Enterprise Performance Management Web Briefings

Improving Profitability and Visibility in Uncertain Economic Times

No matter how strong its products and services, no organization can rise to its full potential without insight into its operations and a dynamic, efficient strategy for planning. Rolta TUSC's January series of Web briefings addresses how companies can realize and maximize the benefits of enterprise planning tools - increasing not only their visibility, but also their profitability, in these uncertain economic times. From best practices in business intelligence consolidation to modular, cost- conscious strategies for implementing enterprise planning tools, this series of Web briefings covers it all.

Currently On-Demand

Transform your Forecasting Models to Improve Business Performance (Business Level)
Click Here to view the on-demand presentation
CFO's at leading companies are radically rethinking the forecast process in order to gain a real marketplace competitive advantage. In this time of inherent uncertainty, progressive modeling techniques and practices can add measurable value to your business processes by incorporating risk and flexibility in your forecast process. In this practical session, David Axson (President, Sonax Group) and Donald Davis (SVP Enterprise Performance Management, Rolta TUSC) describe the elements that make up an effective forecast process designed for today's global economic environment including:

• Utilization of a rolling time horizon to ensure a consistent view of the future while matching the level of detail to predictive ability
• Accurate reflection of forecasting risks through the use of ranges, tolerances, confidence levels, scenarios and contingencies
• Impacting organizational behaviors and performance through the use of driver based methodologies that model the business through key performance factors
• Use of the latest technology tools to shorten cycle times, enhance forecast quality, and improve staff and manager productivity
• A framework for evaluating your current performance management processes against best practice benchmark to identify improvement opportunities

Profitability & Cost Management - Visibility in Uncertain Times (Business Level)
Click Here view the On-Demand Replay of this presentation
Savvy companies are beginning to recognize the importance of moving beyond organizational profitability to understand the cost and profitability drivers associated with specific products. With this critical insight, you can make more strategic internal investments and drive increased performance. This briefing will discuss why profitability and cost management is more relevant in today's environment than ever, why historic implementations have often failed and the lessons we can learn from them. We'll also share best practices for creating an organizational definition of "product", define the key elements you must include in a viable profitability and cost management solution and highlight value-add applications of an implemented system.
     ***Click Here to download the Collateral Sheet

Hyperion Financial Management - Trim your Month-End Close with Cost- Conscious Method (Business Level)
Click Here view the On-Demand Replay of this presentation
For many financial executives, consolidating month-end financial and operating results remains tedious. Inconsistent account structures, poor data collection methods and changing statutory reporting structures make consolidating disparate GLs time-consuming and error-prone. Fortunately, a faster, more efficient month-end close is within reach. This briefing will demonstrate how you can consolidate your GLs with an enterprise financial management system while being both budget and resource-conscious. We will explore which system elements are critical to implement immediately, where you can save money and still realize ROI, best practices for implementation, and ongoing business processes to ensure a fast close.
     ***Click Here to download the Collateral Sheet

Business Intelligence Rationalization - Reduce Risk, Trim Costs and Improve Your Decision-Making Ability (Business Level)
Click Here view the On-Demand Replay of this presentation
Has your organization's business intelligence (BI) environment grown in size and complexity over time? Does your environment contain two or more BI tools? You may have a significant opportunity to reduce costs by evaluating and consolidating the number of BI tools in your environment. This briefing will begin by presenting an efficient method for assessing your consolidation needs and evaluating potential ROI. This ROI is achieved by using an automated approach to BI consolidation that greatly reduces the time and costs associated with standardizing on a BI platform. We'll then highlight critical success factors for consolidation including management buy-in, technology platform selection, best practices for report cleansing, migration methods and more.
     ***Click Here to download the Collateral Sheet

HyJump Hyperion Planning - The Benefits of a Modular Approach (Business Level)
Click Here view the On-Demand Replay of this presentation
If you're still relying on a complex array of interlinked spreadsheets for budgeting and forecasting, you're not alone. With limited capital to deploy, many companies have been unable to make the switch to an enterprise-class planning system and struggle with long budgeting/forecasting cycles that are prone to errors. At last, good news is here. You no longer have to sacrifice scalability, performance and functionality for the sake of a project budget. This briefing will discuss a modular approach to Hyperion Planning implementations that will allow you to integrate financial and operational planning processes and improve business predictability - all at a cost-conscious price point. In this briefing, we will identify which elements are critical to implement immediately, which can be added over time, and how to manage the transition between systems while realizing immediate ROI.
     ***Click Here to download the Collateral Sheet

Forecasting In The Banking Sector: How a Driver-Based Planning System Will Add Value in Volatile Times (Business Level)
Click Here view the On-Demand Replay of this presentation
The current economic environment is constraining all types of investments, so why would a bank want to implement a driver-based planning system now? Quite simply, you may not be able to afford not to. The pace of change is accelerating, and banks must have nimble planning systems that can leverage the insight of all stakeholders in the organization while holding them accountable. Driver-based systems that highlight changes due to management decisions vs. movement in the economic environment are not only useful tools when faced with so much uncertainty, they are critical. This briefing will provide an overview of driver-based planning, demonstrate why it is so relevant in volatile times, explore lessons learned during implementations, and discuss best practices for integrating planning into management processes.
     ***Click Here to download the Collateral Sheet
     ***Click Here to download the Presentation Slide Deck

Hyperion System 9 and Release 11 Migrations - Keys to a Successful Upgrade (Technical Level)
Click Here view the On-Demand Replay of this presentation
As premier and extended support for Hyperion version 7 nears expiration, successfully migrating to Hyperion System 9 and Release 11 can be an involved process - but one that's critical for your business to overcome. With the introduction of new shared service modules, interfaces, and administrative tools, you must articulate a well thought-out upgrade/migration path and establish a team that can confidently re-platform these mission-critical applications to ensure success. This briefing will focus on best practice processes to help you establish a scalable infrastructure that helps maximize performance as well as increase confidence in your solution while reducing risk to the organization. We'll highlight the architectural differences between Hyperion version 7 and System 9 and Release 11 throughout the presentation.
     ***Click Here to download the Collateral Sheet

Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) Maturity Model (Business Level)
Click Here to View the On-Demand Replay of this Presentation
This presentation will focus on defining EPM and the models employed to gain a competitive advantage. Included in this session are discussions on EPM deployment strategies and expected benefits.
     ***Click Here to Download the Presentation Slide Deck