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Step up your finance game with dashboards and analytics

April 7, 2019

There’s a lot of talk these days about how to drive deeper engagement between finance and business teams. One way to do so is with financial dashboards. Visual analytics open…

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Why forward-thinking finance teams opt for rolling forecasts

Adaptive Insights

March 19, 2019

We all know the methods used to create favorable departmental budgets and forecasts. Managers ask for more than what’s required with the hope of agreeing on the budget they actually want. Junior managers promise unprecedented results…

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Key characteristics of the best project-based businesses

Workday Adaptive Planning

February 14, 2019

Working at 100% capacity might sound like the dream to some, but savvy business-service leaders know that being maxed out can actually stunt growth. When every team member is tapped…

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3 tips for easier revenue planning

Gary Cokins

February 7, 2019

The definition of the word “revenue” has been firm pretty much forever (as the total income produced by a given source or the gross income returned by an investment). Yet…

Perspective

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It was a breakout year for planning

Tom Bogan

January 8, 2019

Think back to what the cloud planning market looked like a year ago. Now compare that to what it looks like today. A lot has changed. Consider what happened just…

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Power Planning with Cube Sheets

Workday Adaptive Planning

January 3, 2019

If you want to step up your finance game, the cube sheet is a great place to start. Cube sheets are multidimensional spreadsheets that make it easy to create sophisticated…

Customer Success

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A nonprofit salute on #GivingTuesday

Workday Adaptive Planning

November 27, 2018

Today kicks off the charitable season of giving. Why today? It’s #GivingTuesday. This one-day movement, held the day after Cyber Monday, urges giving back in the form of donations, time, and…

Customer Success

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Video: Airlines Reporting Corporation plans for holiday travel chaos

Workday Adaptive Planning

November 19, 2018

It’s no secret that you have a lot of company at the airport if you’re traveling during the Thanksgiving holiday season. A record 28.5 million passengers are expected to flow…

Customer Success

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Workforce planning in a people business

Andrew Brett

November 14, 2018

Business leaders will often point out that their workforce is their largest expense. But when you’re a law firm, you essentially sell your expertise—the expertise of your people. That means…

Customer Success

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Video: Harry’s shaves weeks off budgeting process

Workday Adaptive Planning

November 13, 2018

Normally, Harry’s, the men’s care brand that is known for its direct-to-consumers model of selling razors at “an honest price–no gimmicks,” loves a clean-shaven face. Except during November. That’s when…