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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 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...
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2003-11-22
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Abstract:
Enterprise performance management (EPM) is an emerging portfolio of applications and methodologies with business intelligence
(BI) architectures and technologies at its core. (...)
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Enterprise performance management (EPM) is an emerging portfolio of applications and methodologies with business intelligence
(BI) architectures a...
Published:
2003-11-21
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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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An optimal workforce creates a shopping experience that is profitable for retailers and satisfying for customers. However,
for many retailers, achieving optimal workforce supply across large and distributed operations is hampered by cumbersome and
inaccurate labor budgeting and planning efforts. Learn ab (...)
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Labor Planning and Budgeting for Retail Workforce Agility. ... Download <strong>Labor
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Published:
2010-03-11
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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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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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Financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting can be an endless and arid process for business professionals.
... Budgeting: Beyond Spreadsheets. ...
Published:
2011-02-25
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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—... ...
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2011-04-07
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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:
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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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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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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Planning and budgeting are critical components of any company’s performance management initiative, as they are a means of
translating strategy into a coherent set of initiatives and provide a basis for objective assessment and alignment. But how
well are companies achieving this? Read this benchmark re (...)
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Planning and budgeting are critical components of any company’s performance management initiative, as they
are a means of translating strategy int... ...
Published:
2011-04-07
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Abstract:
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-... ...
Published:
2011-04-07
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Abstract:
Enterprise performance management (EPM) is an emerging portfolio of applications and methodologies with business intelligence
(BI) architectures and technologies at its core. (...)
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Enterprise performance management (EPM) is an emerging portfolio of applications and methodologies with business intelligence
(BI) architectures a...
Published:
2003-11-21
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Abstract:
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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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... ...
Published:
2010-07-08
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Abstract:
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 ...
Published:
2010-06-23
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Abstract:
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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Abstract:
Although companies typically find it easy to accumulate data from their enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, it often
remains unusable or unavailable to the decision makers who need it. Learn how deploying automated tools for report building,
planning, and budgeting, as well as other applications (...)
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... Learn how deploying automated tools for report building, planning, and budgeting, as
well as other applications such as business intelligence (BI) and ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Abstract:
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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Abstract:
Learn how to improve supply chain performance management in your business.Read IT information in relation to supply chain
management (SCM). Increased globalization, volatility in demand and commodity costs, regulatory requirements, and greater
dependency on suppliers and other partners have significantly (...)
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Improving Supply Chain Effectiveness.
Published:
2010-03-11