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Forecasting is changing from a top-down process to a bottom-up one. High-level targets may be useful starting points, but they must be combined with input from line management and department heads before being rolled up into enterprise-wide financial goals. Some companies find it effective to “embed” (...)
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... starting points, but they must be combined with input from line management and department heads before being rolled up into enterprise-wide financial goals. ...
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2012-01-30
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Finance departments are uniquely qualified to lead the effort to optimize profitability because of their neutrality, numbers orientation, and analytical abilities. However, as finance departments move to implement profitability management they need to recognize the challenges they may face. This white pa (...)
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Strategic Profitability Management: An Opportunity for Finance Departments. Source: SAP. Document Type: White Paper Description: Finance ...
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2012-01-30
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What do Einstein’s theory of relativity and quantum theory have to do with SYSPRO? TEC principal analyst P.J. Jakovljevic explains, as he discusses how SYSPRO has applied these famous physics theories to produce a ‘simply smarter’ ERP system and comprehensive ERP framework for effective material, c (...)
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What do Einstein’s theory of relativity and quantum theory have to do with SYSPRO? TEC principal analyst PJ Jakovljevic explains, as he discusse...
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2012-01-23
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... The Financial. This perspective consists of traditional financial data measurements: return on investment (ROI), revenue, cost-benefit, etc. The Customer. ...
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2012-01-20
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Why are some companies still managing their prices with spreadsheets—and leaving their single most important profit lever to such inadequate if not harmful practices? TEC principal analyst P.J. Jakovljevic finds out and sits down with two vendor execs to see how B2B pricing software allows companies to (...)
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Why are some companies still managing their prices with spreadsheets—and leaving their single most important profit lever to such inadequate if no...
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2012-01-16
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TEC principal analyst P.J. Jakovljevic reviews the functional and strategic details that make Emptoris solutions for spend analysis, supplier lifecycle management, and services procurement successful. Since its founding in 1999, Emptoris has evolved into a world leader in strategic supply, category spend, (...)
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TEC principal analyst PJ Jakovljevic reviews the functional and strategic details that make Emptoris solutions for spend analysis, supplier lifec...
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2012-01-10
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TEC principal analyst P.J. Jakovljevic interviews the SAP Retail Industry team to shed some light on SAP’s strategy with regard to the retail industry. Can SAP, a market and technology leader in business management software, translate its success in the manufacturing industry to retail? TEC principal an (...)
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TEC principal analyst PJ Jakovljevic interviews the SAP Retail Industry team to shed some light on SAP’s strategy with regard to the retail indus...
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2012-01-05
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Kronos, the company that introduced the first micro-processor time clock in the 1970s, knows how tricky workforce management (WFM) can be. In this article, TEC principal analyst P.J. Jakovljevic looks at WFM challenges facing organizations, particularly those with large, complex workforces, and how Krono (...)
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Kronos, the company that introduced the first micro-processor time clock in the 1970s, knows how tricky workforce management (WFM) can be. In this...
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2011-12-02
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TEC analyst Sherry Fox explores human capital analytics and pinpoints five key steps for organizations to take to effectively analyze HR data and better manage their workforce. Most organizations are capturing thousands of pieces of data about their employees on a daily basis, but it can be hard to focus (...)
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TEC analyst Sherry Fox explores human capital analytics and pinpoints five key steps for organizations to take to effectively analyze HR data and b...
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2011-11-10
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... the first time, since in May 2011 the company’s financial backers brought ... Improved user experience relates to better return on investment (ROI), as simple as ...
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2011-11-08
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Discover how basic accounting principles apply to human capital management and how investing in people is smarter for your company's bottom line than cutting costs. Many companies are still not fully realizing the ROI on their human capital. While people are often spoken of as assets, they are generally t (...)
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Discover how basic accounting principles apply to human capital management and how investing in people is smarter for your company's bottom line th...
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2011-11-03
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Computer storage holds the lifeblood of today's economy. From movies, music, books, and classroom materials, to corporate, personal, and financial data of all sorts, everything is being stored digitally. For this reason, the information and the knowledge derived from today's Internet-reliant world have b (...)
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... From movies, music, books, and classroom materials, to corporate, personal, and financial data of all sorts, everything is being stored digitally. ...
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2011-10-19
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TEC Principal Analyst P.J. Jakovljevic is encouraged by the growing awareness and adoption of pricing technologies among B2B enterprises. Conventional wisdom would suggest that pricing, as a key component of a business’s financial performance, is a critically important discipline within any enterprise, (...)
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TEC Principal Analyst PJ Jakovljevic is encouraged by the growing awareness and adoption of pricing technologies among B2B enterprises. Conventio...
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2011-10-13
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... earlier, Workday delivers its Human Resource (HR), Payroll, and Financial Management modules as ... another way to show faster return on investment (ROI) and lower ...
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2011-09-28
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... principles), forecasting, driver-based budgeting with rolling financial projections, and ... that there is substantial return on investment (ROI) from improving ...
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2011-09-08
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Technology Evaluation Centers (TEC) Principal Analyst P.J. Jakovljevic rediscovers Cincom Acquire and lets its product management and product marketing team have its say. Cincom executives lay out some facts, and Technology Evaluation Centers (TEC) Principal Analyst P.J. Jakovljevic discovers that Cincom (...)
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Technology Evaluation Centers (TEC) Principal Analyst PJ Jakovljevic rediscovers Cincom Acquire and lets its product management and product marke...
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2011-09-08
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... and more specifically “services” industries (telecoms, insurance & financial services, high ... that this is how companies will really get maximum ROI on their ...
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2011-08-03
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Learn more about theadvantages of the new generation of finance and accounting systems in The 2011 Buyer's Guide to Accounting and Financial Software... (...)
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... can deliver instant, up-to-date, available—anywhere financial data. All of which means better, faster execution and decision making, and a quick ROI. ...
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2011-07-28
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TEC SCM research analyst Phil Reney offers three critical considerations to help companies in search for an SCM solution. SCM software selection is a tricky and painful activity for most companies. Why? Despite the plethora of solutions currently available, it may be hard to find one that fits a company (...)
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TEC SCM research analyst Phil Reney offers three critical considerations to help companies in search for an SCM solution. SCM software selection is...
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2011-07-19
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P.J. Jakovljevic reviews Ariba's history and discusses its market with Dan Ashton, Senior Manager of Solutions Marketing for Commerce Cloud Solutions. Ariba’s collaborative business commerce solutions focus on the basics: buying, selling, and managing cash. Ariba’s cloud-based vision has grown a vast (...)
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PJ Jakovljevic reviews Ariba's history and discusses its market with Dan Ashton, Senior Manager of Solutions Marketing for Commerce Cloud Solutio...
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2011-06-17