The Last Word: Value Adds
I was having coffee with Giles, one of my more philosophical colleagues, when he gazed distantly over the break-room candy machine and asked, "What are...
Case in Point: Consolidating BPM in a Complex Enterprise
When Beth Perlman became the CIO of Constellation Energy almost five years ago, the energy giant's financial systems were sprawling and disorganized...
Case in Point: Performance Management Grows Up
Credit Union Central of Ontario, the wholesale bank and trade association for Ontario credit unions, initially implemented business performance management (BPM)...
Search for the Fast Close: What's Old Is New Again
After investing hundreds of millions of dollars to shorten financial close cycles over the past decade, businesses in the United States are now beginning to see an increase in close times...
Understanding the Consolidating BPM Landscape
The market for business performance management (BPM) continues to grow as companies seek to add value and cut costs through management and governance initiatives...
IT Shared Services: Managing and Aligning Costs for Better Performance
When CEOs sought cost savings in the past, typically they looked to the direct costs in the business...
Overcoming Data Quality Challenges in Complex Organizations
Finance organizations often face this dilemma: No matter how extensive they make their global chart of accounts, how much dimensional detail they add...
The Last Word: Who's Your Daddy?
They say the only constant is change, and even though you want to hurt them when they say that because you've heard it so often, there's truth in what...
Case in Point: No More Secrets
Power Paragon, a division of defense-industry giant L-3 Communications, achieves a competitive advantage by combining an extremely detailed forecasting process with the rapid, widespread dissemination of information about how actuals compare with the forecasts...
Case in Point: Leveraging Operational Metrics
Rumpke Consolidated Companies Inc. ranks among the nation's largest privately owned waste and recycling services companies. In addition to providing extensive residential...
Enterprise Information Management: Aligning Business Strategy and IT
As vendors peddle the slickest new dashboards, scorecards, and planning applications to get your attention, they probably are glossing over the behind-the-scenes work that makes these tools perform reliably....
Being Prepared: How BPM Software Improves Response Times
Until someone figures out how to perfect time travel or the crystal ball, finance managers will have to cope with uncertainty in their budgeting and planning...
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