Top Reasons to Work with a CPM Company
This article will focus on the benefits of partnering with a company that offers a corporate performance management solution as a product. We are all customers of a business. Whether you’re browsing Amazon for a home vacuum that doesn’t break down every year or picking out produce at your local grocery store, we all want the same thing. Namely, we want a product that gets the job done and satiates a need we have. Additionally, good quality, affordability, and customer service
How to Prepare for an Enterprise Resource Planning Software Implementation
This article focuses on the process of preparing for a software implementation. Congratulations! You’ve already made the hard decision. You’ve done your research on software vendors, you’ve notified your IT and finance departments, and the decision makers have signed the contract. Let’s talk about the many stages you and your team will experience as your company prepares for a software implementation project. We’ve talked about the technical tips and tricks in former blog pos
How to Build a Corporate Performance Management Solution
How to Build a Corporate Performance Management Solution Let’s talk about strategy and goals. There are many reasons for communicating strategy but very few organizations include strategy as part of the planning process. The managers and employees who are involved in the budgeting and forecasting process should know the strategy and goals prior to planning, but it also should be front and center while entering the data. A goal of the company should be to provide the strateg
Using Corporate Performance Management for Digital Transformation: Optimizing Operations and Transfo
The blog article is the second entry in the series about using Corporate Performance Management (CPM) for digital transformation.
Netflix’s Okja and Cloud Financial Reporting: The Parallels of Powerful Storytelling
This article will look at the power of modern cloud financial reporting through the lens of powerful storytelling, as delivered by Netflix’s Okja. Sometimes, a movie comes along that captures a generation and perhaps even changes the culture. But unfortunately, with the amount of content and sheer number of options to stream, view, or purchase movies, television, and other video, it’s hard for any particular movie to stand out and captivate such a wide audience. That said, I
What to Expect from the Sage Acquisition for Sage and Intacct Users
In this article, we will be discussing details about the Sage acquisition of Intacct and how that will shape financial management for both Sage and Intacct users. You heard it. On July 25th, Sage announced that it will be acquiring Intacct for $850 million, now what? Intacct currently has 11,000 customers in North America, and Sage serves 6.1 million customers worldwide. Sage and Intacct users can now expect a complete set of solutions for accounting needs of organizations of
What #ThisisSolver Means, a Spotlight on the Solver Culture
This article takes a closer look at the company culture at Solver. In this article, I’ll be covering Solver’s culture, both internally and externally – and how that has changed the way I view work and my work ethic. In America, we work an average of 40-47 hours per week. According to Investopedia, “corporate culture refers to the beliefs and behaviors that determine how a company’s employees and management interact and handle outside business transactions.” Corporate culture
Enterprise Technology Cloud Strategy with Reporting and Budgeting for Microsoft Dynamics
This article will discuss leveraging corporate performance management (CPM) solutions as a foundation for an enterprise technology cloud roadmap. I find myself thinking about cloud technology all the time these days. And this is particularly peculiar when I zoom out and think about how I was an English major in college. However, cloud is permeating the culture – both popular and business – and I can’t help but think about how it is changing the way we store, manage, and lever
