Spreadsheet-based planning in today’s economy: Why you’re up against the wall
Relying on the unreliable...
Companies spend countless hours each year developing the business plans,
forecasts, reports and analyses that they depend on to drive strategic decisionmaking
and manage performance. It is critical that this information be accurate
and timely, but it must also be easy to modify, given today’s tumultuous economy.
Yet, most organizations continue to rely on spreadsheets, tools that do not enable
planning or managing performance with accuracy, completeness, speed and
efficiency.
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Best practice approaches to planning, budgeting, and forecasting
As part of an ongoing research program, the Beyond Budgeting Roundtable (BBRT) teamed with the American Productivity & Quality Center (APQC) to conduct a study entitled “Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting: A Best Practices Snapshot.” The study examined five industry-leading companies that each used markedly different approaches to planning, budgeting, and forecasting. While each of the companies’
approach was different, the study identified ten best practices that were continued in and vital to the overall success of these best-in-class organizations. This white paper will outline these best practices and illustrate each lesson learned.
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Strategic Considerations for Evaluating Enterprise Performance Management Solutions
Learn how those who take advantage of evolving enterprise performance management solutions will gain a truly sustainable competitive advantage through timely access to strategic information.
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White Paper: Enterprise Reporting: A Sound Step to Superior Performance Management
Reporting has long been a core activity for getting valuable information out to users. The time has come to take it to the next level: to make possible a broader, richer and higher quality view of the data so users can make important decisions fast and with confidence. Using enterprise reporting, an organization can progressively address immediate reporting needs, use business intelligence (BI) capabilities to acquire greater insight, extend BI to more users and prepare a platform for the future that includes the implementation of performance management.
