Articles

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.

Articles

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...
Read More >
Articles

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...
Read More >
Articles

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...
Read More >
Articles

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...
Read More >
Articles

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...
Read More >
Articles

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...
Read More >
Articles

Aligning FP&A and Accounting Teams for Success

“Accounting teams, which are responsible for controls, compliance and reporting — traditionally backwards-looking functions — tend to focus on the...
Read More >
Articles

Gartner: Build Cost Strategy Around Differentiating Factors, Not Competitive Trends

“Our research shows that CFOs are often blown off course by external targets that prioritize growth over profitability. Their targets,...
Read More >
Articles

Give Purpose to Your Data to Drive Value

This McKinsey Digital article highlights the eight elements leadership teams should leverage to exploit their data analytics practices and make...
Read More >

Contact us today to see how ImpactECS can help you.

Start your journey to better cost and profit insights with ImpactECS.

Book a Demo