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Northern and Shell Cuts Costs With Streamlined, Simplified Financial Management Processes

Overview Northern and Shell Group Ltd owns and publishes a wide range of media titles including the Daily Express, Daily Star, OK! And various television channels. The challenges were to streamline financial management, enforce best practice processes, strengthen financial discipline, and facilitate faster, easier compliance with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC); cut management overhead through automation and improve efficiency by introducing self-service to an expanding user base; and reduce the need to build customized applications for nonstandard processes and redevelop them after each new upgrade. The company upgraded to Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Financial Management 8.8 to benefit from up-to-date industry best-practice, improved performance, and enhanced functionality.

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Publisher	Oracle	File Format	PDF
Date Published	July 2007	Downloads	1
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Best Practices, Financial Management

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