The Ledger

SF Magazine: The Four Levers of Revenue Management

4 key levers of revenue management modified from the Dupont ROI Framework:

1. Pricing Basis
2. Inventory Allocation
3. Product Configuration
4. Duration Control

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IndustryWeek: Manufacturing CEOs Share What’s Keeping Them Up at Night

2 out of the 5 current pain points for manufacturing CEOs:

1. Global supply chain disruptions
2. Commodity and raw material prices

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CFO Magazine: Cycle Time to Complete the Annual Budget: Metric of the Month

“Based on data from more than 3,900 organizations in our Open Standards Benchmarking survey for Planning and Management Accounting, APQC finds that top performers complete the annual budget in 25 days or less — half the time it takes organizations in the 75th percentile.”

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CFO Journal: How CMOs and CFOs Can Collaborate on Pricing

“Pricing is critical—it touches everything in the organization. Companies should have a coordinating function that forces a dialog between CMOs and CFOs, and they should have the data, insights, and tools to support it.”

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