Building Your Business Case to Transform the Role of Finance (by Neil Krefsky, Feb 23, 2015)
A new business case by SAP, "Run Finance a Simpler Way", focuses on the changing role of finance and the steps you need to employ to succeed.
New Interactive Video: How You Can Run Finance a Simpler Way (by Neil Krefsky, Feb 16, 2015)
A new interactive video brings to life how SAP Simple Finance empowers various executives by addressing their key business pains and helping them become a truly valued business partner across the entire enterprise.
Accelerating the Time to Action (by Neil Krefsky, Feb 9, 2015)
90% of senior finance executives surveyed by CFO Research said their companies are not content to stand pat and are seeking to become more profitable in 2015. However, improvements in profitability will likely have to come from the same resources as 2014 given the reluctance of most firms to add costs without a clearly defined payback.
All I Want for 2015 is a Lean & Mean Central Journal HANA Machine (by Kris Stono, Feb 2, 2015)
It’s a time of New Year resolutions involving a desire to shed those redundant kilos, so why not apply this to our enterprises systems?
Finance's Key Enablement Role to Drive Profitable Growth (by Neil Krefsky, Feb 3, 2015)
Recent CFO Research found that finance executives believe line-of-business managers have no trouble accessing critical data, but they need to work closely with their colleagues in finance to derive meaning from the data and turn it into timely actions that improve business results.
Fueling Finance's Need for Speed with Technology (by Neil Krefsky, Jan 26, 2015)
CFO Research found that 87% of senior finance executive responders said managers need to analyze financial and performance data much more quickly in order to meet their companies’ targets for profitable growth. But, despite this “need for speed,” only 12% of survey respondents indicate that their finance function can respond to requests from business managers in “real time.”