The short-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on global economies and society are plain to see: the temporary interruption of most production has had dramatic consequences for employment, and corporate financial planning and performance. However, the long-term consequences could be worse still. Faced by a radically changed consumer market, many …
Often, when we talk about the implementation of IT tools and applications for finance, we use terms borrowed from the lexicon of architecture. For instance, phrases such as “infrastructure design,” “interface design,” “user experience,” or “database architecture” all have roots in architectural design. Designing a building and designing an IT …
magine you’ve gone back in time – to 1512 in Rome. More specifically, you’re standing in the Sistine Chapel, watching the famous artist Michelangelo complete what will become known as “one of the absolute masterpieces of the Western art”. Michelangelo has been working on the 500-square-meter painting for approximately four …
‘Don’t get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water. You must be shapeless, formless, like water. When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup. When you pour water in a bottle, it becomes the bottle. When you …
The role of a Single System Administrator (hereinafter SSA) can be performed by various people, inside or outside the company. Here follows the 3 fundamental variables to consider when choosing your SSA.
Corporate Performance Management systems have reached a truly remarkable and complex stage of development. Once relegated to the preparation of consolidated financial statements (very often for compliance purposes), a well-implemented CPM today is now able to manage planning and control processes, interact with business intelligence systems, and manage aspects of …
(you can find this post on Tagetik Official Blog) What if every person involved in a CPM system implementation would be represented by a famous song? Below is our ranking of the top five “CPM hits.” So put on your headphones, pump up the volume and here we go!
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Unlike Mr. Gignac, who has been capable of assembling trash in a fascinating way, by putting it into a cube gives a consistent vision to an apparently chaotic set, financial data (as well as many other things in our ordinary life) work in a completely different way.
