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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 Tech Focus on Finance and Accounting Apps

“Finance leaders are focusing on some important — but arguably less glamorous — technologies. In the rankings, finance and accounting...

Improving Unit Margins

“Pricing to maintain margin is difficult when customer demand is unpredictable, raw material costs are rising and you’re being hit...

CFOs Take on More Roles as Business Environment Changes

“While the pandemic has reinvigorated the strategic role of the CFO, at some point, that enthusiasm will likely fade. Unless,...

Driver-Based Planning Processes Need a Solid Tech Foundation

“The excel-based planning process will not deliver consistency to the performance management process. In contrast, the dedicated planning solutions will...

Reduce Cost and Risk in Finance Transformation

“This renewed focus on transformation is driven by the reliance on the CFO and finance team as businesses try to...

Building Transformational FP&A Processes

“The almost instinctive reaction to such crises is to batten down the hatches and tough it out until better times...

What’s The Right Way to Use What-if Analytics?

“When making forecasts, there is a big difference between known levers of change and newly discovered and yet-unproven “nuggets” of...

CFO Priorities for 2021 Includes Digital Transformation

“After surviving the initial wave of the pandemic, many organizations obtained a real-world view of how far along they were...

FP&A Can Help by Asking Better Questions

“In addition, the world around us – and in business – is changing rapidly. As decision makers struggle more to...

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