Enterprise Performance Management Web Briefings

Transform your Forecasting Models to Improve Business Performance

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 and Donald Davis 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

Presenters:

	David Axson, President, Sonax Group
	David is the founder of a research, consulting and business advisory firm in the fields of business strategy, finance and technology. He is the author of three books: "From Data to Decisions - Best Practices in Planning and Management Reporting" (Wiley 2003), "Best Practices in Planning and Performance Management "(Wiley 2007) and "Half The World Away" (to be published by Countinghouse Press).
	Donald Davis, SVP Enterprise Performance Management, Rolta TUSC
	Donald Davis is the SVP of EPM at Rolta TUSC, a preeminent management consulting and professional services firm. Formerly he was the President of Whittmanhart Consulting and led an EPM organization at Infinis, Inc. He has more than 15 years of experience deploying world class EPM, Business Intelligence and ERP systems that are aligned with business objectives to drive ROI results. He holds an MBA with a concentration in Finance and is a noted speaker at industry trade events.

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