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Business Intelligence (BI) Applications & Tools for Banks

TargetTech defines BI as a technology-driven process for analyzing data and presenting actionable information to help corporate executives, business...

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10 Steps to Successful KPI and Metric Design Using Dynamics GP

This article is the first part in planning for a KPI design project. A Key Performance Indicator (KPI) can help your company understand if your...

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Improve KPIs with Dashboards for Banks

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

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

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

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)

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

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?

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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