William Newman, MBA, CMC, SA
Managing Principal

Mr. Newman brings over 25 years of experience in strategy and IT planning across multiple industry sectors. He is a Certified Management Consultant since 1995 and has led several consulting practices at Booz & Company, DMR Consulting, KPMG BearingPoint, and Grant Thornton.  Mr. Newman is a trained SA-8000 social accountability consultant since 1999 and Social Fingerprint coach and trainer since 2011. He is a graduate of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering at UCLA, receiving his masters degree (MBA) at the Conrad L. Hilton School of Business at Loyola Marymount University.  He is a member of the adjunct faculty at Northwood University and a graduate of the University of Oregon Sustainability Leadership Program. Well-known in management consulting and industry circles, Mr. Newman served as a national board member of the Institute of Management Consultants (IMC USA) and currently serves as a member of the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants (MACPA) Management Consulting Task force, and is a member of the McKinsey Quarterly Executive Panel. Mr. Newman is a recognized SAP BusinessObjects Influencer by the Americas SAP User Group (ASUG) in the fields of EPM, GRC and Sustainability. He is based in Detroit, and may be followed on Twitter (william_newman) and Google+ (+William Newman).

This book teaches you how SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) solutions can improve your business. Covering the core components - Strategy Management, Financial Information Management, Spend Analytics, XBRL, and more - you will benefit from information on the various products in the SAP BusinessObjects EPM application, and develop an understanding of the best practices for implementation, integration, and use. With a scenario-based approach and plenty of practical examples, this book enables you to understand the tools and techniques that are used during enterprise performance management.
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January 27. 2012 - Audio Archive: Leveraging Your Supply Chain for Competitive Advantage listen to the recording sponsored by Sustainable Business Forum, DuPont Sustainable Solutions

October 20, 2011 - IT Transformation Plans with Mobile Strategy More Likely to get Funding listen to the podcast with managing principal William Newman and searchSAP.com site editor Todd Morrison

Harnessing Profit from Rights Management Visibility

Managing Principal William Newman and Principal Liz Garnand consider how organizations manage the rights of intellectual property (IP) and patents using antiquated methods including spreadsheets and financial calculators.  The authors suggest that by taking an enterprise approach using advanced forecasting solutions, organizations are able to predict greater profits from license activities, while mitigating risk resulting from exposure to patent infringement and other misuses. (Sponsored by Saphran)

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 Staying the Course: Maintaining Investments in Program Deployments

The Capers Jones study determined that 95% of all IT programs fail for reasons other than the underlying technology.  Managing Principal William Newman looks at the need for governance around programs across both IT and work practices such as human capital management (HCM), sustainability, and supply chain and considers how a sound Program Design and Oversight approach helps achieve bottom-line results.

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Visit William on the Collaboration Workspace and read his blogs on the SAP Community Network here and virtual business card information here (login to SCN or one of the SDN communities required).

December 9, 2011 SAP Announces its Sustainable Business Network Platform read the article on searchSAP.com

November 7, 2011 - Strategy Management iPad app Offers Balanced Scorecard Access Anywhere read the article on searchSAP.com

October 20, 2011 - IT Transformation Plans with Mobile Strategy More Likely to get Funding listen to the podcast with Managing Principal William Newman on searchSAP.com

October 5, 2011 - Mobile Computing Offers Inroads to Executives, Profit Models for SAP Customers read the article on searchSAP.com

October 4, 2011 - How SAP Solutions Can Make Audit Management Processes More Cost-Effective read the article on GRC Expert

September 1, 2011 - Implementing Supply Chain Management Abroad Raises Tricky Issues read the interview article

August 9, 2011 - Global IT Outsourcing Raises Comliance, Risk Concerns read the article

July 20, 2011 - Sneak Peek of SAP Business ByDesign Feature Pack 3.0 Offers Navigation Speed read the article

July 14, 2011 - Best Practices for Managing Sustainable Supply Chains read the article

July 7, 2011 - Mastering the IT demands of a Sustainable Supply Chain read the article

June 29, 2011 - Onboarding Suppliers to a Sustainabile Supply Chain read the article

June 13, 2011 - Laying the Groundwork for a Sustainable Supply Chain read the article

May 4, 2011 - SAP BusinessObjects EPM10 introduces new UI, data handling in release get the article

March 28, 2011 - Track Sensitivity Analysis and Performance using SAP StreamWork read the blog entry

January 7, 2011 - Comply with the EPA's MRR Standard with SAP Carbon Impact on Demand get the article

December 12, 2010 - Sustainable Procurement as Part of a Supplier Management Approach get the article

June 10, 2010 - Financials Expert article on starter kit for Capital Planning get the article

June 3, 2010 - GRC Expert article on Program Risk and Organization Change Management get the article

March 18, 2010 - ERP expert interviews William Newman and Bill Rudiak on building winning strategies for Corporate Sustainability Reporting read about it

June 9 and 29, 2011 - Reporting for Sustainability, Presentation to the Michigan Association of CPAs (MACPA)

March 10, 2011 - Optimize Enterprise Performance, Presentation to SAP Insider Financials Conference (Las Vegas)

May 4, 2007 - Automotive Product Lifecycle Management - Audiocast of the SAPPHIRE 2007 presentation listen to it