The ERP market is set to undergo a significant transformation over the next five years. At the heart of this transformation is the decade-long evolution of a set of technologies that are enabling a major shift in the design of ERP systems – the most significant change since the introduction of client/server systems in the 1990s. Some ERP software vendors increasingly are utilizing in-memory computing, mobility, in-context collaboration and user interface design to differentiate their...
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Topics:
Performance Management,
ERP,
FP&A,
Office of Finance,
Reporting,
Consolidation,
Human Capital,
Business Analytics,
Uncategorized,
Business Performance Management (BPM),
Financial Performance Management (FPM),
Financial Performance Management,
FPM
Supply and demand chain planning and execution have grown in importance over the past decade as companies have recognized that software can meaningfully enhance their competitiveness and improve their financial performance. Sales and operations planning (S&OP) is an integrated business management process first developed in the 1980s aimed at achieving better alignment and synchronization between the supply chain, production and sales functions. A properly implemented S&OP process routinely...
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Topics:
Planning,
SaaS,
Sales,
Forecast,
Mobile Technology,
Operational Performance Management (OPM),
Human Capital,
Supply Chain Planning,
Analytics,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Cloud Computing,
Business Performance Management (BPM),
Financial Performance Management (FPM),
Sales Performance Management (SPM),
Sales Planning,
Supply Chain,
Supply Chain Performance Management (SCPM),
Demand Chain,
Integrated Business Planning,
SCM Demand Planning,
S&OP
Workday Financial Management (which belongs in the broader ERP software category) appears to be gaining traction in the market, having matured sufficiently to be attractive to a large audience of buyers. It was built from the ground up as a cloud application. While that gives it the advantage of a fresh approach to structuring its data and process models for the cloud, the product has had to catch up to its rivals in functionality. The company’s ERP offering has matured considerably over the...
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Topics:
Microsoft,
SAP,
ERP,
FP&A,
NetSuite,
Office of Finance,
Operational Performance Management (OPM),
Reporting,
close,
closing,
Controller,
dashboard,
Human Capital,
Reconciliation,
Tax,
Analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Cloud Computing,
Collaboration,
IBM,
Oracle,
Uncategorized,
Business Performance Management (BPM),
CFO,
Data,
finance,
Financial Performance Management (FPM),
Financial Performance Management,
FPM,
Intacct
