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Five Tips for a Smooth, Insightful Planning and Forecasting Process?

Most FP&A professionals want five things from a planning and forecast process: 

 

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Question added by Faisal Sultan , Projects Manager , CoreTeam General Contracting, Bahrain
Date Posted: 2017/09/17
Yasser  Mokhtar  AL sayed
by Yasser Mokhtar AL sayed , Head of Warehouses Department , EL Amin Gelatin

1- Deep study for company real needs.

2- Mange copany needs pirpritise.

3- Detirmined your need date and time.

4- study your market .

5- Bulk your needs.

Faisal Sultan
by Faisal Sultan , Projects Manager , CoreTeam General Contracting, Bahrain

APQC reports that 30% of CFOs that are unhappy

with their current planning solution.1

 

Most FP&A

professionals want a planning and forecast process

that is fast and repeatable. They want the financial

data to be accurate and transparent to the deepest

levels. They need planning tools that provide structure

to streamline the process and flexibility to accommodate

changes in the business. And they require analysis and

reporting that bring visibility to the state of the business

and lead to actionable insights. This paper details five

best practices that Finance teams can follow to improve

their planning and forecasting and influence the strategy

of an organization.

F I V E B E ST P R AC T I C E S F O R I M P R OV I N G P L A N N I N G

AND FORECASTING

1. Standardize and automate processes and tools to streamline planning

and forecasting

2. Collect financial data in one place to improve data accuracy

3. Unify financial and operational data for advanced planning, forecasting,

and what-if analysis

4. Use flexible processes and tools to accommodate changing

business conditions

5. Ensure data security, availability, and access controls for improved

data integrity

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