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Industry Week: Is the Chip Shortage Over? That Depends.

“Supply chain practices such as enabling end-to-end traceability, diversifying sources of supply, and optimizing safety stock can also help to manage risk. Of course, nobody has a crystal ball to see perfectly into the future, but proactive and data-informed business planning can help to prevent shortfalls and build resilience into your supply chain.”

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CFO Insights: Are You Ready to Make the Switch to Lights Out Finance?

“Shifting from automated to autonomous allows the finance function to achieve an exponential level of efficiency, reduce costs, and become more agile—while digital technologies autonomously execute processes end to end. Human intervention is the exception, freeing up finance professionals to shift their efforts to higher-value strategic activities and to generating more significant insights for the business.”

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FP&A Trends: How FP&A Teams Must Harness Scenario Planning To Aid Decision Making

“The need for short-term, dynamic Scenario-Based Planning becomes evident. However, many organisations remain stuck in the traditional planning process, which takes months to prepare and becomes outdated the moment they are finalised.”

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CFO Dive: IMA CFO Says Scenario Planning is Constant ‘Balancing Act’

“Yet it is also important for CFOs to avoid inflation tunnel vision —“time-traveling” CFOs also have the advantage of being able to think about “what’s going on six months, a year, two years and five or 10 years into the future,” Porter said.”

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