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7
Mistakes in Dashboard Implementations
Constructing the key performance indicators for your
dashboard project may seem straightforward, but pitfalls lurking in the
details can trap the unwary. Here's how to do it right.
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Otis
Spunkmeyer Sweetens Up the Planning Process
In December 2007, cookie maker Otis Spunkmeyer turned
to a hosted software package to improve its budgeting and sales
forecasting processes. Today, the finance team wishes only that they had
decided much sooner to stop relying on Excel for business performance
management (BPM).
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Performance
Management Processes Under Strain
Companies' performance management processes are still
under intense strain in this turbulent economic environment, judging by
the results of a new survey of 140 finance execs by BPM software
provider Adaptive Planning and the BPM Forum, a thought leadership
organization.
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Is
It Really "Pay for Performance"?
For organizations with calendar year-ends, November is
typically the month for finalizing next year's performance plans. While
these can feature a balance of measures, these incentive plans often
focus heavily on tying bonus payouts to achieving budget targets. So, is
tying incentives to budget targets pay for performance? No. At best, it
is pay for negotiated results, and it's a management process that can
kill your organization, says budgeting blogger Steve Player.
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The
Need for Speed in Operational BI
Operational business intelligence (BI) aims to boost
efficiency and improve customer service. Timely, real-time data is key
to ensuring operational BI is successful. Read Ventana Research's
"Operational BI Drives Demand for Timely Data" in the BPM Resource
Center to learn about the results of the "Operational Business
Intelligence" study.
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Future
Guidance - A FSN & Oracle White Paper
An integrated EPM system can eliminate an
organization's dependency on spreadsheets for its planning and
forecasting process, provide more control and confidence in the process,
improve business predictability and the quality of guidance provided to
internal and external stakeholders. This white paper discusses the need
for better forecasting and planning - integrated Business Planning - to
improve the quality of future guidance companies give on expected
performance.
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RESEARCH & EVENTS
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SEC
XBRL Mandate - Level IV Filing Guidance for the CFO
The SEC has mandated that beginning with the second
year of XBRL filings, organizations must tag footnotes using four
different levels of detail, yet most companies don't understand the
implications of this mandate. Join this webcast and hear the SEC's
Director of the Office of Interactive Disclosure, David Blaszkowsky,
provide an overview of the upcoming Level IV filing deadlines. Then
listen as the Former President of XBRL International and current
Director of XBRL Services at Clarity Systems, Louis Matherne, discusses
the actions you need to take now in order to meet the deadline.
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ROI
in Business Performance: Avoiding BPM Blind Spots and Growing Your IT
Investment's Impact
When it comes to tracking the success of your
company's business performance applications, what you don't see can hurt
you. In this on-demand webcast, you'll hear how performance management
technology is capable of eliminating costly BPM blind spots. We'll
reveal the findings of a commissioned study conducted by Forrester
Consulting that examined the potential return on investment that
enterprises may realize by deploying Tagetik 3.0 performance management
software.
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