More than ever, business scenario analysis is an imperative tool for business leaders. Since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, the implications for businesses around…
The advantages that the finance team has over all other business teams and functions are the insights they have on every other business function. Finance…
What does it bring to the table? Benjamin Franklin famously coined the phrase “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail”. As a…
The good old 80/20 rule: 20% of what we do produces 80% of our outcomes.In a business context then, it is critical that the 20%…
When teams within an organisation operate in siloes, the effects can be detrimental to the business. It results in gaps, inefficiencies, and lost productivity. Substantial…
After many years in consulting, I am still surprised to find that even organisations with sophisticated transactional forecasting and supply chain capabilities still rely on…
Many businesses are either still in their annual budgeting process, or have just finished and are taking a breath. It is often a long, arduous…
In my first blog post, I discussed the failure of many businesses to address the opportunity for improvement, and the impact of poor budgeting on a business.…
Considering the number of businesses that contacted me in the dying breath of 2016, it seems many businesses simply don’t gear up in time for…
In business, success relies on good intelligence then good decisions. Without the right data, organisations struggle to respond to change ahead of the market. They can’t easily see what’s working, what’s not, and identify areas to improve their bottom line.