compliance and Rapid ROI (SAP Insider)
• News: RFID and the Adaptive Enterprise: What's Real Now? What's Next? (SAP Insider)
• Article: SAP's Heinrich sees RFID revolution (SearchSAP.com)
• News: RFID, rapid resupply features fortify mySAP (eWEEK)
• Article: Study: RFID baby steps are best (SearchSAP.com)

Expert advice:

• Advice: Does RFID equal ROI? (SearchSAP.com)
• Advice: IT market hears RFID message loud and clear (SearchSAP.com)
• Advice: Netweaver Web Application Server administration (SearchSAP.com)
• Advice: Sure-fire skills for IT success in 2004 (SearchSAP.com)
• Advice: SCM defined (SearchSAP.com)

White papers:

• White paper: Adaptive Manufacturing and RFID: How Acsis Can Transform Your SAP Enterprise into a Poster Child for Flexible, Profitable Business Processes (Acsis)
• White paper: RFID: Objections and misconceptions (Siemens AG)
• White paper: Zebra's RFID readiness guide (Zebra)
• White paper: The cutting edge of RFID technology and applications for manufacturing (Texas Instrument)
• White paper: An RFID bill of rights (Technology Review)
• White paper: Wal-Mart takes baby steps toward RFID pragmatism (AMR Research)
• White paper: RFID white paper (Allied Business Intelligence)

Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOA)	Return to Table of Contents
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) is legislation enacted to protect shareholders and the general public from accounting errors and fraudulent practices in the enterprise. The act is administered by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which sets deadlines for compliance and publishes rules on requirements. (WhatIs.com Glossary Definition)

Web resources:

• Web resource: CIO Survival Guide: Sarbanes-Oxley (SearchCIO.com)
• Web resource: Featured Topic: SAP addresses Sarbanes-Oxley (SearchSAP.com)

News, articles and analysis:

• Article: Users brace for SOX deadline (SearchStorage.com)
• Article: Racing the SOX clock (SearchCIO.com)
• Article: Survey shows SOX bringing IT, business together (SearchCIO.com)
  
• Article: Oracle boosts Sarbanes-Oxley offerings (SearchSAP.com)
• News: Analyst: SOX compliance could cause software slowdown (CNET News.com)
• News: Big-wigs outsource Sarbox compliance (CRM Daily)
• Article: Study: Sarbanes Oxley 'catalyst' for process management (SearchCIO.com)
• News: SAP addresses Sarbanes-Oxley (Line56)
• Article: Tapping CRM for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance (SearchCRM.com)
• Article: Security and Sarbanes-Oxley (SearchSAP.com)

Expert advice:

• Advice: Companies cry 'uncle' as compliance deadlines near (SearchSAP.com)
• Advice: Halfway to 2005: Trends to keep watching (SearchSAP.com)

White papers:

• White paper: An easy guide to Sarbanes-Oxley compliance (Easy Software)
• White paper: SAP, homogeneous copies, and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance (Gwen Thomas)
• White paper: Sarbanes-Oxley compliance with mySAP Financials (SAP)
• White paper: SAP security and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance (CSI America)
• White paper: Integrating corporate governance practices with internal controls in SAP (Securinfo Limited)
• White paper: Using Digital Signatures in SAP QM to Meet Regulatory Requirements (Klee Associates, Inc.)
  

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