5 Ways Finance-Forward Supply Chain Planning Improves Business Outcomes

Supply chain planning and finance teams have traditionally worked independently within organisations. But collaboration between the two can be highly valuable. By aligning supply chain with income statements and balance sheets, companies can improve agility, reduce risk and better meet financial goals. In this paper, CCH® Tagetik has identified the top 5 benefits of a finance-forward approach to supply chain.

How to Be a Better Business Partner in Cash Flow Planning

By Gemma Davie

The old saying “Revenue is Vanity, Profit is Sanity, Cash is reality” has never been so true. Cash is the foundation of any organisation – without it, the business collapses. So, how can we keep on top of our cash position? What role do FP&A business partners play? Associate Director, Performance (FP&A) at comparethemarket.com addresses these questions and many more in this article on cash flow planning.

What Operations Can Teach Us About Strategy

By Michael J. Huthwaite

The reality is, far too many of the strategies we implement suffer from the same fate, yielding outcomes that fall short of our original targets. Why is this? What can be done to prevent bad strategy, and why are we so surprised each and every time we repeat these same strategic mistakes? Find out the answers in this article from the Director of FP&A at Walmart.

Video: Janssen (EMEA) Practical Experience on Connected and Collaborative Planning

By Stéphanie Didier

Research shows that Finance functions spend only 19% of Analytics time on insight generation, and just 6% on driving actions. At Janssen EMEA, this was the case up until relatively recently. The organisation used to spend over 52 weeks on planning, but with an accuracy of only 92% – low when compared with the resources allocated. But using connected planning and predictive forecasting, Janssen EMEA succeeded in turning these numbers around. In this short presentation, Stéphanie Didier, the Senior Director of Finance and Treasury explains how.

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Dollar General Case Study on Dynamic Forecasting for Managing High Growth

Through thoughtful evolution and innovation, Dollar General, a retail giant with US$34 billion in revenue operating in 47 U.S. states, has proven its resiliency in serving millions of customers and delivering on its business outcomes. How did they manage to do so? Join us for this webinar to explore the Dollar General case study on their digital transformation journey.

FP&A Integration: The Winning Formula of Harmonising Top-Down and Bottom-Up Planning Processes

How can we harmonise all essential planning processes by going beyond finance to Extended Planning and Analysis (xP&A)? The answer may be Integrated FP&A. A crucial framework for planning in the world of unknown unknowns, Integrated FP&A helps organisations to close the gap between unaligned vertical and horizontal planning processes. Register for this webinar to learn more about FP&A Integration and what is the winning formula of harmonising top-down and bottom-up planning processes.