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RCA Institute: How Do You Prefer Your Costs – Fixed or Variable?
October 6, 2020
The RCA Institute asks the following questions about fixed or variable costs – Are they avoidable for the current decision? And, what’s my market risk and tolerance?
SF Magazine: Preparing the Finance Function for Technological Change
October 3, 2020
“With so many technologies emerging and evolving rapidly, choosing where to begin can be a challenge. An important initial step should be developing a strategy to effectively use the leading-edge technology and analytics techniques required to become a data-driven organization. Development of this strategy starts with considering finance’s business goals.”
Rethinking the Business Planning Process
September 22, 2020
“Many plans and budgets are now based on outdated assumptions and data, requiring FP&A teams to rethink the annual business planning process. Discussions with FP&A leaders, CFOs, and Deloitte’s Finance Transformation and Human Capital professionals, suggest several factors have led leaders to challenge the traditional process, including the need for constant scenario development and modeling; a lack of confidence in future projections; the urgent requirement for decisions about courses of action; an unclear decision-making framework, particularly around capital allocation; and time-and resource-consuming manual iteration.”
Digital and Analytics Key for Consumer Goods Firms
September 20, 2020
“Digital and analytics programs are no longer optional. Companies can’t compete effectively in today’s business environment without harnessing the power and potential of these technologies. Scaling them—so that they work their magic across the entire organization instead of in small pockets—will be increasingly crucial to improving total shareholder returns and sustaining competitive advantage.”
