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Financial analytics and reporting

• 7 hurdles to using AI in accounting and finance

  Setting realistic expectations and using the same quality control measures that employees must follow can ensure success when you apply AI to financial data and processes.  Continue Reading

• Early use of AI for finance focused on operations, analytics

  CFOs are automating repetitive processes in accounts payable and reporting; widespread use of AI in finance is not likely in the near term. Here's a look at the issues.  Continue Reading

• Financial tools for business breathe life into transaction data

  No longer limited to simply crunching numbers, today's financial technologies can transform customer transaction data into improved operations, product development, CXs and ROIs.  Continue Reading

• Digital transformation of finance unleashes analytical minds

  Host Analytics CFO Dan Fletcher explains how finance technology supports growth and frees analysts from repetitive tasks to focus on strategic work.  Continue Reading

• Host Analytics FP&A software aids Digital Realty decision-making

  Digital Realty digitized financial planning and analysis to enable data-driven decisions. Here's a look at how that has enabled growth for the $3 billion business.  Continue Reading

• Beta tester imagines financial modeling software future

  The Seattle Sounders FC's finance department is testing new anomaly detection capabilities in Adaptive Insights, but it also wants to see external data used to probe anomalies.  Continue Reading

• Screen maker uses financial analytics to foresee future

  Polydeck Screen Corp., a company that provides screen media solutions, adopts cloud-based management software that enables it better access to financial data.  Continue Reading

• How to overcome digital transformation in finance challenges

  Companies like Bishop-Wisecarver and Convergint are facing challenges with employees and data while digitally transforming finance, but they're also discussing how to overcome them.  Continue Reading

• ERP reporting tool brings real estate firm closer to its data

  Spreadsheet Server from Insightsoftware saves a real estate management firm time creating reports from its operational ERP system data and improving reporting processes.  Continue Reading

• IT and staffing strategies for CFOs in digital finance

  For a successful digital transformation in finance, CFOs need IT staff support to select and implement the right technology and advanced analytical and data training for employees.  Continue Reading

• Make better business decisions with financial analytics

  Find out why finance is beginning to shift its emphasis on advanced and predictive analytics and the capability to use big data to support future business decisions.  Continue Reading

• SaaS enterprise financial applications inspire one platform

  Single cloud integration platforms are among the options, from simple to complex, for hooking up multiple business processes like HR, CRM and supply chains with SaaS financials.  Continue Reading

• Oracle ERP Cloud forced Cetera Financial to rethink ways

  Some users resisted Oracle SaaS platforms for ERP, EPM and HCM but came around to single entry point, modern tools for planning and budgeting, and familiar, Excel-based UIs.  Continue Reading

• Supply chain risk mitigation strategies on multiple fronts

  Experts say you can't tackle supply chain risk with a one-size-fits-all approach. It has to address many facets -- and supplier relationships are the key.  Continue Reading

• Supply chain risk management tools vary from generic to niche

  Specialized supply chain monitoring and risk tools exist, but you're more likely to use an assortment of general-purpose analytics, financial and GRC applications.  Continue Reading

• Fintech automation and AI may face trust issues

  Fintech automation is gaining the ability to negotiate and execute contracts. But users will first have to learn to trust financial automation before turning on this capability.  Continue Reading

• SaaS financial software proves to be right-size ERP replacement

  A SaaS analytics vendor itself, Market6 decided the cloud technology enabled it to add the revenue recognition and financial management features it needed, without ERP.  Continue Reading

• Sage Intacct's Reid on pending accounting standards changes

  In this Q&A, Rob Reid, managing director of Sage Intacct, discusses the new ASC 606 revenue recognition standards and what companies need to do to meet looming deadlines.  Continue Reading

• AI for finance adoption affected by legal, ethical issues

  Some experts say that for the foreseeable future, machine learning algorithms and other AI technologies will require human oversight for finance services and data privacy.  Continue Reading

• Using AI for finance is easy to imagine, but hard to do

  Chatbots, machine learning and fraud detection are real, and excitement is building for algorithms that can forecast better than humans. But true AI remains a slippery concept.  Continue Reading

• The risk analytics software your company really needs

  Risk analytics tools are more and more critical for CFOs seeking to improve operational efficiency. Just one problem: It can be hard to figure out just what those tools are.  Continue Reading

• CFOs turning to risk analytics software to spot financial, operational threats

  Regulatory compliance, loan covenants and currency risk are common targets, as organizations sift through ERP and other data looking for patterns that might give early warning.  Continue Reading

• The top five supply chain trends companies must address now

  Your company's supply chain is essential to making your customer happy -- and to making sure your company doesn't get left behind. Here's what you should know to ensure both.  Continue Reading

• How a triple bottom line approach benefits your company

  Increasingly, consumers are demanding that companies create strong sustainability and social responsibility efforts. Here's what you need to know.  Continue Reading

• Six essentials to becoming a data-driven company

  If you want to harness the power of analytics and automation to ensure your organization's relevance, you'll have to create a culture of data. Here's how.  Continue Reading

• Manufacturers need to adopt IoT and analytics into processes

  In this Q&A, Mark Lockwood and Patrick Chartrand of Logi Analytics discuss what manufacturers need to think about as they adopt IoT and analytics into machines and processes.  Continue Reading

• Natural language generation software turns data into plain English

  Artificial intelligence guru Robert Dale explains the benefits and shortcomings of natural language generation technology and advocates for disclosure of use of the software.  Continue Reading

• Thread the needle between applications and data with enterprise analytics

  Several users and experts share advice on linking ERP transactional data with external data to speed up processes, improve profitability and uncover new business opportunities.  Continue Reading

• Deploy ERP on a global scale with NetSuite OneWorld cloud ERP software

  NetSuite OneWorld, a cloud-based ERP system, is adept at managing multiple entities on a global scale.  Continue Reading

• A strategic CFO drives finance technologies, forges alliances

  Technology disruptions and shifting business landscapes are creating new opportunities for the CFO. One expert shares insight on how to stake your claim.  Continue Reading

• Budgeting and forecasting software sparks change at Hames

  Hames Corp. CFO Max Rule challenges the status quo with Centage budgeting and forecasting software and video software for self-checkout.  Continue Reading

• Financial close management software aids finance greatly

  Finance has an ongoing requirement to close the books faster and cheaper -- and financial close management software can help achieve that goal.  Continue Reading

• How big data is expanding FP&A capabilities

  Steve Player explains how collecting and analyzing big data can make the financial planning and analysis (FP&A) function more agile.  Continue Reading

• Before buying GRC tools, build framework and clear requirements

  When implementing governance, risk management and compliance tools, start small and know that GRC projects are ongoing endeavors that require upkeep.  Continue Reading

• Integration is key for GRC tools to provide comprehensive risk view

  Governance, risk management and compliance tools help a company compare its risk profile to its appetite, but only if you properly integrate them.  Continue Reading

• Data visualization tools bring finance data into focus for operations

  Data visualization tools can help bring data traditionally contained within finance to the rest of the business -- in a readily digestible format.  Continue Reading

• Using the cloud for rapid deployment of FP&A technology

  Steve Player explains five key advantages to using cloud applications in financial planning and analysis and dispels two common objections.  Continue Reading

• Four tips for faster financial consolidation

  Users and experts say that collaboration, automation and a defined schedule can cut back the days to close.  Continue Reading