Recent TRG blog posts

Though lesser known among other software giants like SAP, Oracle and Microsoft, Infor has gained tremendous popularity by offering deep industry-specific applications and suites, cloud deployment and extremely user-friendly interfaces.

Blog Topics: Enterprise Performance Management (EPM), Financial Accounting Management Software, Cloud Computing, Analytics, Enterprise Resource Planning ERP

Not long ago, we discussed about the gap between strategy and execution as well as ways to bridge the gap with the Balanced Scorecard. Technology plays an important role in facilitating strategic performance management.

Blog Topics: Enterprise Performance Management (EPM), Financial Accounting Management Software, Technology trends

In the previous post, we examined the first three biggest Excel spreadsheet failures. In this post, we will go through the remaining four examples of why spreadsheets can become a finance professional’s worst nightmare.

Blog Topics: CFOs, Enterprise Performance Management (EPM), Financial Accounting Management Software

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has been able to slash the time required to complete their budget process by 40 per cent. And this is just one of the many benefits of an Enterprise Performance Management system.

Blog Topics: Enterprise Performance Management (EPM), Financial Accounting Management Software

Spreadsheet software like Microsoft Excel has long been indispensable to organisations thanks to its ubiquity, versatility, and ease of use. Such attributes, however, also make spreadsheets particularly susceptible to human errors, as demonstrated by the following cases.  

Blog Topics: CFOs, Enterprise Performance Management (EPM), Financial Accounting Management Software

The real estate industry, for the most part, has not been well known for being technology intensive. This nature may soon disappear, however. Data analytics is transforming how real estate companies, customers, and financial institutions do business in this industry.

Blog Topics: Enterprise Performance Management (EPM), Business Intelligence

Much is written about the significance of metrics on tracking the execution of strategy and operational effectiveness. However, many executives find the plethora of metrics to be overwhelming and costly to track. “What key metrics should I track and why?” is one of the commonly asked questions. Although there is no such easy answer to this issue, the principle of “less is more” usually holds true.

Blog Topics: Enterprise Performance Management (EPM), Business Intelligence, Analytics

To cloud, or not to cloud, that is the question. For enterprise applications, “cloud” is no longer a buzzword but increasingly becoming a prominent trend. Businesses can achieve significant advantages over other legacy on-premise solutions, which are locally installed on companies’ servers and computers, with ERP software in the cloud.

Blog Topics: Enterprise Performance Management (EPM), Cloud Computing

The role of modern CFOs in today’s business is much broader than it used to be. They are expected to use technology and their “number-crunching” capability to give other functions as well as the whole business better information to make decisions and move ahead. One key area in particular where CFOs should get involved more is sales forecasting.

Blog Topics: CFOs, Enterprise Performance Management (EPM)

Companies are adopting innovative enterprise solutions to help them stay ahead of their competitors. Nevertheless, many still rely on spreadsheets to perform vital financial functions. It is not a promising way for companies to remain relevant in this new digital economy. An EPM (Enterprise Performance Management) application could be the ultimate alternative to using spreadsheets.

Blog Topics: CFOs, Enterprise Performance Management (EPM), Financial Accounting Management Software