November 1, 2006
Articles
How Companies "Find Themselves": A New Approach to Organizational Alignment
Once upon a time there was a company, and its people were unhappy. They had no goals and nowhere to go...
BPM Consulting 2006: More Choices and More Risk
BPM consulting has gone mainstream. Everybody's doing it. But is that a good thing? Maybe. If you find the right firm for your particular needs and follow...
The Dawning of BPM Democratization: A Midmarket Revolution
You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have a democracy in order to have a revolution." So said G.K. Chesterton,...
Search for the Fast Close: What's Old Is New Again
After investing hundreds of millions of dollars to shorten financial close cycles over the past decade, businesses in the United States are now beginning to see an increase in close times...
Case in Point: Consolidating BPM in a Complex Enterprise
When Beth Perlman became the CIO of Constellation Energy almost five years ago, the energy giant's financial systems were sprawling and disorganized...
Case in Point: Performance Management Grows Up
Credit Union Central of Ontario, the wholesale bank and trade association for Ontario credit unions, initially implemented business performance management (BPM)...
Case in Point: Getting the Devil out of the Details
For organizations with complicated corporate or budget structures, keeping master data accurate -- and so keeping budgets and financial reports accurate...
Case in Point: How Small Can Be Strong
Jaguar Mining is a young business, but its international operations require far more sophisticated consolidation processes than can be easily managed through Excel spreadsheets...
The Last Word: Value Adds
I was having coffee with Giles, one of my more philosophical colleagues, when he gazed distantly over the break-room candy machine and asked, "What are...