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Corporate budgeting, forecasting, and reporting presents a formidable challenge to most companies, regardless of size or
industry. Companies that are able to address budgeting obstacles and improve their process will not only be rewarded with
more accurate budgets, more timely re-forecasts, and improved (...)
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Corporate budgeting, forecasting, and reporting presents a formidable challenge to most
companies, regardless of size or industry. Companies that ... ...
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2011-04-07
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Mid-size organizations have been conducting their budgeting and forecasting through a readily-available, inexpensive, and
easy-to-use application—the spreadsheet. But spreadsheets fail to support complex planning processes, which involve multiple
people, require real-time access to data, and demand com (...)
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Mid-size organizations have been conducting their budgeting and forecasting through a readily-available,
inexpensive, and easy-to-use application—... ...
Published:
2011-04-07
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Business performance management (BPM) applications, particularly budgeting, forecasting, and reporting (BFR) solutions, bring
high value to a mid-size company. But embarking upon a BPM initiative can seem daunting. There are many factors to consider,
including potential benefits, expected costs, etc. Rea (...)
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Business performance management (BPM) applications, particularly budgeting, forecasting,
and reporting (BFR) solutions, bring high value to a mid-... ...
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2011-04-07
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For many companies, spreadsheet applications such as Microsoft Excel are the principal interface for budgets and forecasting.
Often, these companies find themselves in “Excel hell,” a state of inefficiency and disruption related to using spreadsheets
for collaborative planning. The result: frustratio (...)
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Escaping Excel Hell: Budgets and Forecasting. Source: Alight. Document Type: White Paper Description: For
many companies, spreadsheet ...
Published:
2010-03-23
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Prospects for the global economy remain precarious. But effective financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting can enable
successful decision making even in periods of unprecedented change. Dynamic financial planning enabled through five key elements—process,
organization, knowledge management, techn (...)
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Prospects for the global economy remain precarious. But effective financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting
can enable successful decision ma... ...
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2010-07-08
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How can a budget administrator, burdened with the task of gathering data from hundreds of spreadsheets from all over the
organization, manage this monumental undertaking? Additionally, how to avoid using a costly packaged budget application that
doesn’t take the organization’s business rules into con (...)
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The Case for Spreadsheet Automation: A High ROI Alternative to Traditional Budgeting, Forecasting,
and Management Reporting. Source ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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The French Ministry of Employment needed a software solution to help drive the budget for its social cohesion plan budget
at the national, regional, departmental, and local levels. The project would affect approximately 10,000 users managing hundreds
of thousands of files. Learn how the Ministry chose a (...)
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Case Study: ASP/French Ministry of Employment. Source: PRELYTIS. Document Type: Case Study Description: The French Ministry
of Employment ...
Published:
2010-06-23
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Today’s finance executives must meet a growing number of complex demands and economic challenges to enable their company’s
growth, profit, and risk objectives. Performance management (PM) capabilities such as financial modeling, profitability reporting,
planning, budgeting and forecasting, and delive (...)
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... Performance management (PM) capabilities such as financial modeling, profitability reporting, planning,
budgeting and forecasting, and delivery of key ...
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2010-06-23
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Mitsubishi Electric Europe thought its enterprise resource planning (ERP) would address all of its reporting requirements.
But long-term, this proved difficult to sustain, due to the company’s ever-changing procedures. So Mitsubishi decided to invest
in a tool that would integrate data from disparate s (...)
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Case Study: Mitsubishi. Source: Board International. Document Type: Case Study Description: Mitsubishi Electric Europe thought
its ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Abstract:
Conventional business intelligence (BI) tools are often not available to decision makers and are typically designed for use
by trained business analysts. Learn about software-as-a-service (SaaS) BI tools designed to help non-IT people who struggle
with the task of mining Microsoft Excel spreadsheets and (...)
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SaaS BI Tools: Better Decision Making for the Rest of Us. Source: SAP. Document Type: White Paper Description: Conventional
business ...
Published:
2010-07-08
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New economic conditions are driving companies to become increasingly cautious about the near future. But focusing on improving
flexibility to dynamically account for change shifts focus away from budget accuracy—putting you at risk of falling
short of shareholder expectations. To achieve best-in-cl (...)
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Financial Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting: Managing in Uncertain Economic Times. Source:
Infor. Document Type: White Paper Description ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Abstract:
This white paper addresses the question “Why do you need a specialised sales forecasting software solution?” It makes the
case for implementing a purpose-built sales forecasting software tool, and provides a number of considerations and parameters
that can be used to evaluate suitable solutions. (...)
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The Case for a Specialised Sales Forecasting Software Solution. ... Download <strong>The
Case for a Specialised Sales Forecasting Software Solution</strong>. ...
Published:
2011-12-12
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Unified planning and consolidation streamline planning and deliver a faster close.Boost your business with epm software solutions.
Executive teams are under great pressure to maximize profitability, reduce costs, minimize risk, and improve stakeholder confidence.
To be effective, they need reliable, up-to (...)
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... To be effective, they need reliable, up-to-date financial and operational data for planning purposes
as well as budgeting, forecasting, analysis, and statutory ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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CODA's savvy accounting and financial offerings include budgeting, forecasting, scorecards, and tools that use Microsoft
Excel spreadsheets collaboratively and securely. However, CODA must defend its narrow specialist and best-of-breed approach
against larger-scale integrated enterprise system offerings. (...)
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CODA's savvy accounting and financial offerings include budgeting, forecasting, scorecards,
and tools that use Microsoft Excel spreadsheets collab...
Published:
2005-11-16
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While planning is often seen as a time-consuming task, leading organizations have moved from the traditional spreadsheet-based
planning to implementing world-class planning, budgeting, and forecasting software, saving time, reducing errors, and improving
internal communication. This IBM white paper discu (...)
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Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting: Software Evaluation and Selection Guide. Source: IBM.
Document Type: White Paper Description ...
Published:
2011-02-25
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Abstract:
Business analytics solutions are not all created equal. This paper from Focus Research discusses the key criteria a midsize
company should consider when choosing a solution and explains why IBM Cognos Express is a natural fit. (...)
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Transforming Spreadsheets: Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting for Midsize Companies. Source:
IBM. Document Type: White Paper Description ...
Published:
2011-09-15
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Abstract:
Current pure play business intelligence (BI) leaders offer the advantage of superior analytics and planning capabilities;
however, enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors are improving their analytic capabilities and accessibility. (...)
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Current pure play business intelligence (BI) leaders offer the advantage of superior analytics and planning capabilities;
however, enterprise reso...
Published:
2005-07-14
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Financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting can be an endless and arid process for business professionals. Spreadsheet-based
planning can prove to be confusing and unorganized, which only costs the company more time and money. IBM's Cognos software
can help not only reduce the time spent on planning p (...)
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budgeting forecasting:
Financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting can be an endless and arid process for business
professionals. Spreadsheet-based planning can prove... ...
Published:
2011-02-25
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Why aren’t most companies able to achieve exceptional performance given that they have standard budgeting, analysis, and
forecasting processes in place? It is because they don’t have a unified, integrated financial management process. Discover
the benefits of a unified approach and the technologies (...)
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budgeting forecasting:
Why aren’t most companies able to achieve exceptional performance given that they have standard budgeting,
analysis, and forecasting processes in ... ...
Published:
2011-04-07
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Abstract:
Although CPM (aka EPM) starts with strong financial management, it will eventually extend beyond financial planning to almost
all areas of corporate activity. Therefore, organizations choosing BI suites should consider both their financial management
tools and future integration with key business-area so (...)
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Although CPM (aka EPM) starts with strong financial management, it will eventually extend beyond financial planning to almost
all areas of corpora...
Published:
2003-11-22