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  • Blog
    January 11, 2023
    Create to Execute: Managing the Fine Print of Sales Contracting
    In Protiviti’s recent post, Easy As CPQ: Launching A Successful Sales Cycle, we outlined the Configure, Price Quote phase of the Q2C process. The next critical step in a company’s quote-to-cash (Q2C) process, and one that helps solidify accurate revenue collection, reporting and a good customer experience, is contract creation and execution. During this phase, any prior negotiations are…
  • Blog
    September 15, 2021
    Establishing a Successful SAP Identity Access Governance Center of Excellence
    Often, companies are so focused on getting to an optimal and secured environment across their SAP business applications and information systems landscape, they overlook the importance of connecting the dots to a broader identity access strategy, establishing the appropriate governance policies and ongoing processes to meet business, legal, security, risk, compliance and other organizational needs…
  • Blog
    November 16, 2022
    Develop an Effective SAP Automated Controls Benchmarking Strategy
    Organizations are continuously working to improve their internal controls environments, increase efficiencies and reduce the cost of compliance activities. Internal controls, compliance and audit professionals are also looking to align organizations’ processes to important risk and industry trends. The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) releases auditing standards that establish…
  • Blog
    December 14, 2022
    What You Read Most: Top Five SAP Insights from 2022
    This year, our leading experts came together to address some of the most game-changing topics in the SAP space. Here are Protiviti’s most popular SAP insights from 2022 as you look ahead to the new year. By and large, these topics will remain important for your success in 2023. Read our top five most-read pieces below. #1. Case Study: Selecting a Conversion Type for SAP BW/4HANA Migration By…
  • Blog
    January 4, 2023
    Talent, Culture and Disruption Are Top-Ranking Risks for CFOs, Survey Shows
    I love to learn new words. Whether or not CFOs are familiar with this term, they undoubtedly know its connotation and are dealing with its effects every day. Permacrisis — named by the UK-based Collins English Dictionary as the 2022 word of the year — is defined as “an extended period of instability and insecurity, especially one resulting from a series of catastrophic events.” In essence, it’s a…
  • Blog
    January 11, 2023
    A 5-Step Plan to Operationalize DEIB
    As senior leadership teams evaluate their diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) strategies and objectives for 2023, they might consider the Second Law of Thermodynamics. This fundamental physics principle states that the entropy of an isolated system increases over time. This concept also applies to DEIB programs that fail to become institutionalized despite being launched with great…
  • Blog
    January 12, 2023
    ESG: Nine Actions CFOs and Finance Leaders Can Take Today
    Findings from our latest Global Finance Trends survey reveal that environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy and reporting are taking center stage as a top priority of CFOs today. Case in point: In 75% of organizations, the finance team has taken on ESG risks and issues as part of its role. With their unique blend of financial management fundamentals, risk intelligence and access to…
  • Podcast
    February 8, 2023
    Podcast | The Real Date of the Quantum Computing Apocalypse and What the White House Says We’ll Do About It
    Will quantum computers be able to crack RSA this decade? Maybe. But figuring out that exact date is not what you and your organization should be worried about. A memorandum issued by the White House reveals when the quantum computing apocalypse will begin as far as information security boots on the ground are concerned. Join Host Konstantinos Karagiannis for a deep dive into the NSM-10 memo and…
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    February 7, 2023
    Transcript | Quantum Networking with memQ
    Quantum computing requires quantum networking to reach its full potential. But there are engineering challenges to overcome. Learn about how repeaters that extend entanglement between qubits are really just application-specific quantum computers of their own. Also, learn how connecting these devices will pave the way for interconnect and other advances. Join host Konstantinos Karagiannis for a…
  • Blog
    July 23, 2021
    How SAP S/4HANA Finance Simplifies ERP Challenges for Manufacturing and Distribution Clients
    Enterprise resource planning (ERP) can prove to be a tough nut to crack for many manufacturing and distribution (M&D) clients. Keeping up with the challenges facing the industry in a soon-to-be post-pandemic world can cause even the most seasoned manufacturing leader to wonder how to effectively deal with the major issues facing his or her enterprise.   While we see our M…
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