- IMA Management Accounting Statements Now Available to the Public
- The Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) has reintroduced its Statements on Management Accounting (SMAs), which present the views of IMA (and a wealth of information) regarding management accounting and financial management issues. [more]
- How to Get More From Your ERP Investment
- Ventana Research recently completed a study titled "ERP Innovation," which sought to determine if and how companies are moving beyond the first-generation objective of increasing efficiency through automation. [more]
- Survey Finds BPM Popularity Keeps Climbing
The number of business performance management (BPM) initiatives continues to rise, the 2006 BPM Pulse Survey found. [more]
- Audience-Specific Dashboards Easier for Users
A generic dashboard design may fit the needs of all users, but an audience-specific dashboard is more useful because it shows only the necessary key performance indicators (KPIs) for each individual, rather than a plethora of screens a user neither needs nor has permission to access. [more]
- How BPM Bolsters Compliance
Some companies that use business performance management (BPM) software say they spend less on compliance than they would without BPM. [more]
- SAP Announces New Governance, Risk and Compliance Apps
As promised earlier this year, SAP AG will soon release three new governance, risk and compliance (GRC) applications based on its new service-oriented architecture (SOA). [more]
- Performance Management Tools Praised by Consumers
Scorecards, dashboards and performance alerts are living up to their hype, according to a Ventana Research survey. [more]
- Master Data Management Untangles Data Overlap
Now that companies are routinely mining "hidden" data using business performance management software, a new problem has arisen. [more]
- Seven Tips for High-Performing BI
Truly successful business intelligence (BI) projects share more than just well-chosen software, they also share basic ideas that support BI implementation. [more]
- EIM Ups the Competitive Advantage
Aligning information and business strategies is a prudent move, and the best way to get the two in sync is through enterprise information management (EIM). [more]
- Dashboard Design Matters
When creating a dashboard, it is more important for it to work than to be aesthetically pleasing, but that doesn't mean that design and layout should be ignored. [more]
- BPM Vendor Consolidation Spawns New Purchasing Options
The rash of mergers and acquisitions between business performance management (BPM) vendors and the blending together of once distinct areas of BPM, such as business intelligence (BI) and enterprise resource planning (ERP), can complicate the already confusing software buying process. [more]
- Scorecards Not Embraced By All Departments
Performance management technology helps companies effectively use resources and connect strategies with company goals, but the technology has not been deployed evenly across departments, according to a Ventana Research study, particularly in the use of performance scorecards. [more]
- Predictive Analytics Simplifies Variance
Predictive analytics software is evolving from an emerging technology solution into a crucial branch of a unified business performance management framework. [more]
- Taking Control of Expense Management
Expense management is usually one of a company's largest fixed costs, often second only to payroll. [more]
- Ventana Finds Value in Pre-built Report Templates
In theory, business intelligence (BI) tools were designed for the masses, but in practice, only a fraction of employees use them. [more]
- Give Your PM System a Boost
Is your performance management system in a rut? [more]
- Following the Pack May Not Get Results
Companies succeed when they can offer a product that is different than what is already on the market, but this "rugged individualism" is often tossed aside when those same companies buy business intelligence software. [more]
- More Talk, Still Not Much Action in the XBRL Arena
When Forbes publishes an article extolling the potential benefits of Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL), you know the reporting format is gaining traction. [more]
- XBRL or Master Data Management?
Like XBRL, Master Data Management (MDM) is a technology that can help businesses reduce the cost, time and effort required to collect, analyze and use information -- whether for visibility, decision support or process execution. [more]
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