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5 Tips for Effective Budget Management
By following these five practical tips, you can ensure your business stays on track and makes the most of its financial resources.
Unlocking Business Potential The Power of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for Small Businesses
KPIs enable businesses to measure, monitor, and optimize their performance, providing valuable insights that can drive growth and deliver hidden insights.
6 Essential Tasks to Prepare Your Business for a Successful New Year
As we approach the end of the year, it's crucial for businesses to take stock of their achievements and lay the groundwork for future success.
4 Biggest Challenges of the Budgeting Process – and How to Solve Them
Creating a budget comes with its own built-in challenges. Here at Clear Insight, we have developed actionable solutions to each challenge.
6 Things Your Business Should Do Before 2021 Ends
As the year comes to an end, this is a great time to both reflect on this year’s success as well as prepare for the upcoming year. Take this time to analyze what you did right this year and what you can improve on for next year.
It’s Time to Plan your IBM TM1 Upgrade to IBM Planning Analytics
Specifically, TM1 10.2.0 will be out of support by September 2018 and TM1 10.2.2 will be out of support by September 2019. Now is the perfect time to focus on a Health Check and upgrade of your IBM and planning solution. The good news is that IBM has taken TM1 to the next level with new enhancements and a whole new self-service web interface and renamed it Planning Analytics.
Update your forecasts when you want to
Update your forecasts when you want to Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to update your forecasts on a quarterly basis rather than annually? Budgeting, planning and forecasting has typically been an annual process because of the time, effort and money involved. Collecting data from multiple sources, consolidating it, checking it, refining it, [...]
3 Reasons Rolling Forecasts Can Drive Real ROI
3 Reasons Rolling Forecasts Can Drive Real ROI Today's business environment is moving at a lightning pace. Many businesses increasingly struggle to keep up. With the advent of big data, organizations are seeing a constant stream of information come their way. They're under pressure to respond quickly to market demands. Plus, these organizations want [...]
Alternatives To Excel That Are Better For Budgeting And Planning
Alternatives To Excel That Are Better For Budgeting And Planning Excel has its uses, but budgeting and planning should not be one of them. Moving beyond Excel When it comes to budgeting and planning, the software you choose is crucial. You want your business’ operations to run smoothly, so you need software that can [...]
Driver-Based Scenario Planning Best Practices
Driver-Based Scenario Planning Best Practices When it comes to your annual budgeting and forecasting processes, do any of these statements sound familiar? It takes too long. It's already out of date before it's even finished. It doesn't help me track any real objectives. For most of you, the [...]
How Big Data Analytics Can Help Businesses Learn And Grow
How Big Data Analytics Can Help Businesses Learn And Grow There is information out there that can help your business succeed. This information will give you insight into how consumers think, how to effectively manage your company, how to budget, how to plan, how to gain competitive advantages and most importantly, how to consistently [...]
How To Streamline Your Budget Process & Planning With IBM Cognos TM1
How To Streamline Your Budget Process & Planning With IBM Cognos TM1 As the economy shifts, it’s important for businesses to adapt. Through strategic planning, budgeting and analysis, we can aim for better business outcomes, regardless of the economic climate. We need to address performance gaps, forecast accordingly and ensure that our financial targets [...]