Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) is a new version of an old concept. Companies have always tried to track their performance in order to recognize opportunities and liabilities proactively. However, they were restricted by a lack of information and underpowered...

Jack McCullough is the founder of the CFO Leadership Council, a professional organization for senior financial leaders. McCullough is a widely-respected public speaker and thought leader who consults with some of today's preeminent financial executives and innovators....

Financial ratios are one of the best resources in your performance management toolkit. Tracking various KPIs helps decision makers understand their strengths and weaknesses in depth. However, focusing on the relationship between various metrics improves understanding...

Reporting is considered a necessary evil by a lot of people. Without clear, accurate, and comprehensive reports, there is no way to know how your company is performing. Yet the amount of time, input, and resources that reporting requires means it can drag down...

David Worrell is a Partner and CFO at Fuse Financial Partners, a team of accomplished entrepreneurs working to help small businesses accelerate success. He is also the author of "The Entrepreneur's Guide to Financial Statements," along with hundreds of articles about...

Oracle is one of the leading ERP providers, and for good reason. It offers the full toolkit companies need to track their performance in depth. Unfortunately, as good as Oracle may be at tracking performance, it's lacking in terms of reporting capabilities. As a...

An interactive EPM reporting strategy is leaps and bounds better than relying on static reports. Bringing information to life in the form of dynamic reports helps decision makers access information both broadly and deeply. In the process, they gain a perfect...