Closing the Intelligence Gap
Gary CokinsManager, Performance Management Solutions at SASUnited States | Technology Performance Management via Word of Mouse
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The way that organizations learn today is much different than twenty years ago. Back then, for example, managers learned by thumbing through business and trade magazines. Maybe they picked up an idea in from the Wall Street Journal. Occasionally they would go to seminars or read a book about a topic. Maybe they would read an academic article or attend a university lecture.
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Request to Complete Howard Dresner’s BI Market Survey
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16 days
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Unlike my regular blogs that share my feelings about enterprise performance management, this one is a brief appeal for those organizations using business intelligence (BI) software to complete a survey for Howard Dresner. Howard, previously an IT analyst with the Gartner Group, is an internationally recognized subject matter expert in business intelligence and enterprise performance management methodologies.
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2010 – Old Decade, New Decade
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21 days
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Let’s look back at the last ten years of applying enterprise performance management methodologies, and then speculate about their next ten years.
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From Bean Counter to Bean Analyzer
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23 days
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I recently attended a conference in New York City hosted by CFO Conferences titled Leveraging Analytics to Turn Data into Insight. I believe it was an eye opener for many of the accountants attending. Why? Accountants take pride in their number crunching skills and their ability to analyze financial income statements, balance sheets, and budget variances. But the conference speakers highlighted the type of analytics that focused on non-financial data rather than the accounting reports that in reality translate operational activities into the language of money – currency such as dollars or Euros. A key takeaway was the CFO function should expand its role beyond toiling with compliance and regulatory reporting – counting the beans – to analyzing what best actions grow the beans.
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Rational versus Emotional Decision Making
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Human brain researchers have determined that the more that is on one’s mind, then the more likely one will make an emotional decision rather than a rational one. Could this provide an explanation why so many decisions by managers and employees continue to seem irrational?
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Gary Cokins, CPIM, is Global Product Marketing Manager for Performance Management at SAS, the world’s leader in performance management and business analytics software. An internationally recognized expert, speaker, and author on advanced cost management and performance improvement systems, he works closely with SAS customers, partners, industry analysts and internal stakeholders to ensure that SAS continues to deliver high-value solutions to the market that meet the needs of customers worldwide. Read on...Gary Cokins, CPIM, is Global Product Marketing Manager for Performance Management at SAS, the world’s leader in performance management and business analytics software. An internationally recognized expert, speaker, and author on advanced cost management and performance improvement systems, he works closely with SAS customers, partners, industry analysts and internal stakeholders to ensure that SAS continues to deliver high-value solutions to the market that meet the needs of customers worldwide. Gary received his Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering/Operations Research from Cornell University in 1971 and a Master of Business Administration from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management in 1974. Beginning his career as a financial controller and operations manager for FMC Corporation, he has also been a management consultant with Deloitte, KPMG Peat Marwick, and Electronic Data Systems (EDS). Gary has served on committees with several professional societies including the Consortium for Advanced Management – International (CAM-I), Institute of Management Accountants (IMA), The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), The International Federation of Accountants (IFAC),and the Supply Chain Council. He has been selected as an expert advisor to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In addition, he has written six books: including his newest, “Performance Management: Integrating Strategy Execution, Methodologies, Risk, and Analytics;” and also “Performance Management: Finding the Missing Pieces (to close the intelligence gap”; “An ABC Manager’s Primer”; “Activity-Based Cost Management: An Executive’s Guide”; and “Activity-Based Cost Management in Government.” main_area_ad
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