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    March 29, 2022
    7 Ukraine Flashpoints Require CFOs’ Attention
    Enduring and adapting to an often-grueling business climate resulting from the pandemic has enabled CFOs to develop new muscles within their finance organizations in terms of better analytics, forecasting, real-time data access, supply chain management and de-risking, and more. Unfortunately, they’re going to need these tools even more to address the fallout from the horrific crisis in Ukraine.…
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    December 11, 2019
    In Transformations, People Are at the Heart of Success
    In our age of digital transformation, finance leaders have unprecedented opportunity to transform operations and create strategic advantages through technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, virtual reality and robotic process automation. When finance leaders guide their organizations through these transformations, they can help secure their own success by encouraging…
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    November 26, 2019
    Dynamic Markets, Changing Regulations: Is Your Loan Portfolio Management Practice Moving in Step?
    The loan portfolio is one of the greatest sources of risk to a bank, according to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). As such, effective loan portfolio management (LPM) is fundamental to a bank’s safety and ability to identify and take action to address changes in the credit environment. This is particularly evident when one considers the wide variety of events that can affect…
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    May 7, 2020
    Fastpath Assure for MS Dynamics – Q1 2020 Release Highlights
    Fastpath is one of the most advanced tools available for monitoring user access and segregation of duties access in Microsoft Dynamics AX2012 and Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations (D365F&O). The Fastpath solution provides a simplified reporting structure for security access in Dynamics and provides a powerful tool to detect, manage and optimize the complicated security model that Dynamics…
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    April 25, 2017
    Proving Procurement’s Value to Stakeholders: Show Them the Money
    There is no doubt that procurement organizations deliver value, through strategic sourcing, category management and other means. What distinguishes procurement organizations perceived as top performers from the rest is how well they quantify the value they deliver to the company. Recently, I had the opportunity to moderate a panel discussion about the challenges of demonstrating procurement’s…
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    February 14, 2017
    “Stay Nimble”: The Mantra for Manufacturing and Distribution Companies in 2017
    For manufacturing and distribution (M&D) companies, which are already well-conditioned to operating in an uncertain global environment, 2017 promises to continue to keep them on their toes. At the very least, it is likely to present a mixed bag of new challenges and opportunities, and executives will need to ensure that their organizations are nimble enough to pivot quickly when faced with…
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    August 11, 2021
    In Mergers and Acquisitions, ESG Issues Are Becoming a Growing Factor
    To date, companies have often discussed environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors from a qualitative perspective – reflecting on the company’s stated values, marketing communications and other statements. But today, almost 90% of M&A targets are only being acquired after a thorough review of their ESG quantitative performance, indicating that buyers are becoming increasingly…
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    September 16, 2015
    Why Predictive Analytics?
    Predictive analytics is the practice of leveraging statistical techniques, such as modeling, machine learning, and data mining to analyze historical data and make predictions about future events. In the past, this practice was entrusted solely to data scientists and the academic elite. But today, analyzing large amounts of historical data to create accurate projections of future trends is no…
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    November 8, 2022
    Four Enablers to Achieve a Balanced Approach to Inventory Management
    As CFOs deepen their collaborations with supply chain leaders to deploy and improve revenue assurance models, they’re seeking reassurance that “just-in-case” approaches will not lead to excess inventories or trigger working capital and cashflow management risks. Supply chain leaders can assuage these concerns by acquainting corporate finance leaders with the new processes and protocols they are…
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    January 5, 2022
    CFOs Should Be Stewards of the Organization’s Speed-Versus-Control Balance
    As digital transformation accelerates, companies confront a pressing question: Does the balance we strike between speed and control align with our strategy? CFOs are key stakeholders in that ongoing determination, and more finance leaders are assuming stewardship of these deliberations. This emerging responsibility involves assessing and managing the impacts to internal controls that arise from…
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