| Articles from Across the Internet |
| "Firms
Need Good Information" |
| A former CEO presents the
reporting advantages of a business performance
solution. Key takeaways include: |
| - Most organizations are beset with a
spreadsheet way of reporting |
| - Four factors have pushed reporting to a
business imperative |
| - Three pillars of a sound reporting strategy |
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| "Dashboard
Confusion" |
| Confused by all the marketing hype concerning
digital dashboards? This
article provides an excellent overview of
dashboards. Key takeaways
include: |
| - A single sentence definition of a dashboard |
| - 3 characteristics every dashboard should have |
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"A Better View of Business Finance" |
| Cingular Wireless may be in the business of
cutting-edge mobile technology, but its financial
planning system used to be strictly old school.
Key takeaways include: |
| - Growing need to meet financial disclosure
regulations and make businesses more productive is
fueling an increase in demand for performance
management software |
| - New performance management systems allow
managers to do something that until now has been
very difficult: see how companies are actually
performing in near real time |
