This article is part 1 of an 8-part series on evaluating the best CPM tools for your business. Part 1 focuses on evaluating planning capabilities within the best budgeting and forecasting software applications. Planning software, used to streamline budgeting and forecasting processes, belongs to a software category typically referred to as Corporate Performance Management […]
An increasing number of companies are adding subscriptions as one of the revenue models to their business. Two different examples of this service include: Netflix, which is a 100% subscription-based company focused on B-to-C, or business to consumers. Microsoft, which originated in an era where software sold as one-time licenses, has today become an increasingly […]
These days, more than ever, financial planning analysis (FP&A) managers need to deploy tools that can help them support their businesses with faster and more agile planning, reporting and analysis. Whether it is functionality that supports forecasts with multiple scenarios or automated financials with self-service drill down, today’s managers need easy access to the right […]
According to the 2020 Wisdom of Crowds Enterprise Performance Management Market Study, adoption of enterprise management software increased in 2020. Nearly half of all surveyed organizations now use enterprise performance management (EPM) / corporate performance management (CPM) software, and 78% of survey respondents rated this software as “critical,†“very important,†or “important†to their organization. […]