FP&A Done Right: xP&A Should be in your Future
This is a guest blog post from our partner Workday Adaptive Planning, explaining why xP&A is the future of planning. With its promise of extending FP&A principles beyond finance and into other areas of the business, xP&A (extended planning and analysis) is…
January 14, 2022
Modern Accounting: The Importance of Robotic Process Automation in Accounting
This is a guest blog post from our partner BlackLine, written by David Brightman, on the impact of robotic process automation in accounting. Robotic process automation (RPA) is a general set of automation tools for replicating any manual, repetitive process at scale, often…
January 6, 2022
BPM Pulse Survey 2021: 96% of Respondents Say Performance Management Solutions Met or Exceeded Expectations
Every year BPM Partners surveys finance and other leaders from end user organizations for their views on the state of performance management (also called business performance management or corporate performance management). This year’s study looked at a number of aspects of performance…
December 22, 2021
FP&A Done Right: The Office of Finance’s Powerplay — Activity-Based Planning
This is a guest blog post from Christopher Howard, senior channel manager at Workday Adaptive Planning. "I want to skate to where the puck is going, not where it has been.” – Wayne Gretzky Disruption in business means the puck is no…
December 17, 2021
Prepaid Expenses Account Reconciliation in BlackLine
In today’s Quick Take video, Adam Riskin demonstrates how to create and certify a prepaid expense account in BlackLine. Prepaid expenses can be a time consuming and tedious task when doing reconciliations in Excel. BlackLine provides a streamlined and efficient process for…
December 16, 2021
Accrued Account Reconciliation in BlackLine
We've launched a new video series - Quick Takes of features and tips on BlackLine's cloud-based modern accounting platform. Watch this short video from Adam Riskin to learn how quick and easy it is to complete an accrual account reconciliation in BlackLine.…
December 9, 2021
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
Questions on Virtual Hierarchies in IBM Planning Analytics
Virtual hierarchies in IBM Planning Analytics are not as well understood as you might suspect. We’ve found that many Planning Analytics users don’t understand what virtual hierarchies are, how to use them, and when to use them. We’re here to answer your…
November 30, 2021
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Displaying Percentages on a Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) Pie Chart
In a recent blog post we discussed pie charts and how you can show data points or percentages in an IBM Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) pie chart. We also have an IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks video that shows how easy…
November 23, 2021
Modern Accounting: Automating the Intercompany Accounting Process
This is a guest blog post from our partner BlackLine, written by Anders Liu-Lindberg and originally published on LinkedIn. Think of a finance and accounting process that only causes frustration and wasted hours without adding any value. Yes, there are quite a…