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• Better Performance Reporting and Analysis

  BNET - 2006-02-21

  A forward-looking and analytical view - the ability to conduct what-if analyses, for example - goes to the heart of much of what finance and business unit managers need to manage their companies amid increasing competition, regulatory oversight, and higher investor and board expectations. Executives need to be able to...

  Tags: CFO Publishing Corp., Performance, Analysis, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Performance Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management

• Measuring Performance in Services: Services Are More Difficult to Measure and Monitor Than Manufacturing Processes, But Executives Can Rein in Variance and Boost Productivity if They Implement Rigorous Metrics

  BNET - 2006-02-15

  Faced with stiffening competition, increasingly demanding customers, high labor costs, and, in some markets, slowing growth, service businesses around the world are trying to boost their productivity. But whereas manufacturing businesses can raise it by monitoring and reducing waste and variance in their relatively homogeneous production and distribution processes, service...

  Tags: Monitor, Variance, CFO Publishing Corp., Performance, Manufacturing, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management

• Comparing Performance When Invested Capital Is Low

  BNET - 2005-11-15

  Executives and investors have reliable tools for measuring performance in capital-intensive sectors such as manufacturing, retailing, and consumer goods. In general, the math is simple: when managers generate Returns On Invested Capital ROIC above their cost of capital, they create value. That formula makes it relatively easy to compare the...

  Tags: CFO Publishing Corp., Performance, Performance Management, Outsourcing, Human Resources, Workforce Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting

• IQ Matters: Senior Finance and IT Executives Seek to Boost Information Quality

  BNET - 2005-11-01

  In the summer of 2005, CFO Research Services (a unit of CFO Publishing Corp.) launched a research program to explore the quality of management information and its proficiency in meeting information needs at large companies around the world. Through a survey and interview program among senior finance executives in North...

  Tags: Information Quality, CFO Publishing Corp., Information Technology, Finance, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management

• Compliance, Technology, and Performance Management - Finance Combines Opportunity With Necessity

  BNET - 2005-08-01

  After marching through the first phases of compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, senior finance executives are turning their attention to making their regulatory compliance both more sustainable and also a driver of better business performance. This paper depicts about a survey which indicates that while spending on compliance will shift...

  Tags: Business Performance, CFO Publishing Corp., Performance, Compliance, Performance Management, Finance, Regulatory Compliance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures

• Best Practices in Selecting Performance Management Software: Finance Searches for Increased Flexibility and Control

  BNET - 2005-02-01

  One of the key findings of the paper suggests that some companies that have decided to overhaul their performance management systems are responding to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act's demands for a stronger audit trail and a higher standard of data integrity. The common platform and flexible database structures of performance management...

  Tags: CFO Publishing Corp., Performance, Finance, Best Practice, Performance Management, Business Intelligence, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

• The Convergence of Compliance and Performance Management: Extending the Impact of Finance Across the Enterprise

  BNET - 2005-01-01

  Senior finance teams are laboring to comply with new regulatory regimens such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act amid a complex environment of rapid business change, uneven economic growth, and increased investor scrutiny of business results. In response, software developers have put resources into a compelling application area: performance management software -...

  Tags: CFO Publishing Corp., Performance, Compliance, Finance, Convergence, Finance Team, Performance Management, Business Intelligence, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

• Measure Performance With The Right Data

  BNET - 2004-12-29

  From the executive summary: ‘Understanding working capital starts with data. Better data allows finance executives to monitor business units' performance on accounts receivable more closely and bring pressure to bear where it is needed. The variety of metrics that companies use to measure their working capital performance does not always...

  Tags: CFO Publishing Corp., Performance, Working Capital, Managerial Accounting, Performance Management, Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management

• Compliance: Finance's Bridge to the Enterprise - Leading CFOs See Opportunities to Boost Business Performance, Predictability, and Profits

  BNET - 2004-11-01

  This report presents the findings of a research program which sought to explore senior finance executives' efforts to manage G&A costs and boost performance. In particular, its aim was to uncover and document a unique perspective on process improvement, shared services, and outsourcing among senior finance executives at large U.S....

  Tags: CFO Publishing Corp., Performance, Compliance, Finance Executive, Finance, Performance Management, Process Improvement, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Quality, Business Operations

• Lost in the Machine

  BNET - 2004-03-01

  If one conclusion can be drawn from CFO Asia's fourth annual look at management of capital consumption in Asia, it's that squeezing valuable cash from the working capital cycle is not easy. And only a few, like Sud, make it a top priority. The ranking, based on the research of...

  Tags: CFO Publishing Corp., Asia, Managerial Accounting, Channel Management, Performance Management, Finance, Marketing, Human Resources, Workforce Management