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Let Traditional Budgeting be a Victim of this Pandemic
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October 21, 2020

By Knut Fahlén, PhD, Management Consultant at Ekan Management

The multi-faceted benefits of the Beyond Budgeting-concept has been proven time and again by a wide range of companies and public organizations around the world. It is lately described by Knut Fahlén (PhD, management consultant at Ekan Management) in the book Dynamic Management Strategy: A guide to management innovation and competitive advantage (BAS publisher, 2018)

Knut Fahlén's LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/knut-fahl%C3%A9n-b6ba793/

FP&A Tags:
Planning and Budgeting, Modelling and Forecasting, Beyond Budgeting, Risk-Adjusted Planning

This pandemic has uncovered several shortcomings in our way of planning, managing, and organizing societies and businesses. Now that the future looks predictably uncertain, there is a dire need to understand, react to, and learn from it and other unexpected events. 

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A Cash Flow Mindset for FP&A
Cashflow Mindset
October 20, 2020

By Amrish Shah, CFO at Metabolic

FP&A Tags:
Cash Planning, Planning and Budgeting, FP&A Skills

In this article, we will look at why Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) tends not to be involved in Cash Flow and why that can be dangerous and short-sighted.

We will also look at what are some of the key elements of a good Cash Flow-focused mindset that FP&A can develop.

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How Much Profit are M&A/PE Analytics Leaving on the Table?
Analytics Leaving
October 8, 2020

By Alan Dybvig, Managing Partner at Dybvig Consulting

Alan Dybvig

Alan Dybvig is the managing partner of Dybvig Consulting. His intellectual property was implemented to create the operational budget (OB). His business experience includes 32+ years with IBM as a director and senior manager, primarily in supply chain and sales/marketing assignments, and then four years with a Warburg Pincus-financed supply chain startup where the idea for the OB germinated. He has had five articles published in the Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance, two articles in the Institute of Management Accountants’ Strategic Finance and one each in the Institute for Business Forecasting's blog and INFORMS’ magazine, "OR/MS Today".

Alan Dybvig's LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-dybvig-0a374ois/

FP&A Tags:
Financial Planning and Analysis, Planning and Budgeting, FP&A Analytics

This article applies to all private sector firms, not just Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) and Private Equity (PE) firms. The technique described here can also be used to rank the profitability of five financial planning alternatives to the traditional budget.

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The Balance Sheet: A Tool to Manage Value
Magnifying glass
October 6, 2020

By Amrish Shah, CFO at Metabolic

FP&A Tags:
Cash Planning, Planning and Budgeting, Profitability Analysis, FP&A Business Partnering

This article focuses on why there is a risk of too much focus on the profit and loss (P&L) or income statement and too little focus on the Balance Sheet among FP&A practitioners.

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FP&A Integration: Bringing Together Financial and Strategic Planning
Financial and Strategic Planning
September 30, 2020

By Manasi Ramanna, CFO at Cerulean Scientific

FP&A Tags:
Financial Planning and Analysis, FP&A Strategic Planning, Planning and Budgeting, Integrated FP&A

FP&A departments are able to track and manage financial plans. But can FP&A help manage the execution of a strategic plan? Is there value in integrating these two processes?

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FP&A: Uniting the Firm on a Single Planning Foundation
fp&a
September 17, 2020

By Alan Dybvig, Managing Partner at Dybvig Consulting

Alan Dybvig

Alan Dybvig is the managing partner of Dybvig Consulting. His intellectual property was implemented to create the operational budget (OB). His business experience includes 32+ years with IBM as a director and senior manager, primarily in supply chain and sales/marketing assignments, and then four years with a Warburg Pincus-financed supply chain startup where the idea for the OB germinated. He has had five articles published in the Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance, two articles in the Institute of Management Accountants’ Strategic Finance and one each in the Institute for Business Forecasting's blog and INFORMS’ magazine, "OR/MS Today".

Alan Dybvig's LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-dybvig-0a374ois/

FP&A Tags:
Planning and Budgeting, Collaborative FP&A

To unite the firm on a single planning foundation, FP&A must adopt the planning frame that drives value for its customers. That platform is the Operational Budget (OB) and it brings many benefits to the firm.

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