Today Best-in-class companies are refocusing attention on process efficiency. Specifically, their top two strategic actions are developing a formal planning/budgeting/forecasting workflow process and automating the process flows associated with the budget process. This reflects the top two pressures faced by companies nowadays – adapting to the ever changing environment and a need to align planning/budgeting with corporate strategies.
Recent TRG blog posts
How to maintain Planning and Budgeting visibility
Posted by Oanh Nguyen on Wed, Apr 18, 2012
Blog Topics: Planning and Budgeting, Financial consolidation, planning and reporting, Enterprise Performance Management (EPM)
The challenges in corporate financial planning today
Posted by Linh Dao on Thu, Apr 12, 2012
In the current climate of business management, the role of CFOs has become increasingly significant. They not only own and manage financial data but also hold key performance management information. CFOs have a say in financial processes, such as planning, budgeting, forecasting and consolidation, which are inherently linked with each other to generate actionable insight for strategic decision-making.
Blog Topics: Planning and Budgeting, Financial consolidation, planning and reporting, Enterprise Performance Management (EPM)
Pressures in corporate financial planning today
Posted by Linh Dao on Mon, Apr 9, 2012
Since the global economic meltdown, businesses have been forced to be more cautious in their decision making to ensure growth amid uncertainty. Processes such as planning and budgeting, more than ever, need to be fine-tuned and have a degree of flexibility to keep up with change.
Blog Topics: Planning and Budgeting, Financial consolidation, planning and reporting, Enterprise Performance Management (EPM)
Pressures in corporate financial planning today
Posted by Linh Dao on Mon, Apr 9, 2012
Since the global economic meltdown, businesses have been forced to be more cautious in their decision making to ensure growth amid uncertainty. Processes such as planning and budgeting, more than ever, need to be fine-tuned and have a degree of flexibility to keep up with change.
Blog Topics: Planning and Budgeting, Financial consolidation, planning and reporting, Financial Accounting Management Software
Financial Reporting: 3 Key Best Practices
Posted by Rick Yvanovich on Wed, Feb 22, 2012
Newsflash: In many organizations, variance reviews become a meaningless drill and here's why. Firstly, variances are explained by inherent uncertainty in the marketplace. Secondly, the level of detail may be inconsistent between finance and line managers. Thirdly, it’s a bunch of disconnected numbers.
Blog Topics: Financial consolidation, planning and reporting, Financial Accounting Management Software
A Brief Look at Financial Management Tools Today
Posted by Linh Dao on Wed, Feb 15, 2012
Evaluating a financial management software is no easy task, as it lays the very foundation for the next step – implementation. However, it is better to take the initiative to embrace change before it turns the whole system upside down. Read on to get a general idea of the financial management climate as well as a new approach to increase financial performance.
Blog Topics: Financial consolidation, planning and reporting, Financial Accounting Management Software
Sustainability Reporting: What It Means For Finance
Posted by Rick Yvanovich on Mon, Feb 6, 2012
As Executive Director, Education, at the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), Robert Jelly is at the forefront of research on finance, accounting and related matters.
Blog Topics: Talent Management, Financial consolidation, planning and reporting, Financial Accounting Management Software
Meijer improves reporting with Infor Corporate Performance Management
Posted by Rick Yvanovich on Fri, Feb 3, 2012
Blog Topics: Financial consolidation, planning and reporting, Enterprise Performance Management (EPM)
Meijer improves reporting with Infor10 Corporate Performance Management
Posted by Rick Yvanovich on Thu, Feb 2, 2012
Blog Topics: Financial consolidation, planning and reporting, Enterprise Performance Management (EPM)
Corporate Performance Management Heats Up
Posted by Rick Yvanovich on Thu, Feb 2, 2012
“The market for corporate performance management (CPM) suites continues to grow rapidly,” declared Gartner in its latest Magic Quadrant for CPM suites. Why? Gartner explains: “because CPM has helped to manage cost optimization efforts and is now increasingly employed in supporting growth-based strategies.”
That certainly was what led the AAA in west/central New York to opt for CPM from Prophix Software. “We’re able to provide our executive team with business information faster than ever before and do analysis on the information so they can see why something is up or down,” said Kristy Chapman, the auto club’s financial planning and reporting manager.Blog Topics: Planning and Budgeting, Financial consolidation, planning and reporting, Enterprise Performance Management (EPM)