Reimagine Planning to Improve Enterprise Performance

Why are leaders who turn to “continuous planning” seeing substantial business gains? By eliminating departmental planning silos and enabling short, frequent planning sprints, these organizations can respond to market and competitive changes with greater speed and accuracy. In this Ventana Research report, learn:• How continuous planning improves business performance• Five capabilities it provides to advance planning and budgeting• Which technologies […]

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The Controllers Playbook: Balancing Process and Strategy and the Role Evolves

Just as the CFO role has in recent years incorporated change management and long-term growth initiatives, the role of controllers is also evolving. While controllers have always exhibited logic, attention to detail and a process-centric mindset, their expanded role requires soft skills around leadership, collaboration and communication, both with their teams and with others throughout the company. This guide discusses […]

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2020 TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS SPEND MANAGEMENT (BSM) BENCHMARK REPORT

The business landscape changed in 2020. While the technology industry hasn’t been hit as hard as other industries, many technology companies have had to adjust their hiring and spend processes to stay agile and continue to grow. It has now become even more important to have the systems in place to manage business spend and optimize processes so that budget […]

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Coupa for Life Sciences: Roadmap to Value

Discover the Life Sciences Procurement Best Practices to Control Spend, Optimize Sourcing, and Automate AP. Coupa helps life sciences companies manage complex sourcing events and reduce costs to fund R&D and bring new drugs to the market. We recognize that every dollar of realized savings funds additional R&D so life sciences companies can bring new products and drugs to market. […]

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RETAIL BUSINESS SPEND MANAGEMENT (BSM) BENCHMARK REPORT

In the face of economic uncertainty, retailers have had to adjust operations and identify opportunities to stay agile. In this environment, the most resilient retailers are taking the time to evaluate their strategy, both for how to manage cash and how to build robust and resilient supply chains. It has now become even more important to have the systems in […]

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Unlocking the Power of Procure-to-Pay with KPMG, Magellan Midstream and Coupa

In this exclusive panel discussion, Procurement, Finance, and IT experts from Magellan Midstream Partners share their insights and firsthand experiences on their procure-to-pay challenges, decision-making processes, and success metrics. These experts give practical advice on how to transform your P2P strategy and how to drive change – resulting in cost efficiencies and a more agile operation. Join Coupa and KPMG […]

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2021 Financial Services Business Spend Management Benchmark Report

Read the 2021 Financial Services Business Spend Management (BSM) Benchmark Report with 12 powerful community-powered KPIs to help you spend smarter, based on actual spend transactions and processing activity of $2 trillion of cumulative global business spend. You’ll learn why Barclays, Aon, Capital One, Bremer Bank, and Ally Financial, among others, are concentrated on optimizing three key areas:• Unifying business […]

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Connected Planning Starter Kit: Align Project Plans With Growth Initiatives

Business growth is fueled by projects large and small, short- and long-term—but to be successful, these projects must be connected to finance and other lines of business. A siloed approach, where projects are planned without connecting data, strategy, and cost components can cause unnecessary challenges. Project financial planning involves planning for every financial aspect of a project, including headcount and […]

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