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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: Practical Cash Flow Modelling – A Technological Perspective

“A spreadsheet is not a database, it is a personal productivity tool. Data, structure and business rules are all mixed together...
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Harvard Business Review: How Companies Can Prepare for a Long Run of High Inflation

“First and foremost, understand your entire value chain and its exposure to supply chain shocks. In other words, go beyond learning...
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Harvard Business Review: 3 Stumbling Blocks that Get in the Way of Strategic Planning

“But there’s a paradox, as Adrian outlined. Budgeting takes place within the context set by the strategic plan. The point...
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CFO Magazine: 3 CFO Priorities for An Unstable Time

“CFOs are asking their crews to sail across the ocean without a map. Finance chiefs need to step up their...
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CFO Journal: The CFO Agenda

“Although weekly reforecasting or monthly scenario planning may wane as the pandemic does, CFOs are not likely to revert to...
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Supply Chain Dive: ‘One thing after another’: More Disruption Looms Over Semiconductor Market

“The cascading supply threats come amid record demand from semiconductor customers, as they increasingly incorporate chips into phones, automobiles and...
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CFO Dive: CFOs Cling to Spreadsheets Despite Their Limits as FP&A Tool

“The biggest complaint among spreadsheet users is the time required by manual processes to complete even basic tasks, such as...
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FP&A Trends: The Evolving Role of Zero-Based Budgeting

“What is new in ZBB? ZBB is not a cost-cutting exercise. It is part of every line of the planning process. It is...
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Harvard Business Review: When to Change Your Company’s P&L Responsibilities

“Changing an organization’s primary dimension, i.e., making a different choice of which verticals have full P&L responsibility, is not something...
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