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Robert Kugel on LinkedIn: Value-Based Planning Improves Corporate Performance

“Value-based planning, in my context, is an approach to corporate planning and budgeting that integrates operational planning and financial budgeting;...

CFO Dive: 4 cost management mistakes for CFOs to avoid in 2021

Gartner analysts highlighted four of the most common mistakes CFOs make as they narrow their focus on cost optimization amid...

SF Magazine: Change Your Approach to Finance Strategy

“We used to spend a lot of time analyzing historical data to in­form business planning; we’ve now switched to a...

Industry Week: 5 Lessons from Silicon Valley that Translate to Manufacturing

Today, most industrial companies are not in a position to make data-driven decisions and are quite unfamiliar with business experiments....

SF Magazine: Considerations in Data Analytics Problem Structuring

There are three key elements that should be in place before kicking off a data analytics project – understand the...

FP&A Trends: 3 Ways to Organise FP&A Teams: The Pros and Cons

In general, there are three typical ways FP&A teams are organized – by function, by line of business, or by...

FP&A Trends: Managing Fixed Costs During Uncertainty

When looking to reduce fixed costs, Karnawat suggests investigating these expense categories: Payroll and benefits Supplier relationships Outsourcing Cost of...

SF Magazine: Financial Reporting During the Pandemic

It’s valuable for financial reporting professionals to reconsider not only the information needed for these projections, but also to reconsider...

WSJ: Anticipate, Test ‘What If’ Scenarios With Analytics

“As organizations navigate the many issues they’ve had to address in recent months, some may be capturing and documenting their...

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