Question: Whoever said spreadsheets were a great way to run a business? Answer: Nobody. Ever. The reason: Spreadsheets are notoriously unreliable. In one of the...
Question: Whoever said spreadsheets were a great way to run a business? Answer: Nobody. Ever. The reason: Spreadsheets are notoriously unreliable. In one of the biggest studies of its kind, an analysis of thousands of spreadsheets from the archive of failed energy giant Enron found that almost one-quarter of them contained errors. And Enron was hardly alone: a 2015 study of 1,200 UK decision makers by FIF9 revealed that nearly 1 in 5 large businesses have suffered direct...
Question: Whoever said spreadsheets were a great way to run a business? Answer: Nobody. Ever. The reason: Spreadsheets are notoriously unreliable. In one of the biggest studies of its kind, an...
Businesses have never been under greater pressure to improve performance and remain profitable, and are increasingly relying upon the CFO to help them achieve...
Businesses have never been under greater pressure to improve performance and remain profitable, and are increasingly relying upon the CFO to help them achieve this. According to Oracle’s own research, 53% of finance leaders say their organization demands more of them than ever. The problem for CFOs is that they often have to optimize value based on a troublingly incomplete view of profit and costs. Fragmented systems and a siloed approach to data continue to stand in the way,...
Businesses have never been under greater pressure to improve performance and remain profitable, and are increasingly relying upon the CFO to help them achieve this. According to Oracle’s own research,...
By Gilles Demarquet, Senior Principal, Oracle EPM Cloud When Kraft Foods merged with the H.J. Heinz Company in 2015, the new entity was facing a tight timeline....
By Gilles Demarquet, Senior Principal, Oracle EPM Cloud When Kraft Foods merged with the H.J. Heinz Company in 2015, the new entity was facing a tight timeline. Kraft Heinz wanted to move 1,500 finance users, across 40 countries, in five time zones, onto a single planning and budgeting system—and they wanted it done quickly. Prior to the merger, planning and budgeting was done with spreadsheets—prone to human error, and not scalable enough for the new company, which now has...
By Gilles Demarquet, Senior Principal, Oracle EPM Cloud When Kraft Foods merged with the H.J. Heinz Company in 2015, the new entity was facing a tight timeline. Kraft Heinz wanted to move...
By Toby Hatch, Senior Product Marketing Director, Oracle EPM Cloud Healthcare is a complex business. Whether you are a healthcare payor or a provider, you have...
By Toby Hatch, Senior Product Marketing Director, Oracle EPM Cloud Healthcare is a complex business. Whether you are a healthcare payor or a provider, you have cost and revenue/funding complexities that are difficult to track—and therefore, difficult to change. So how can you simplify those complexities to ensure you are getting the biggest bang for your healthcare buck? Put the power in the hands of the business users—not IT. Enable them to analyze data and test scenarios to...
By Toby Hatch, Senior Product Marketing Director, Oracle EPM Cloud Healthcare is a complex business. Whether you are a healthcare payor or a provider, you have cost and revenue/funding complexities...
A few days ago, British Prime Minister Theresa May outlined her plan for taking the UK out of the European Union—the first of many steps in a process that is...
A few days ago, British Prime Minister Theresa May outlined her plan for taking the UK out of the European Union—the first of many steps in a process that is expected to take a couple of years. In the wake of the surprise referendum result, our European colleagues decided to conduct a survey of the business landscape—especially as it relates to finance directors, CFOs, and other leaders with finance responsibilities. Many finance leaders admit that they were caught off guard...
A few days ago, British Prime Minister Theresa May outlined her plan for taking the UK out of the European Union—the first of many steps in a process that is expected to take a couple of years. In...
by Laurent Dechaux, Vice President, Digital Finance, Oracle @LaurentDechaux For the CFO who favours a quiet life, the economic uncertainty and political change...
by Laurent Dechaux, Vice President, Digital Finance, Oracle @LaurentDechaux For the CFO who favours a quiet life, the economic uncertainty and political change that have defined 2016 have certainly disrupted the peace. Finance leaders were already under considerable pressure to modernize business processes and help their organization stay ahead of disruptive competitors, and June’s EU referendum vote has only made their jobs more complicated. The Brexit vote caught many...
by Laurent Dechaux, Vice President, Digital Finance, Oracle @LaurentDechaux For the CFO who favours a quiet life, the economic uncertainty and political change that have defined 2016 have certainly...
Where do you want your business to go? And how do you plan to get there? According to the results of a CGMA study, The Digital Finance Imperative, CFOs are...
Where do you want your business to go? And how do you plan to get there? According to the results of a CGMA study, The Digital Finance Imperative, CFOs are losing sleep over the ever-accelerating pace of change. With new digital business models and KPIs springing up almost overnight, CFOs recognize that they need to lead their companies in bold, new directions. Yet the majority feel that they lack the necessary information and tools to help them get there. Do you have the...
Where do you want your business to go? And how do you plan to get there? According to the results of a CGMA study, The Digital Finance Imperative, CFOs are losing sleep over the ever-accelerating pace...
by David Ebert, Director of Higher Education, Oracle Attracting new students often depends on how well colleges and universities can innovate. Should you invest...
by David Ebert, Director of Higher Education, Oracle Attracting new students often depends on how well colleges and universities can innovate. Should you invest more in cutting-edge programs that address the latest environmental or technological challenges? How about investments in non-academic programs, such as athletics? In some cases, you may want to consider expanding certain courses or delivering them differently—via online or hybrid classrooms, for example. Or, it might...
by David Ebert, Director of Higher Education, Oracle Attracting new students often depends on how well colleges and universities can innovate. Should you invest more in cutting-edge programs...
By Emma Greene, Senior Director Applications, Global Marketing The potential of digital developments is enormous, creating new opportunities and obstacles for...
By Emma Greene, Senior Director Applications, Global Marketing The potential of digital developments is enormous, creating new opportunities and obstacles for finance teams around the globe, every day. Many companies may be able to survive, but the real question is: can they thrive in this new working world? Finance leaders like you need to make the most of the latest innovations; redefine annual reports and eliminate errors in narrative disclosures; throw out aging budgeting...
By Emma Greene, Senior Director Applications, Global Marketing The potential of digital developments is enormous, creating new opportunities and obstacles for finance teams around the globe, every...
