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Improve KPIs with Dashboards for Banks

dhavey: Feb 1, 2017

This article will focus on the many types of Dashboards for Banks that are being used today to improve bank performance.

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Best Management Reporting Tools for Banks

dhavey: Jan 28, 2017

At first, this article was going to be about the Best Reporting Tools for Banks. I then realized that there are many different types of reporting...

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Common Management Reporter Challenges and Alternatives for Microsoft Dynamics AX Users

Hanna Kim: Oct 28, 2016

This article will focus on alternative report writers for Dynamics AX users who share common Management Reporter (MR) issues. As a regular subscriber...

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Budgeting for Professional Sports Organizations Using Dynamics GP

Hanna Kim: Jun 30, 2016

This article zooms in on budgeting solutions for professional sports organizations using Dynamics GP, with a focus on planning processes. How do you...

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Budget Consolidation in Multi-Entity Organizations (Budgeting Series)

Hanna Kim: Jun 20, 2016

Nobody likes growing pains, but every company wants to grow. Growing pains are symptoms that an organization needs to make a transition. It is the...

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Best Budgeting Tools for Microsoft Dynamics GP Users Replacing Forecaster

Hanna Kim: Jun 9, 2016

Have you been using Forecaster to budget your finances? Microsoft recently made the announcement that Forecaster will not be available or supported...

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Is Forecasting Becoming More Important than Budgeting?

mfelzke: Mar 18, 2016

Recently, I was talking to a finance professional who oversees accounting processes and helps his organization make decisions about the future in...

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What-if Analysis and Modeling for Microsoft Dynamics

mfelzke: Sep 28, 2015

In this article, I’ll explore what-if analytics and modeling functionality built into some of today’s budgeting software for planning that accounts...