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3 ways CFOs can help tackle supply chain disruptions

CFO Dive

CFOs can help companies relieve immediate supply chain pressures, as well as create long-term value.

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Is SAP Worth It for Small Businesses?

Navigator SAP

SAP Business One is a software program that helps businesses manage their finances, operations, and customer relations. It is one of the most popular business software programs on the market, and many small businesses use it to manage their operations.

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Inventory Spikes

Corporate Finance

During 2021, much of the talk concerning inventory surrounded shortages due to a variety of factors. In response, many companies increased production and orders to combat supply chain disruptions and increased consumer demand coming out of COVID-19 lockdowns. Now, it appears that companies have overshot demand as inventories have surged. For example, inventories for global manufacturing companies reached a record $1.87 trillion.

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The Financial Adviser Value Proposition: The Five Components

CFA Institute

What can we do for our clients that they can’t do on their own? What can make us better at managing their money than they are?

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Automation, Evolved: Your New Playbook For Smarter Knowledge Work

Speaker: Frank Taliano

Document-heavy workflows slow down productivity, bury institutional knowledge, and drain resources. But with the right AI implementation, these inefficiencies become opportunities for transformation. So how do you identify where to start and how to succeed? Learn how to develop a clear, practical roadmap for leveraging AI to streamline processes, automate knowledge work, and unlock real operational gains.

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3 foundational steps to help CFOs and their companies manage ESG data

CFO Dive

Learn how to lay the groundwork for well-organized data management across its entire ESG program.

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Build Your Business With Financial Consolidation

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Build your business better and grow smarter with financial consolidation. It isn’t easy keeping track of the financial performance of each branch, franchise, or entity within your organization. The more your company grows, the more complex your financial reporting becomes. Consolidation makes it easy and helps you build and scale your business smartly.

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Book Review: Your Essential Guide to Sustainable Investing

CFA Institute

Larry Swedroe and Samuel Adams's book is a good starting point for those seeking to understand the history and current practices of sustainable investing.

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IPOs worldwide plunged 46% during first half 2022: EY

CFO Dive

Many CFOs have held off on IPOs this year as high inflation, a pullback in monetary stimulus and sanctions following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine roiled equity markets.

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ByDesign vs. NetSuite: What's the Best ERP for SMEs?

Navigator SAP

Choosing an enterprise resource planning (ERP) software solution is a big decision. Your ERP software is meant to be a cornerstone tool that helps you with all areas of your business. It needs to be flexible enough to suit your specific and unique needs. Two of the current industry leaders in ERP software are SAP Business ByDesign and Oracle NetSuite.

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Data Talks, CFOs Listen: Why Analytics Is The Key To Better Spend Management

Speaker: Claire Grosjean

Finance teams are drowning in data—but is it actually helping them spend smarter? Without the right approach, excess spending, inefficiencies, and missed opportunities continue to drain profitability. While analytics offers powerful insights, financial intelligence requires more than just numbers—it takes the right blend of automation, strategy, and human expertise.

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The Reason We Celebrate July 4th With Fireworks

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Have you ever wondered how the tradition of celebrating Independence Day with fireworks began? Well, the truth is fireworks have a very long and colorful history. Still, the tradition of using fireworks to celebrate July 4th actually dates back to the summer of 1776, during the early months of the Revolutionary War. . . On July 1st, the delegates of the Continental Congress were debating whether colonies should declare their Independence from Britain’s Parliament and King George III.

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Risk Capital and Markets: A Temporary Retreat or Long Term Pull Back?

Musings on Markets

As inflation has taken center stage, markets have gone into retreat globally, and across asset classes. In 2022, as bond rates have risen, stock prices have fallen, and crypto has imploded, even true believers are questioning what the bottom for markets might be, and when we will get there. While it is easy to call the market movement in 2022 a correction and to argue that it is overdue, it is facile, and it fails to address the question of why it is happening now, and whether the correction is

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CFO, business optimism hits 12-year low: JPMorgan

CFO Dive

In spite of the “drastic” decline in business leader optimism, JPMorgan’s Ginger Chambless doesn’t expect companies to make “material” capital spending cuts this year.

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Benefits of ERP System in Supply Chain Management

Navigator SAP

Enterprise resource management software , or ERP, is essential for larger and medium-sized organizations with complex structures or detailed supply chains. Today's supply chain managers require real-time data, accurate information, and the resources to help plan, execute and monitor activities. RP can make a considerable difference to an organization’s overall efficiencies.

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What Your Financial Statements Are Telling You—And How to Listen!

Speaker: David Worrell, CFO, Author & Speaker

Your financial statements hold powerful insights—but are you truly paying attention? Many finance professionals focus on the income statement while overlooking key signals hidden in the balance sheet and cash flow statement. Understanding these numbers can unlock smarter decision-making, uncover risks, and drive long-term success. Join David Worrell, accomplished CFO, finance expert, and author, for an engaging, nontraditional take on reading financial statements.

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Implementing a Rolling Forecast: A How-To from Embark

Embark With Us

The best things in life – and business – are worth a little elbow grease. Take the rolling forecast, for example. Lending agility, foresight, and flexibility to leaders and their organizations, the rolling forecast is an operational GPS unit that can lead your company through even the roughest, most uncertain economic terrain. That is, if you implement and maintain it correctly.

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Thinking of Selling? First, Understand Your EBITDA

CFO Simplified

If you’re looking at selling your business, one of the things that’s important for you to understand is how you calculate the value of your business. Here, we have Larry Chester , President of CFO Simplified, on camera to discuss why you should first understand your EBITDA prior to selling your business. What is EBITDA? In most cases, businesses are sold for a multiple of EBITDA, which stands for “earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization.”.

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Excel skills remain top of list for FP&A roles: report

CFO Dive

Advanced use of Excel is still required for the majority of FP&A jobs, with nine out of 10 top U.S. companies still seeking out Excel proficiency when filling financial analysis roles, DataRails finds.

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What Are the Challenges When Migrating to the Cloud for a Small Business?

Navigator SAP

Migrating to a cloud-based ERP is a daunting task for any company, but it can be especially challenging for small businesses. In this article, we will explore the challenges small businesses face when migrating to the cloud and how they can overcome them.

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Forecasting Failures Are Costly: Heres How To Fix Them

Speaker: Dave Sackett

Traditional budgeting and forecasting methods can no longer keep pace with today’s rapidly evolving business environment. Static budgets, rigid annual forecasts, and outdated financial models limit an organization’s ability to adapt to market shifts and economic uncertainty. To stay ahead, finance leaders must leverage a future-forward approach—one that leverages real-time data, predictive analytics, and continuous planning to drive smarter financial decisions.

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The Missing Piece to Your Sage Intacct Environment

FISPAN

Simplify your treasury management functions and manage your entire payables process from within your Sage Intacct App. FISPAN’s embedded solution integrates with your native Intacct environment to create an immersive, embedded banking experience.

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New Net 30 Vendor Updates – New Products, Fees Dropped and More

Business Credit Blogger

New Net 30 Vendor Updates In today’s post we’ll cover several new net 30 vendor updates. From new products, reduced fees, easier requirements, and reporting additions; getting business credit is easier than ever. When you obtain a net 30 account with a vendor or supplier you have the opportunity to purchase their products and/or services […]. The post New Net 30 Vendor Updates – New Products, Fees Dropped and More appeared first on Business Credit.

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Dobbs decision will cause worker retention challenges for CFOs

CFO Dive

The overturning of Roe v. Wade will likely lead to sweeping logistical and worker retention challenges for CFOs and employers operating across state lines, experts say.

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ERP for Finance

Navigator SAP

There are several ways companies can apply enterprise resource planning (ERP) tools that help streamline procurement, compliance, supply chain efficiency, and financial operations. ERP software links processes, allowing decision makers to plan, budget, forecast, and report on company activities with high accuracy. Below, we’ll explore how a subset of financial ERP resources can boost your analytical capabilities–you can also read more about how ERP systems benefit supply chain management in our

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Are Robots Replacing You? Keeping Humans in the Loop in Automated Environments

Speaker: Erroll Amacker

As businesses increasingly adopt automation, finance leaders must navigate the delicate balance between technology and human expertise. This webinar explores the critical role of human oversight in accounts payable (AP) automation and how a people-centric approach can drive better financial performance. Join us for an insightful discussion on how integrating human expertise into automated workflows enhances decision-making, reduces fraud risks, strengthens vendor relationships, and accelerates R

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How are APIs Changing the Banking Industry?

FISPAN

Companies in all economic sectors are using APIs more and more, but how are financial APIs changing the financial services industry? Application programming interfaces (APIs) are a set of functions and procedures (building blocks) that when used by developers can create and connect applications to each other, successfully pulling select features or data from one application to another.

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Holistically Optimizing Your Value Chain with S/4HANA is Key to Business Success

Bramasol

There has been a lot of focus recently on supply chain issues because of the global challenges from the pandemic, conflict in Ukraine, and economic uncertainties. However, the supply chain is only a part of the overall picture that companies need to consider for fueling sustainable business success. This blog post zooms out for a more holistic view of the entire Value Chain, which encompasses the full gamut of enterprise-wide processes.

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Fundbox CFO: Shifting product strategies could help SMBs curb inflation

CFO Dive

Smaller businesses must reconsider their product strategy to meet inflation challenges, Fundbox CFO Marten Abrahamsen said.

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DC 2.0: Three Paths to More Equitable Retirement Programs

CFA Institute

How can we create better retirement outcomes for employees and help our organizations achieve DEI-related goals?

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Book of Secrets on the Month-End Close

Based off SkyStem's popular e-Book, the book of secrets to the month-end close will be revealed in this one-hour webinar. Learn leading practices when it comes to building a strong and sustainable month-end close that has room to grow and evolve. Learn about the power of precise estimates, why reconciliations are critical to closing the books, how and when to automate, and how the chart of accounts play into your close process.