SYSPRO is a 35-year-old ERP vendor that focuses on products for midsize companies, particularly those in manufacturing and distribution. In manufacturing, SYSPRO supports make, configure and assemble, engineer to order, make to stock and job shop environments. The company attempts to differentiate itself through vertical specialization and its years of ongoing development, which can reduce the need for customization and cut the cost of initial and ongoing configuration to suit the needs of companies in these industries, thereby cutting the total cost of ownership. Worldwide its targeted verticals include electronics, food, machinery and equipment and medical devices; in the United States, it adds automotive parts (original equipment and after-market) and energy.
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Topics:
Performance Management,
ERP,
Human Capital Management,
Office of Finance,
Operational Performance Management (OPM),
Reporting,
cloud ERP,
container,
Analytics,
Business Analytics,
Cloud Computing,
Collaboration,
Dashboards,
Business Performance Management (BPM),
Financial Performance Management (FPM),
Supply Chain,
Supply Chain Performance Management (SCPM),
SCM,
S&OP,
Digital Technology
Financial management software provider Intacct recently held its seventh annual user conference. In addition to a long list of enhancements in current and upcoming product releases, the company used the occasion to announce Intacct Collaborate, a capability built into its software that enables finance and accounting organizations to work together to answer questions or resolve issues while performing a process. Our benchmark research shows that collaboration ranks second in importance behind analytics as a technology innovation priority. Collaborative capabilities in software will multiply over the next several years as software transitions from the rigid constructs established in the client/server days, which force users to adapt to the limitations of the software, to fluid and dynamic designs that mold themselves around the needs of the user. A while back, I noted that finance and accounting organizations need collaborative capabilities although they might not realize it. At the same time, finance departments have their own requirements for these systems that reflect the character and constraints of the work they do. This means narrowcast, not broadcast, feeds (Finance doesn’t want a Facebook or Twitter experience because it considers much of what it does to be confidential) and in-context collaborative capabilities to simplify the working environment.
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Topics:
Performance Management,
Salesforce.com,
ERP,
Human Capital Management,
NetSuite,
Office of Finance,
Reporting,
cloud ERP,
Analytics,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Chatter,
Cloud Computing,
Collaboration,
Dashboards,
Business Performance Management (BPM),
Financial Performance Management (FPM),
FinancialForce,
Sales Performance Management (SPM),
Intacct
Financial management software provider Intacct recently held its fourth annual user conference. In addition to a long list of enhancements in current and upcoming product releases, the company used the occasion to announce Intacct Collaborate, a capability built into its software that enables finance and accounting organizations to work together to answer questions or resolve issues while performing a process. Our benchmark research shows that collaboration ranks second in importance behind analytics as a technology innovation priority. Collaborative capabilities in software will multiply over the next several years as software transitions from the rigid constructs established in the client/server days, which force users to adapt to the limitations of the software, to fluid and dynamic designs that mold themselves around the needs of the user. A while back, I noted that finance and accounting organizations need collaborative capabilities although they might not realize it. At the same time, finance departments have their own requirements for these systems that reflect the character and constraints of the work they do. This means narrowcast, not broadcast, feeds (Finance doesn’t want a Facebook or Twitter experience because it considers much of what it does to be confidential) and in-context collaborative capabilities to simplify the working environment.
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Topics:
Performance Management,
Salesforce.com,
ERP,
Human Capital Management,
NetSuite,
Office of Finance,
Reporting,
cloud ERP,
Analytics,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Chatter,
Cloud Computing,
Collaboration,
Dashboards,
Business Performance Management (BPM),
Financial Performance Management (FPM),
FinancialForce,
Sales Performance Management (SPM),
Intacct
If you’re considering purchasing a financial performance management (FPM) suite, you shouldn’t overlook a recent entrant in the category, Tagetik (which sort of rhymes with “magnetic”). The company, which was founded in 1986 and is based in Lucca, Italy, began by focusing mainly on Europe, but has extended its efforts in the United States in the past two years. Tagetik 4.0 is an elegant implementation of a financial performance management suite running on Microsoft’s SharePoint infrastructure.
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Topics:
Big Data,
Planning,
Office of Finance,
Reporting,
Budgeting,
close,
Consolidation,
Controller,
SharePoint,
XBRL,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Dashboards,
Business Performance Management (BPM),
CFO,
Financial Performance Management (FPM),
Tagetik,
Workforce Performance Management (WPM),
FPM
A main reason why desktop spreadsheets are pervasive in midsize companies (which we define as those with 100 to 1,000 employees) is that these organizations do not have the financial and manpower resources to implement and maintain traditional enterprise business intelligence and performance management systems. To address this gap in the market, several years ago IBM Cognos launched Express, a business intelligence and planning software package designed specifically for midsize companies as well as independent workgroups within larger corporations. It’s a package designed for easy (and relatively inexpensive) implementation and maintenance, often by channel partners.
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Topics:
ERP,
Office of Finance,
Reporting,
Budgeting,
Analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Dashboards,
IBM,
Uncategorized,
CFO,
finance,
Financial Performance Management
