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The global COVID-19 pandemic has made the need for business agility particularly urgent. In this blog, written prior to the current crisis, Rob Hull takes a close look at how CFOs can emerge from disruption in a position of strength by planning for agility. See this webinar on-demand: “Reforecasting in… Read More
In light of recent events, it’s likely that your 2020 revenue, headcount, hiring, opex, and capex forecasts are all now outdated. That means you’ve been busy reforecasting, which isn’t easy when the very ground your business sits on is shifting seemingly by the day. The process can be stressful and… Read More
The COVID-19 pandemic is having a profound impact on our world. At Adaptive Insights, a Workday company, we’ve taken steps to protect our employees and the communities in which we operate, and we’ve also pitched in to help provide relief in these challenging times. While COVID-19 is first and foremost… Read More
Many businesses spend weeks or months laboring over the annual plan or budget, even though by the time it’s finished, the market has changed dramatically and its assumptions are out of date. They forecast based on historic data and the best guesses of functional business leaders and line managers. But there’s… Read More
It’s fascinating what you can learn from speaking with the people your company is dedicated to serving. For years, we’ve engaged with customers to identify what they need from our business planning solutions. Lately, however, more and more finance leaders are thinking about business agility. They’re thinking about it a… Read More
Every day, there’s a new statistic on the growing volume of data in the world: terabytes, petabytes, even yottabytes. Clearly the data tsunami is here. What does this mean for the enterprise? For one, it’s going to impact how our organizations plan for the future. I recently sat down with… Read More
Creation Technologies provides original equipment manufacturers around the world with integrated electronics manufacturing services solutions that help customers accelerate time to-market, reduce operating costs, and grow revenue. Using a complicated on-premise solution for forecasting that required extensive IT support hampered the company’s ability to become more strategic. After performing due… Read More
FP&A is obviously concerned with financials; however FP&A can no longer take a narrow view of its own role. FP&A must go way beyond the financials to where the business happens to succeed in making planning a success! We discussed in my previous post the notion of active planning and… Read More
Traditional budgeting is simply too slow and too rigid to keep up with today’s rapidly changing business environment. There is great volatility, complexity, and uncertainty in the future. Gone are the days when budgets could be one-and-done—tied to a fixed point in time and too inflexible to adjust to quickly… Read More
As a finance leader, you’re intimately familiar with your company’s data and KPIs. But guess what? Most of your board members aren’t—and they don’t want or need that level of detail. What do they want? Like your CEO, board members are searching for trusted, strategic deputies who can provide high-level,… Read More
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