Enhancing the Value of ERP
9/2/2008 - Companies Routinely Underuse This Core IT Asset
Robert D. Kugel CFA
The Pricing Is Right
9/2/2008 - Optimizing Revenue in Troubled Times and Beyond
Robert D. Kugel, CFA
ERP?s Overlooked Value
9/2/2008 - Executives Underrate This Software?s Contribution to Their Company?s Performance
Robert D. Kugel CFA
Softscape Apex 2008 Enhances Workforce Performance
8/15/2008 - New Release Brings Sophisticated Improvements to an Integrated Suite
Mark Smith
SEC Formally Proposes XBRL Reporting
7/25/2008 - Largest Companies Would Have To Tag Filings for Calendar Year 2008
Robert D. Kugel CFA
More From Adaptive Planning
7/25/2008 - New release offers expanded capabilities
Robert D. Kugel CFA
XBRL Made Easier
7/25/2008 - Here Are the First Three Steps for Large Accelerated Filers
Robert D. Kugel CFA
Planning for Price Volatility
7/25/2008 - Traditional Budgets and Plans Fall Short When Prices Change Rapidly
Robert D. Kugel CFA
Quality Time for Planning and Budgeting
6/27/2008 - Companies Need To Focus on What Matters Most
Robert D. Kugel CFA
Technology Drives Faster Accounting Close
6/20/2008 - Use the Right Software To Speed the Process
Robert D. Kugel CFA
Spending the Right Time on Planning and Budgeting
6/20/2008 - Companies Should Focus Not on the Amount of Time but on How They Use It
Robert D. Kugel CFA
Better Planning and Budgeting
6/13/2008 - Rethink the Purpose, Scope and Objectives of Your Process
Robert D. Kugel CFA
Make Planning More Strategic
6/6/2008 - Benchmark Research Shows Companies Can Improve Planning and Budgeting
Robert D. Kugel CFA
Make Faster Closing a Reality
6/6/2008 - Providing Actionable Information Sooner Can Improve Performance
Robert D. Kugel CFA
Reducing Tax Burdens through Software
6/6/2008 - Even Small and Midsize Companies Can Automate Management of Sales and Use Taxes
Robert D. Kugel CFA
Sales and Operations Planning Is Immature
6/6/2008 - Companies Must Focus on Continuous Improvement
Robert D. Kugel CFA
ExpenseWatch Helps Control Spending
5/14/2008 - Midsize companies should automate expense management
Robert D. Kugel CFA
Spending Wisely
4/23/2008 - Midsize Companies Must Automate Requisition-to-Pay Cycle
Robert D. Kugel CFA
IT Performance Management Research Agenda for 2008
4/1/2008 - Increased IT Complexity Requires Focus on Management Insights
Mark Smith
Financial Performance Management Research Agenda for 2008
2/22/2008 - Focus Is on Effectiveness, Not Just Efficiency
Robert D. Kugel CFA
Improving IT Spending Effectiveness
2/22/2008 - IT Needs Better, Not More, Accountability
Robert D. Kugel CFA
Expanding Finance?s Horizons
2/22/2008 - Planning and Reporting Must Include External Information
Robert D. Kugel CFA
Modeling and Analysis Tricks for Finance and Business
2/22/2008 - Quantrix Tool Complements Spreadsheets
Robert D. Kugel CFA
Dealing with IT Complexity
2/1/2008 - Successfully managing financial performance includes addressing IT complexity
Robert D. Kugel CFA
Priorities for Management Reporting in 2008
1/25/2008 - To improve performance, companies must extend the scope of their reporting
Robert D. Kugel CFA
Managing Customer Profitability
1/25/2008 - A Strategic Initiative for Finance Executives
Robert D. Kugel CFA
Working Better with Spreadsheets
1/4/2008 - Companies must take a fresh approach to using this important business tool
Robert D. Kugel CFA
How To Make Taxes Less Taxing
1/4/2008 - Automating processes for sales and use taxes can help large and midsize companies
Robert D. Kugel CFA
Don?t Treat Real Estate as a Fixed Cost
1/4/2008 - Companies can benefit from managing occupancy more actively
Robert D. Kugel CFA
Spreadsheets and Reporting: Anatomy of a Problem
12/7/2007 - Attractive alternatives to spreadsheets exist for automating recurring reporting
Robert D Kugel CFA
Resolving the Spreadsheet Paradox
11/30/2007 - Practical solutions to spreadsheet problems exist
Robert D. Kugel CFA
Oracle Buys S&OP Provider Interlace
11/19/2007 - Acquisition will strengthen enterprise performance management offering
Ventana Research
Facing the Spreadsheet Paradox
11/19/2007 - ?Easy and free? comes with trials and errors
Robert D. Kugel CFA
Better Discovery Management and Control of Spreadsheets
11/9/2007 - Compassoft releases version 3.5
Robert D. Kugel, CFA
XBRL Tracks the Double Bottom Line
9/21/2007 - Socially responsible example shows standardized format is useful for more than regulatory reporting
Robert D. Kugel CFA
Cognos Antes Up Big for Applix
9/19/2007 - Acquisition should enhance financial performance management portfolio
Robert D. Kugel CFA
InetSoft Brings Operational BI Alive in iSuite 9
8/3/2007 - New release integrates collaborative and exploratory capabilities
Mark Smith
A Shot of eXpresso for Spreadsheets
7/27/2007 - SaaS application is designed for collaboration
Robert D. Kugel CFA
Deep in the Heart of Taxes
7/27/2007 - Better data management is the first step in minimizing tax exposure
Robert D. Kugel CFA
Adaptive Planning Advances Finance via SaaS
7/20/2007 - Powerful, economical alternative to spreadsheet-based approach
Robert D. Kugel CFA
The ERP Steering Committee
7/20/2007 - Taking the first step to achieving a higher return on this major software investment
Robert D. Kugel CFA
Midsize Companies Really Are Different
7/20/2007 - Research highlights the unique requirements and challenges of midsize companies
Robert D. Kugel CFA
Saving Time and Taxes
7/20/2007 - Having more time to consider how to minimize corporate tax liabilities
Robert D. Kugel CFA
Feed Your Financial Redheaded Stepchildren
7/20/2007 - High ROI opportunities may lie in neglected parts of your business
Robert D. Kugel CFA
When CFOs Should Consider SaaS
7/13/2007 - Increasing options are attracting finance organizations
Robert D. Kugel CFA
Don?t Mind the GAAP
7/13/2007 - Manage to operational and financial metrics, not just accounting numbers
Robert D. Kugel CFA
Software Drives a Fast, Clean Close
7/6/2007 - Research shows the right tools help improve results
Robert D. Kugel CFA
Hello Sarbanes-Oxley Lite
7/3/2007 - Sharp pain becomes dull ache
Robert D. Kugel CFA
Better Process Enables Faster Close
6/29/2007 - Research shows that process management produces results
Robert D. Kugel CFA
Midsize Companies Need Better and More Visible Information
6/29/2007 - Research shows considerable gap between what they have and what they need
Robert D. Kugel CFA
An Opportunity To Manage Performance Management
6/29/2007 - Y-Change improves processes and programs for strategies and initiatives
Mark Smith
Closing Faster Should Have Priority
6/19/2007 - Research shows some companies have made progress, but more is needed
Robert. D Kugel CFA
Making Real Estate Strategic
6/1/2007 - Accruent enables companies to cut real estate costs and manage sites more effectively
Robert D. Kugel CFA
The French Connection
6/1/2007 - Business Objects Set To Acquire Cartesis
Robert D. Kugel CFA
Consolidating with OutlookSoft
6/1/2007 - SAP takes another step into performance management with latest acquisition
Robert D. Kugel CFA
French Connection of Business Objects and Cartesis
5/11/2007 - Acquisition will yield stronger player in financial performance management
Robert D. Kugel CFA
The Importance of Planning in Midsize Companies
5/8/2007 - Appropriate planning and budgeting is key to performance management
Robert D. Kugel CFA
CFOs of Midsize Companies Can Do More
4/27/2007 - IT helps Finance take a strategic role
Robert D. Kugel, CFA
The Effective CFO
4/17/2007 - For finance leaders, efficiency isn?t enough any more
Robert D. Kugel CFA
Financial Performance Management Research Agenda for 2007
4/17/2007 - IT can help Finance take a leadership role
Robert D. Kugel CFA
Information Technology Maturity Benefits Midsize Companies
4/17/2007 - The right IT environment can improve management execution
Robert D. Kugel CFA
A Bigger and Better Convergence
4/17/2007 - Microsoft Dynamics shows growth and progress
Robert D. Kugel CFA
Alight Shines on Planning
4/12/2007 - Dedicated planning and budgeting software aims to make midsize companies more competitive
Robert D. Kugel CFA
Boardwalktech Offers To Manage Spreadsheets
4/10/2007 - Finding a middle way between spreadsheet anarchy and enterprise application rigidity
Robert D. Kugel CFA
The Better Spreadsheet
3/2/2007 - It?s possible to retain ease of use while increasing control and accuracy
Robert D. Kugel CFA
Tagging Financial Statements with XBRL Benefits Everyone
2/22/2007 - Test shows use of technology is straightforward, inexpensive and quick
Robert D. Kugel CFA
Keep Sales and Operations Planning Simple
1/17/2007 - Research shows that best-performing companies create aggregate plans and review them monthly
Ventana Research
Infor Goes Forward
12/22/2006 - Company presents new strategy after merger
Robert Kugel
It?s a Materiality World
12/14/2006 - The compliance pendulum swings to sustain competitiveness in capital markets
Robert Kugel
Scoping Out the Emerging Spreadsheet Management Market
12/7/2006 - Ventana Research forecasts rapid growth in demand through 2011
Robert Kugel
Planning 9 from Lawson
11/21/2006 - Company releases updated budgeting and planning application
Robert Kugel
Taming Sarbanes-Oxley
11/21/2006 - How far will the SEC and PCAOB go?
Robert Kugel
Selecting PerformancePoint or FRx
11/21/2006 - Microsoft offers business analytics for different sizes of organizations
Robert Kugel
Finance Must Play a Role in Sales and Operations Planning
11/16/2006 - Research shows top companies regularly merge financial outlook with sales and operational plans
Ventana Research
LAFing Matters May Not Be Funny
11/8/2006 - Some companies don?t seem ready for shorter filing deadlines
Robert D. Kugel CFA
Leaders and Laggards in ERP
11/2/2006 - Not many companies use their systems as effectively as they could
Robert D. Kugel CFA
Accounting Should Change with the Times
10/24/2006 - Smart companies will divide statutory and management accounting into parallel processes
Robert Kugel
New Analytics for Cartesis 10
10/24/2006 - Additional facilities increase capabilities of suite
Robert Kugel
Joint Close for Hyperion and Movaris
10/24/2006 - Companies announce strategic marketing arrangement
Robert Kugel
Patently Not
10/24/2006 - Hyperion loses patent infringement suit against OutlookSoft
Robert Kugel
Cutting SOX Compliance Costs
10/24/2006 - Companies must accelerate transition to a sustainable process
Robert Kugel
When ERP Is Not the Right Choice
10/23/2006 - ERP can do more for your company ? but it doesn?t do everything
Robert D. Kugel CFA
Longview Buys a SODA
10/19/2006 - Platform facilitates automation of processes for finance and performance management
Robert D. Kugel CFA
SEC Helps XBRL Take Off
10/12/2006 - Agency will fund projects that encourage adoption
Robert D. Kugel CFA
Spreadsheet Auditing Cuts Risk
10/10/2006 - New technology from Compassoft audits and governs spreadsheets
Mark Smith
A New Version of New Spreadsheets
10/10/2006 - Actuate releases Actuate 9 e.Spreadsheet
Robert D. Kugel
A Virtuous Cycle of Value
9/28/2006 - It pays off to make IT spending more effective
Robert D. Kugel
Roadblocks to Greater ERP Success
9/28/2006 - Misperceptions may be keeping your company from a greater ROI
Robert D. Kugel
Spreadsheets Enter the 21st Century (Part Two)
9/28/2006 - XBRL tagging will become indispensable
Robert D. Kugel
Spreadsheets Enter the 21st Century
9/27/2006 - New capabilities will address critical shortcomings
Robert D. Kugel
Business Objects Gets ABCs
9/27/2006 - Acquiring ALG software will aid approach to Finance
Robert D. Kugel
SSA Offers Integrated BI
9/27/2006 - Beyond spreadsheets for reporting and analysis
Robert D. Kugel
Get More from Your ERP Investment
9/15/2006 - It?s time to take ERP to the next level of performance
Robert D. Kugel
The Next Level of IT Governance
9/15/2006 - Beyond what technology costs to buy, there?s what it costs to own
Robert D. Kugel
Strong CIO, Strong IT Budget
9/11/2006 - Effective CIOs are rewarded for good management
Robert D. Kugel
Sarbanes-Oxley Starts a Foreign Affair
8/14/2006 - Flight of IPOs from U.S. points to challenges ahead for securities regulation
Robert D. Kugel
Microsoft Selects Initiate Systems for Customer Data Integration
7/25/2006 - Does it signal convergence of operational and analytic MDM?
Ventana Research
XBRL or Master Data Management?
7/25/2006 - Sometimes the choice is clear, sometimes not
Robert D. Kugel
Varicent Automates Sales Compensation Management
7/20/2006 - Suite is simple yet comprehensive
Mark Smith
Maxager Technology Announces Release 7
7/7/2006 - Enterprise profit optimization software uses velocity concept to maximize ROA
Ventana Research
Cognos Announces Planning Applications for Manufacturers
7/7/2006 - New blueprints could change the market for operational performance planning
Ventana Research
Informatica Offers Data Integration on Demand
6/2/2006 - Software leader elevates importance of managing decentralized business data
Mark Smith
SOX Is Wearing Everyone
6/1/2006 - Smaller companies still have to comply with the law
Robert D. Kugel
Midsize Bank Implements Planning
5/26/2006 - Prophix tool enables more effective management
Robert D. Kugel
IBM Unveils New Master Data Management Software
5/25/2006 - Release handles product master data for retail and manufacturing
David Waddington
Business Objects and Purisma Announce Technology Partnership
5/18/2006 - Business intelligence and customer data integration will come together
Ventana Research
Diagnosing An MDM Malaise
5/18/2006 - How to tell if you have problems with master data
Ventana Research
Be My Host
4/28/2006 - SAP to offer a hosted version of mySAP All-in-One
Robert D. Kugel
Cognos Evolves Performance Management
4/27/2006 - Company deepening its focus in finance and looking to operations
Robert D. Kugel
MDM for Operations and Analytics
4/27/2006 - Varying technology and business approaches provide options
David Waddington
Making Finance Turnaround Times
4/27/2006 - Hyperion to acquire UpStream?s data integration technology
Ventana Research
Oracle Re-Enters BI Market Seeking Leadership Position
4/25/2006 - Acquisition of Siebel brings new BI technology, applications and strategy
Mark Smith
Financial Performance Management Leadership Topics for the CFO
4/5/2006 - Here?s our annual list for 2006
Robert D. Kugel
No Need to Fear XBRL
3/20/2006 - SEC supports flexibility and openness
Robert D. Kugel
Performance Management ? A Grand Opportunity to Improve
3/15/2006 - Managing performance is at the core of every organization?s mission
Mark Smith
Coming Soon: Your Next ERP System
3/2/2006 - Companies face crucial choices in enterprise software and not just enterprise applications
Robert D. Kugel
Making the Audit Pay
3/2/2006 - Regulatory compliance effectiveness often brings operating efficiency
Robert D. Kugel
Dedicated to Success in Workforce Performance
3/2/2006 - Authoria leads competition to manage recruitment, compensation and goals
Mark Smith
Workscape Promotes Enterprise Compensation Management
2/28/2006 - New release brings more providers into pay for performance
Mark Smith
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
2/20/2006 - Companies reluctant to adopt XBRL in SEC pilot program
Robert D. Kugel
How Low Can You Go?
2/20/2006 - Sarbanes-Oxley compliance costs declining
Robert D. Kugel
The Danger of XBRL
2/20/2006 - New standard could become a back door for regulating the chart of accounts
Robert D. Kugel
ERP Research Agenda for 2006
1/18/2006 - Innovation is the focus in the coming year
Robert D. Kugel
Financial Performance Management Research Agenda for 2006
1/18/2006 - There are many ways to enhance Finance?s effectiveness
Robert D. Kugel
Actuate Scores Performancesoft
1/16/2006 - Enterprise reporting company is acquiring performance management scorecard supplier
Robert D. Kugel
Is SOX Working?
1/16/2006 - Home Depot will be the test case
Robert D. Kugel
Cartesis Adds Planning and Budgeting to Suite
1/16/2006 - Company releases ES Planning and ES Information Delivery
Robert D. Kugel