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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.

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FP&A Trends: Time to Make a Difference – Value Creation through FP&A Business Partnering

“We are model builders and, through our understanding, build various different scenarios to guide the business through to find the...
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Supply Chain Dive: Hasbro Says Price Increases Helped Offset High Ocean Freight Costs

“While lead times have gone down, they remain “two times higher than historical levels,” Thomas said. Overcrowding at cargo ports...
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CFO Journal: Automated Financial Forecasting Built on a Foundation of Data

“The effort requires CFOs to take an end-to-end approach to data management, process design, and talent—at the same time. Integration across...
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SF Magazine: Digital Skills of the Future

“As evidenced by these skills, there will be a need for deeper technical skills in data governance, data privacy/security, process...
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CFO Insights: Mastering Data for Better Insights—and Competitive Advantage

“In some industries, digital technologies have already reshaped certain aspects of how the finance function conducts business—lowering operating costs, effort,...
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FP&A Trends: The Future of Business Modelling

“In most companies relying on Excel-based solutions, Excel is doing everything: it functions as the database, the calculation engine, and...
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FP&A Trends: Advanced Analytics as an Attribute of FP&A Maturity

“We can mix and match and decide which initiatives will be executed in response to scenarios A, B or C…This...
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FP&A Trends: Change Management and Analytical Change for FP&A

“The BARC survey “The Future of Planning, Sept 2021” clearly showed Rolling Forecast, Integration with Operational Processes, Simulations and Scenario Analysis, Action and Value driver-based planning are...
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CFO Magazine: Finance Transformation: Unleashing the Potential of Data

“The key to success in finance transformation is to understand and make the most of all the ways a fully...
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