Investing in Information
“Information is only useful when it can be understood” – Muriel Cooper Just about everything in life benefits from having the right information at the right time. In a business context, organizations that leverage information quickly are more agile, allowing them to...
Finance Report Automation: Driving Operational Efficiency and Business Agility
Every closing period, a change in atmosphere is visible in finance departments. There is a mad dash to produce financial reports and management reports as quickly as possible. Data is being extracted from ERP silos and then manually consolidated in a spreadsheet, from...
Understanding Forecasting as a Business Tool
“I have seen the future and it is very much like the present, only longer.” ‒ Kehlog Albran, The Profit An organization must be able to plan ahead by estimating factors that can have an impact on the business in the coming 90 days, year, etc. This is the...
How Do Business Intelligence and Analytics Differ and Overlap?
We have great potential in the massive amounts of data collected by our businesses, and it’s the source of every company’s revitalization and refueling for the next leg of their journey. It’s where we all stop for a moment to re-evaluate our course of action to date,...
