Tag: static planning

The hidden costs of static planning that CFOs need to know

Research Desk

By: Workday

Type: eBook

It’s hard to execute with agility when you’re stuck with a static planning environment and paying all of its opportunity costs. The answer is active planning, but how do you get there?
Start here. This CFO.com co-branded eBook details what static planning costs your organization, and explains why finance teams need to seek better methods to achieve more effective—and more agile—planning processes.
Read this eBook to learn:
• How leading with insights drives business decisions
• Why static planning can harm your company in the short term
• How to enhance collaboration with business stakeholders
• How an active planning approach can unleash the true potential of the finance team
• Ways to improve the accuracy and integrity of finance and accounting data, plans and reports

Sponsor  By: Workday

5 Cures for Static Planning

Research Desk

By: Workday

Type: eBook

There’s no reason to suffer another minute with static planning. That’s where active planning comes in. With an advised prescription, you can cut your planning and reporting cycles by 50-70%.
In this eBook, you’ll learn the five cures for static planning and how you can make decisions 20%-30% faster.
Cure #1: Automate manual tasks and take back your life.
Cure #2: Flow data from back-end systems. And stop worrying.
Cure #3: Move planning to the cloud for real collaboration — and a lot less work.
Cure #4: Ditch the rearview mirror view. And go from data jockey to business leader.
Cure #5: Plan scenarios and what-if analyses — and become that genius who spots
what others miss.

Sponsor  By: Workday

5 Costs of Static Planning

Research Desk

By: Workday

Type: eBook

Most finance professionals spend 77 days preparing a budget that’s obsolete on day 78. Does that sound like a good use of time, resources, and money? Static planning is more costly than most organizations realize.
In this eBook, you’ll learn the five costs of static planning, how to avoid them, and you’ll be able to take the “Do you suffer from static planning” quiz.
Cost 1: Static planning steals time
Cost 2: Static planning invites errors
Cost 3: Static planning can’t scale
Cost 4: Static planning obstructs insight
Cost 5: Static planning robs you of opportunities

Sponsor  By: Workday