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Enterprise Modelling (EM) methods are frequently used by entrepreneurs as an analysis tool for describing and redesigning their businesses. The resulting product, an enterprise model, is commonly used as a blueprint for reconstructing organizations and such effort is often a part of business process re-engineering and improvement initiatives. Automating Business Modelling describes different techniques of providing automated support for enterprise modelling methods and introduces universally used approaches. A running example of a business modelling method is included; providing a framework and detailed explanation as to how to construct automated support for modelling, allowing readers to follow the method to create similar support. Suitable for senior undergraduates and postgraduates of Business Studies, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, practitioners in the fields of Knowledge Management, Enterprise Modelling and Software Engineering, this book offers insight and know-how to both student and professional.

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Are you aware of the sections of the Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act, 2004 affecting IT Governance? This report sets out: what the legislation says and what it means; its impact on the organization as a whole and on the IT group specifically; and how to implement an effective IT governance initiative in your company.

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Learning the lessons taught in this book will maximize your and your product's exposure and sales without spending a dime on advertising. This book pits brains against brawn and forces you to think outside the traditional marketing sphere. Guerilla marketing allows you to outsmart your competition, without having to out spend them. Discover pin-pointing strategies to jump-start or revitalize your sales numbers using guerilla marketing concepts.

Marketing. --- Industrial management. --- Business administration --- Business enterprises --- Business management --- Corporate management --- Corporations --- Industrial administration --- Management, Industrial --- Rationalization of industry --- Scientific management --- Management --- Business --- Industrial organization --- Consumer goods --- Domestic marketing --- Retail marketing --- Retail trade --- Industrial management --- Aftermarkets --- Selling --- Marketing

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"More than ever, our success -- whether in business, government or academe – depends on our ability to see change and respond to it quickly. The bar has been raised once again. This time, it's agility. Information technology and business strategies must not only be aligned, they must be adaptable. Pal, Pantaleo and colleagues provide us with a cogent picture of this new order, and offer practical advice on what to do about it." Buzz Waterhouse, Former Chairman, President, and CEO, the Reynolds and Reynolds Company "Increasing competitive pressures, continuous change in market forces, and rapid introduction of new technology have created a new, more challenging dynamic in business today. In order to succeed, and even survive, in this environment, organizations must adopt new business models that rely on anticipation, speed, and flexibility to create competitive advantage. The eBRC has brought together thought leaders from academia, industry, and government to provide a comprehensive analysis of the issues and opportunities facing organizations as they make this transformation. The Agile Enterprise is an invaluable resource, offering both strategic and tactical insights for leaders as they create adaptive organizations." Kirk Rothrock, President and CEO, CompBenefits "Forget the past, the Agile Enterprise examines the future of business and government in which the ability to change with speed defines success. Frameworks and examples abound on key topics such as business process automation, offshore outsourcing, innovation management, services building blocks, security and privacy, as well as the DNA of organizational agility." James C. Spohrer, Director, Almaden Services Research, IBM "The Agile Enterprise anticipates perfectly 21st century business requirements. Business must move fast and adapt to anticipated and unanticipated events and conditions. The book provides a wake-up call for anyone who thinks strategically about where business models and processes are heading. Ignore the call at your peril; take the call and re-think the velocity and trajectory of your business. Nirmal Pal and Dan Pantaleo have assembled a ton of valuable insights, recommendations and best practices into one volume that really gets it: the velocity of business change is accelerating and the trajectories are traditional and non-traditional." Stephen J. Andriole, Ph.D., Thomas G. Labrecque Professor of Business Technology, Villanova University and Former Senior Vice President for Technology Strategy & Chief Technology Officer of Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. and CIGNA Corporation "Pal and Pantaleo have masterfully assembled the newest ideas and recommendations from a collage of government, business and academic thought leaders into a body of work that provides executives with an excellent roadmap for evolving their enterprises into that fittest of all organizational species – the Agile Enterprise. A nice balance between theoretical and practical analyses – with lots of anecdotes, real-life examples and useful tools for setting and achieving goals focused on adaptability, innovation and agility. A great addition to any executive’s arsenal of information for success." Tom Crawford, President & CEO, Cyber-Ark Software, Inc.

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Introduction Closing supply chains refers to taking care of items once they are no longer desired or can no longer be used by their user. Smart management of closed-loop supply chains means profitable recovery of value from these items (products, functional components, materials or packaging). The company closing the supply chain may be the original equipment manuf- turer (OEM), a distribution partner or a third party not involved in the f- ward distribution. In recent years, the management of closed-loop supply chains has gained importance because of increased legislation on producer respon- bility, requiring companies to take back products from customers and to organize for proper recovery and disposal. This legislation is partially due to increased awareness of environmental issues. However, smart com- nies have also understood that returned products often contain lots of value to be recovered. They manage closed-loop supply chains simply because it is a profitable business proposition.

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