- BPM Moves Into Operations
If you're confused about what BPM 2.0 really means, don't roll your eyes just yet. [more]
- Gartner Survey Identifies CFOs' Finance System Priorities
A new report from Gartner entitled "CFO Finance System Priorities Through 2009" provides analysis, predictions, and recommendations on the changing role of CFOs in today's business environment and outlines the steps necessary to ensure that your organization has the necessary tools to support the ever-expanding role of the chief financial officer. [more]
- BPM Vendor Consolidation on the Rise
Vendor consolidation in the business performance management (BPM) marketplace is on the rise as companies seek BPM and business intelligence (BI) tools with a centralized perspective. [more]
- Avoid Common BPM Mistakes
Data security problems, duplicate data and new regulations (like Sarbanes-Oxley) have forced organizations to rethink their performance management plans. [more]
- XBRL Makes Some Noise
XBRL isn't sexy -- but it sure is getting some attention. [more]
- The Latest Word: Generation Next
In many organizations, business performance management (BPM) projects are in their infancy. [more]
- Is BI Dead?
A recent article on FSN.com boldly proclaimed that "business intelligence (BI) as a genre of software is either dead or mortally wounded. [more]
- How Technology Is Changing Auditing
Audit processes are undergoing a sea change, driven by the mutual evolution of better software tools for analysis and tighter standards for documenting and testing internal controls. [more]
- BI Gets Smarter
Blending business intelligence (BI) programs with workflow design tools produces a smarter, process-driven BI, according to the DM Review article "Business Intelligence Goes Deep. [more]
- Spreadsheets Shouldn't Be Tossed Yet
Spreadsheets, an essential budgeting and accounting application, are adored by many users for their flexibility and power but have been vilified by others who see them as a personal analysis tool that can't handle the demands of an enterprise system. [more]
- Pumping Up P-Card Programs
Purchasing card (p-card) programs are often underutilized, but they have the potential to save companies a bundle due to lower processing costs and incentive rebates. [more]
- Information Governance: The Link to Better Enterprise Performance
Aligning corporate governance, risk management and compliance programs is the critical connection to enhancing business performance -- and getting the right IT assets in place to support these mutually dependant elements remains one of the greatest challenges for business leaders today. [more]
- Microsoft Offers Free Accounting Software for Small Businesses
On Monday, Microsoft released its new financial management software, Microsoft Office Accounting Express 2007. [more]
- Employee Self-Service Matures
When employee self-service technologies first appeared in the early '90s, many businesses quickly found that they could save time and money by making benefits information and retirement fund data available electronically. [more]
- BPM Meets IT
The ultimate goal of business performance management (BPM) is to link disparate business areas together through an overarching set of strategies, tactics and measurements, but too often the projects fail when they reach IT. [more]
- MDM Made Easy
Master data management (MDM) is a topic that keeps cropping up, but the basics can be hard to grasp thanks to vague, and frequently conflicting, definitions. [more]
- Spreadsheets Enter the 21st Century
- The venerable spreadsheet -- indispensable accounting tool or budgeting nightmare? [more]
- Think You Can Live Without XBRL?
- Maybe for now, but soon tagging financial data with eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) will be indispensable. [more]
- Overcoming Roadblocks to Greater ERP Success
- Ventana Research's recent "ERP Innovation" study is worth another mention here, if only to drive home the point that most companies could be doing more with their enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems -- and reaping the benefits. [more]
- The Latest Word: State of the Unions, Redux
Since I started writing BPM Express nearly two years ago, few issues have mailed without news of another merger or acquisition in the market. [more]
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