According to a recent Gartner survey, evaluating finance function strategy, scope and design is the top priority for CFOs in 2023, followed by planning and sequencing finance transformation activities. The CFO role is a strategic one, putting them in charge of high-level plans for the entire business, which also involves incorporating new technology and data…
Read MoreStuck with Limited On-Premises Analytics?
Time to Migrate to Oracle Analytics Cloud As businesses evolve, they often find that their original systems for managing and analyzing data cannot keep up with their pace of growth. To compensate, they may introduce new applications or processes to supplement legacy methods. Eventually the result is a multitude of siloed spreadsheets, cloud applications, desktop…
Read MoreHow to Meet your 2023 Financial Goals with Oracle EPM
2022 ended on a challenging note for many businesses, who are feeling the strains of inflation, further supply chain issues, and the threat of a recession. As we begin a new year, business leaders need to look for ways to reduce costs, extract greater insights from their data, and futureproof their organizations to weather greater…
Read MoreThe EPM Checklist: If you have these 5 items on your checklist, EPM might be right for you
As covered in our previous EPM blog, we get asked all the time about EPM solutions: Which solution makes the most sense for my organization, what does the training and implementation process look like, and the most popular by far – how do I know if I need EPM? Embracing modern cloud-based systems, particularly for…
Read MoreEPM’s Value Amid Economic Uncertainty
When the economy is booming, successful profitable businesses rarely see a need to refine processes, but to weather oncoming storms, organizations must actively prepare for the future. Rather than getting caught off guard by unexpected or volatile changes in the market, leaders must “future-proof” their organizations and re-evaluate the programs supporting financial performance and business…
Read MoreTop Five Questions from Customers about Enterprise Performance Management (EPM)
Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) – as we explored in our two-part introductory series – refers to the software and processes that enterprises use to plan, analyze and report on business performance. It is a vital part of managing daily operations and financial growth, and with cloud-based platforms like Oracle EPM, they are an affordable and…
Read MoreData Integration on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
This blog introduces you to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Data Integration service and reviews how to setup Data Integration workspace in OCI. I love Data Integration in OCI and hope to get you excited about this great product as well. I will deep dive into the details and answer many questions about data integration. As…
Read MoreEnterprise Performance Management (EPM) Can Work Smarter and Harder for Your Business
Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) solutions should be driving business growth. In this two-part series, we are exploring how to harness the power of EPM applications. In part one of this two-part series, we explored what EPM solutions are and how this software can be used to leave legacy systems behind for efficient planning and performance…
Read MoreHow to Invoke Oracle BI Publisher Reports with Parameters using Python
This article makes the assumption that the reader has some basic knowledge related to Oracle BI Publisher like creating data models and reports, running reports and extracting files. It is simple and straightforward to run/schedule a BI Publisher (BIP) report that has no parameters but what if a BI Publisher report has been created with…
Read MoreHow to Automate Data Validation between Oracle Cloud ERP and a Data Warehouse
Oracle Cloud ERP is a SaaS product from Oracle covering General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Fixed Assets, Projects and several other important functional areas. It is a very popular platform and a number of companies have used it as the basis for their migration to the Cloud. Like many of today’s SaaS application vendors,…
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