For most finance professionals, Excel has long been the gold standard for budgeting, planning, and forecasting. It is a great tool with numerous features that offer a lot of functionality. But in the global marketplace that is facing rapid changes due to digital transformation, is Excel alone still enough? In a 2018 survey, 80% of organizations reported they are still ...
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Unleash Your Sales Teams' Potential Through Seamless Planning & Performance Management As long as there have been Sales and Finance functions at organizations (which is a long way of saying “forever”), there has been a natural and real tension between the two groups. For way too long, there has been a long-running cold (and sometimes warm, or even hot) war ...
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Whether you work for a government agency, a high-tech company or a service provider, your organization must plan its annual budget. While many members of your organization might be familiar with planning or budgeting software, the set of activities to create, control and update the budget is known as the budget process. Digitalization is tactical – automating activities, for example, ...
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A good FP&A solution embraces the power of AI and should already have incorporated it into its technology. Over the past few years, the concept of Artificial Intelligence or ‘AI’, has finally been accepted into the mainstream and is dominating conversations around the world. With the rapid emergence of cognitive computing and machine learning, AI had been sitting in the ...
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This is the second in a series of blogs discussing the requirements of a successful Corporate Performance Management implementation. The first blog in this series stressed the importance of Executive Involvement. This installment explains why the office of the CFO, not IT, should lead the implementation. The discussion emphasizes the Finance function, but it applies to CPM implementations focused on ...
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Qonnections 2018 was a great week of informative sessions, amazing demos, catching up with friends and acquaintances, and meeting many new faces. The highlight of the week for us was the honor of receiving the Qlik Global Partner Innovation Award, which is testament to Jedox's vision, product and hard-working team. If you were unable to attend the event in person, ...
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