Planning Visualizations: Charts That Make Variances Easier to Understand
In my previous post on this topic, I covered why planning visualizations are important for an audience of planners without finance backgrounds: they prioritize content and separate the signal from the...
View ArticlePlanning Visualizations: Forecasting Charts
My series on planning visualizations has so far explained how to use the right chart types to tell your plan's story. Today I'll wrap up with a focus on using visualizations to show how your plan will...
View ArticleDon’t Rely on Spreadsheets: Essential Tools for Planning, Budgeting, and...
In my role as the Senior Research Analyst in the Aberdeen Group's Business Planning and Execution research practice, I spend a significant amount of time studying the key pressures facing organizations...
View ArticleProviding Visibility & Agility: The Key Components of Success in Planning,...
In my previous post, I discussed the role of spreadsheets in financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting. My key conclusion was that organizations need more substantial technology to facilitate...
View ArticleOn-Demand Webinar: Not Your Father’s Financial Statements
Check out our latest on-demand webinar... Not Your Father's Financial Statements Recorded Date: October 23, 2013 Length: 30 minutes Presenter: Dwight deVera, arcplan Senior VP of Solutions Delivery...
View ArticleBetter Planning Through Business Analytics
In past articles I've written here on arcplan's BI Blog, I explored the role of spreadsheets in the planning, budgeting, and forecasting process and the importance of agility and accuracy. Today I...
View ArticleOn-Demand Webinar: Financial Transparency – Architecting Success
View this 45-minute webinar on how to deliver a transparent, integrated view of company performance that serves both finance and operations. Financial Transparency – Architecting Success Recorded Date:...
View Article3rd Annual arc|ademy Student BI Challenge Goes Global
The arc|ademy BI Challenge will be held for the third time in 2014, but this is the first time the contest is open to university students around the world! We invite college-level computer sciences and...
View ArticleAnalytics As A Catalyst For Positive Inflection
Year after year the hype surrounding data analytics becomes louder. Thought leaders and research organizations have sung the praises of analytics as a means for generating much-needed insight into...
View ArticleTop 5 Criteria for Evaluating Business Intelligence Reporting and Analytics...
One of the most challenging tasks when planning a new business intelligence project is the selection of the right tools to achieve the best possible return on investment. You will have many decisions...
View ArticleGaining the Edge over Competitors with Business Intelligence
First let me start off by defining Business Intelligence as defined by Business Journal International Weekly. “Business Intelligence is a set of theories, methodologies, processes, architectures and...
View ArticleShould you Implement a Modern Workflow System in your Budgeting Process?
Budgeting Workflow is the process of formalizing the flow of budgeting approvals throughout the organization. It is a process in itself that typically starts with corporate allocations for the new...
View Articlearc|planet 2015 – 250 Attendees Joined a Fantastic Event to Learn About Best...
This year’s arc|planet in Düsseldorf has been a great success. Last Thursday and Friday we were hosting the world’s largest conference for arcplan users at the Van der Valk Airport Hotel Düsseldorf,...
View ArticleHow does YOUR BI environment stack up?
Business Intelligence is a powerful tool, designed for the modern business environment. One of its primary goals is to enhance performance evaluation, by utilizing benchmarking, data visualization,...
View Articlearcplan 8.5 – more cloud, more R, more pace
Increasingly complex business processes and customer requirements represent major challenges for companies and their Business Intelligence (BI) projects. With the latest update of its Unified Business...
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