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June 26, 2018

An Open Door – Where Security Falls Short with Excel Budgets

By Jason Lin, Chief Financial Officer

Using Excel for financial functions is on the decline, per the 2018 Benchmarking the Accounting and Finance Function report conducted by the Financial Executives Research Foundation. Many companies moving off Excel cite the need for better collaborative tools and the need to be able to...

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May 16, 2018

6 Telltale Signs it’s Time to Move Beyond Spreadsheets for Business Budgeting

By Centage

It’s easy to understand why companies turn to spreadsheets for budgeting. The interfaces are familiar. The cost of entry is low. The software is accessible to everyone in the company. But as your company grows, using spreadsheets for business budgeting can cause more problems than...

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August 1, 2017

How to Improve Budgeting & Planning Processes (and Why It’s Important)

By Jason Lin, CFO

In every business, decision making, risk management, cash flow, sales and even human resources all depend on budgeting and planning processes. For nearly every organization, accurate and efficient budget and cash flow processes are essential tools for setting and meeting targets. These two core functions...

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March 22, 2017

Why Enter Notes in a Budgeting and Planning Software Application?

By Alan Hart, Centage Guest Blog Author, Principal Consultant at Pacific Shine Group

Business lady feels pressure working under control of her boss The little time you spend entering notes and comments will pay generous dividends when you need to refer to them I spent many years in the software industry. I wasn’t a programmer or software architect,...

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July 19, 2016

Planning, Budgeting, & Forecasting: Why Tradition May be Dangerous – Part 1

By Alan Hart, Centage Guest Blog Author, Principal Consultant at Pacific Shine Group

Be open minded and explore opportunities for change Being part of a consulting firm in the area of accounting and finance I frequently get solicitations by phone and e-mail from vendors of accounting and finance software applications. These are vendors of accounting software, ERP applications, fixed...

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January 13, 2016

The Benefits of an All-Encompassing Budget

By Alan Hart, Centage Guest Blog Author, Principal Consultant at Pacific Shine Group

Why using inadequate tools and approximating the balance of forecasted Balance Sheet accounts is a bad approach for budgeting I recently had a discussion with a colleague who is a partner in a local management consulting firm about organizations’ attitude toward the planning and budgeting...

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October 20, 2015

Advantages of Cloud-Based Business Budgeting Software

By Centage

Using spreadsheets and hard drive-based business budgeting software can keep a large volume of business data organized can be useful, but the advantages of a cloud-based solution are difficult to deny. From maintaining a single streamlined edition of the master file to permitting unlimited users...

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October 7, 2015

How to Easily Manage Software License Renewals

By Alan Hart, Centage Guest Blog Author, Principal Consultant at Pacific Shine Group

How you can have Planning Maestro manage this task with ease and accuracy All organizations rely on software products in their daily operations across all departments and business segments. Enterprise software ranges from ERP, accounting and finance applications to engineering, CAD, CAM, marketing and sales...

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September 1, 2015

Financial Planning and Analysis – Art or Science?

By Alan Hart, Centage Guest Blog Author, Principal Consultant at Pacific Shine Group

How technology reduces the “art” element in successful FP&A activities This morning I received an e-mail from Proformative.com inviting me to a webinar titled “The Art (and some Science) of Great FP&A”. I am glad to see a resurgence of such an important facet in any company’s...

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