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In-depth articles exploring cost management strategies, profitability frameworks, cost-to-serve analysis, and financial decision support. These pieces provide practical guidance for finance and operations leaders navigating complex cost structures.

CFO Dive: CFOs Flag Staffing, Digital Transformation as Top Growth Challenges

“Companies with more resources or more established financial teams are more likely to focus on digital transformation, however. The study...

CFO Journal: 3 Dynamic Finance Scenarios for CFOs

“The principles of Dynamic Finance can help finance transform from business function to dynamic capability—while still performing its steward and...

CFO Magazine: 3 Ways Finance Is Armoring Up for a Future of Disruption

“Most leaders, though, are using outdated tech — if any. Over half of the respondents rely on manual spreadsheets and...

CFO Insights: Targeting Procurement: Why CFOs Should Take Direct Aim at Indirect Spend

“Historically, CFOs and CPOs have focused on improving sourcing by consolidating the base of their biggest-dollar suppliers, allocating their best...

CFO Insights: Welcome to the “no normal”: Exploring The Transformation Myth

“Long a core strategic financial and planning capability, scenario planning has regained currency in an ultra-dynamic environment. By applying digital...

CFO Insights: Provoking the Future: How CFOs Can Take Action to Illuminate Uncertainty

“Build scenario-planning muscles. In a linear world, it was customary to consider a dominant version of the future and construct possible...

CFO Journal: Fragile Supply Chains Confront Ongoing Threat From the Russia-Ukraine War

“How detailed is your supply chain information? Visibility into suppliers is only as comprehensive as the information that is being...

CFO Dive: CFOs to Boost IT, Tech Budgets in Face of Inflation: Gartner

““We’re increasingly seeing sort of a pivot in finance, [where we’re] moving away from finance being the transactional record keeper...

CFO Insights: Future scenarios: Are CFOs Too Worried About Inflation—or Not Worried Enough?

“As CFOs watch inflation numbers rise month after month, so may the intensity of their concerns. Now that it has...

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