Who could foresee the current inflation levels that we can see in developed economies? Inflation is a phenomenon that, if not understood correctly, can lead us to wrong conclusions and, therefore, to wrong decisions. 

Monte Swain, Brigham Young University professor, shares a new model from the Profitability Analytics Centre of Excellence (PACE) that returns to these three core elements of the Dupont framework. Watch how it can help you track cost and revenue drivers effectively and build a successful, informative ROI strategy.

Challenging market and rising costs put businesses into a non-stop race for efficiency and expense reduction. Cost management and identification of real expenditure sources in the production process are among the highest priorities for Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) and the entire finance department in almost every company.

In times of uncertainty, the failings of systems and measures are brought sharply into focus. Managing profitability often requires a complete re-think of how an organisation plans and the supporting systems that can help sustain profits in both the short and long term. That’s the subject of this paper.

Providing decision support on product offerings in an online marketplaces environment requires digging deep on the granularity of the key business drivers to evaluate success. Using a method called “A/B testing” allows an FP&A leader to easily build a framework on key criteria to better understand the various behavioural impacts that consumers apply in different scenarios and to analyse their performance.

While profitability is an easy concept to grasp, it is notoriously difficult to manage, especially in rapidly changing market conditions. How can we manage profitability in times of uncertainty? One answer is by using the profitability analysis framework.