NEW FSN FEATURE Tightening your belt? Are you making the most out of your forecasting systems? 21st April 2008 With media attention turning to the possibility of recession businesses will increasingly look to reduce the size of their cost base. For those with limited experience of a downturn the temptation is to make wholesale cuts across the business, for example a five percent reduction in overheads in every department. But such arbitrary cost cutting rarely fails to deliver a desirable outcome and potentially could be very damaging in the medium to long term. Gary Simon , FSN's managing editor examines how performance management systems can help. (more) LATEST NEWS • Clarity Systems chosen by five airlines to improve corporate performance management • Clarity Systems launches budgeting, planning and reporting for Lawyers • Business Objects CEO John Schwarz named to SAP Executive Board • Business Objects unveils BusinessObjects XI 3.0 • Omnicom selects Cognos for enterprise planning     Delivering Strategic Advantage using Business Intelligence How a combination of the right methodology, resources and partner can avoid many of the pitfalls associated with these projects. Performance management – have we got it inside-out? Who is responsible for scanning the horizon and challenging the business? Gary Simon, FSN's managing editor reports. Most popular pages this month How automating the ‘Procure-to-Pay' process delivers business advantage Meeting the challenge of HR Planning with Clarity 6 Capital Expense Planning SAP expands portfolio of Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Solutions How pre-packaged HR Analytics can accelerate the delivery of strategic advantage Managing the move to an extended Shared Service Centre (SSC) BI, BPM & CPM PRODUCT NEWS     • Cognos 8 BI V3 is launched worldwide by Cognos • Business Objects' EPM positioned as a leader in Gartner's corporate performance management quadrant • Cognos reports third quarter fiscal year 2008 financial results • Business Objects to partner for Predictive Analytics • Infor releases latest version of Performance Management Software • Clarity Systems Reports Record Year-End 2007 Results • IBM to acquire Cognos to accelerate “Information on Demand” business initiative • Cognos completes acquisition of Applix BI, BPM & CPM CUSTOMER WINS     • NCH chooses Cognos TM1for budgeting and financial management • Swarovski acquires Fujitsu Siemens servers to accelerate BI • ACE European Group selects SAP Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC) • Unite Group chooses Cognos technology to support growth • Gold Medal Travel implements Applix for budgeting • GSL selects OutlookSoft to accelerate Fast Close • Provident International chooses Applix for its global consolidations and forecasting • Harvard Pilgrim Health Care selects Clarity Systems OTHER FEATURES     • Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting Processes – Ensuring User Adoption • Does budgeting using Activity Based Budgeting (ABB) gives a more accurate picture of performance? • Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting Processes – Scoping the Project • Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting Processes – Project Roles • Cognos disappears into IBM – so where to now for the BI and performance management market? • Why ABC/M and Profitability Measurement is crucial to services and shared services businesses. • Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting Processes – Planning Models vs Business Intelligence Tools • Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting Processes – “The Planning Data Mart”? • ABC/M and Profitability Measurement and Management • Cognos' acquisition of Applix to bolster high end Financial Performance Management • Implementing Activity Based Costing ABC/M without tears (PART 2) • Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting Processes – the Case for Change • Implementing Activity Based Costing ABC/M without tears • Introducing Activity Based Costing (ABC) and Activity Based Management (ABM) • Acute shortages of performance management skills could be short lived • Activity Based Budgeting (ABB) is catching on • 80 % of companies are stagnating or declining says Hackett • FSN White Paper: an Excel based approach to delivering Business Intelligence (BI) over the web   About Us Privacy Policy Contact Us Copyright © 2006 FSN Publishing Limited. All Rights Reserved. Use of this website signifies your agreement to the Terms of Use.