The old adage, “Doing more with less” has never been more relevant to the healthcare industry in the United States. Everybody wants to pay less for patient...
The old adage, “Doing more with less” has never been more relevant to the healthcare industry in the United States. Everybody wants to pay less for patient care, while achieving better clinical outcomes. This is putting tremendous cost pressures on the healthcare ecosystem—which is, in turn, driving the industry to consolidate. A recent HealthLeaders Media survey asked healthcare executives about their merger, acquisition, and partnership plans. Eighty-seven percent expected...
The old adage, “Doing more with less” has never been more relevant to the healthcare industry in the United States. Everybody wants to pay less for patient care, while achieving better...
By Bobby Ellis, Global Director - EPM, Datavail There’s no question: Microsoft Excel has helped a lot of organizations get off the ground. But at a certain...
By Bobby Ellis, Global Director - EPM, Datavail There’s no question: Microsoft Excel has helped a lot of organizations get off the ground. But at a certain level of growth, spreadsheet software is going to keep your organization grounded. A better solution for financial planning and analytics (FP&A) — including budgeting, planning and forecasting — is to migrate to a more shareable, scalable, and trackable finance solution like enterprise performance management (EPM) in the...
By Bobby Ellis, Global Director - EPM, Datavail There’s no question: Microsoft Excel has helped a lot of organizations get off the ground. But at a certain level of growth, spreadsheet software is...
By Emma Yu, Product Marketing Director, Oracle It’s a general principle that a company won’t survive long-term without innovating or transforming itself. This...
By Emma Yu, Product Marketing Director, Oracle It’s a general principle that a company won’t survive long-term without innovating or transforming itself. This is crystal clear if you look at the S&P 500, where the average time spent on the list has been decreasing for decades. It’s estimated that half of the S&P 500 will be replaced over the next 10 years. Among the common reasons why companies perish: the business filed for bankruptcy, lost major market share to competition,...
By Emma Yu, Product Marketing Director, Oracle It’s a general principle that a company won’t survive long-term without innovating or transforming itself. This is crystal clear if you look at the S&P...
We’ve written before in this blog about the risks associated with spreadsheets and the reasons finance managers hate them. But another risk has recently reared...
We’ve written before in this blog about the risks associated with spreadsheets and the reasons finance managers hate them. But another risk has recently reared its ugly head in the news: loss, theft, or unintended distribution. Last month it happened to a major US bank. As part of a legal discovery process, a law firm for the bank mistakenly disclosed information unrelated to the case—including spreadsheets filled with customer names, social security numbers, investment...
We’ve written before in this blog about the risks associated with spreadsheets and the reasons finance managers hate them. But another risk has recently reared its ugly head in the news: loss, theft,...
By Jeff Jacoby and Michael Gobbo, Oracle Research from the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and Oracle shows that finance teams want to be more...
By Jeff Jacoby and Michael Gobbo, Oracle Research from the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and Oracle shows that finance teams want to be more strategic—spending less time on data gathering and routine tasks, and more on data analysis and business influence. The research, Agile Finance Revealed: The New Operating Model for Modern Finance, found that the most agile finance teams have embraced a new operating model, encompassing three pillars: Greater efficiency through...
By Jeff Jacoby and Michael Gobbo, Oracle Research from the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and Oracle shows that finance teams want to be more strategic—spending less time on data gathering...
Research from the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and Oracle shows that finance teams want to be more strategic—spending less time on data gathering and...
Research from the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and Oracle shows that finance teams want to be more strategic—spending less time on data gathering and routine tasks, and more on data analysis and business influence. Finance leaders want to be operationally agile, able to shift gears quickly to provide this strategic leadership. Yet only 30 percent of survey respondents described their own finance functions as agile. The research found that that the following three traits...
Research from the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and Oracle shows that finance teams want to be more strategic—spending less time on data gathering and routine tasks, and more on data analysis and...
By Bart Stoehr, IP Program Director, Edgewater Ranzal Within an organization, technology is mission-critical to most business strategies, and IT costs represent...
By Bart Stoehr, IP Program Director, Edgewater Ranzal Within an organization, technology is mission-critical to most business strategies, and IT costs represent a significant portion of back office spend. Among their many responsibilities, the CFO and the CIO must make sure that: Technology spending is aligned with business strategy Business applications and end-user services are delivered efficiently and cost-effectively Coherent project portfolios that grow and transform...
By Bart Stoehr, IP Program Director, Edgewater Ranzal Within an organization, technology is mission-critical to most business strategies, and IT costs represent a significant portion of back office...
Recently, Oracle partnered with the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) to find out: How is the role of finance changing in the digital world? In what ways...
Recently, Oracle partnered with the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) to find out: How is the role of finance changing in the digital world? In what ways should the finance operating model shift to take advantage of new technologies and drive future growth? The resulting research, Agile Finance Revealed: The New Operating Model for Modern Finance, uncovers the traits of agile finance leaders and provides insight on how to build a modern, digitally-enabled finance function....
Recently, Oracle partnered with the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) to find out: How is the role of finance changing in the digital world? In what ways should the finance operating model shift to...
By Steve Cox, Group Vice President, ERP and EPM Product Marketing, Oracle Did you know that 35 percent of companies plan to create a shared finance and HR...
By Steve Cox, Group Vice President, ERP and EPM Product Marketing, Oracle Did you know that 35 percent of companies plan to create a shared finance and HR function within a year? That’s the result of a new MIT Technology Review global survey. The impetus for the switch? In a word, strategy. Nearly one-third of respondents see an opportunity to spend less time doing low-value work, freeing them up to focus on strategic priorities such as predictive analytics and hiring the...
By Steve Cox, Group Vice President, ERP and EPM Product Marketing, Oracle Did you know that 35 percent of companies plan to create a shared finance and HR function within a year? That’s the result...
