Sales Forecasting in PharmaceuticalsArticle
Pharmaceutical companies have always faced unique challenges in forecasting due to high development costs, a complex regulatory environment, and shifting consumer trends. In addition to these industry specific factors, pharmaceutical organizations also struggle with their ability to access high-quality financial data and the reliance on fragmented Excel spreadsheets. Download the full APQC article to get […]
Interested in better finance management reporting, without time-consuming manual steps
If you read Part 1 of Oracle’s Analytics Blog , you’ll remember that Bolthouse Farms implemented two cloud projects (so far): The company simplified and automated its monthly business review management reporting process with data from its JD Edwards ERP system into Oracle Essbase, with Smart View and the Oracle Analytics Cloud for dashboards and […]
Bolthouse Farms cuts prep time for management reporting from 4 hours to 22 minutesOracle Blog
From its beginnings in 1915, Bolthouse Farms, headquartered in California, has been known for quality and innovation. After more than 90 years of farming and distributing delicious and nutritious fresh produce, it’s added state of the art bottling facilities, producing premium quality beverages and refrigerated dressings. As both a grower and CPG manufacturer, Bolthouse Farms tracks […]
Success in Simplicity: Establishing the Foundation for Planning and Analytics at NucorWebinar
At AFP’s FinNext20 Virtual Conference, Peloton Consulting Group presented with Nucor, the largest steel producer and recycler in the United States, about addressing their challenges with forecasting projected cash positions for numerous projects spanning many years and consolidating data from 200+ locations and making actionable decisions across the enterprise. Presented by: Philip Peck, Vice President […]
Retail Industry Insights: Profitability – Making Customers & Shareholders Happy
The Retail industry continues to undergo a systemic shift in consumer buying habits and infrastructure due to increased global competition and a shift from brick and mortar to e-commerce. These changes pose a unique challenge for Retail organizations as they continuously assess and reassess their key drivers of profitability. Best-in-class global retailers leverage data analytics […]
Retail Industry Insights: Unleashing the Power of Store Planning, Reporting & Analytics
The retail landscape is drastically changing as consumer behavior and trends shift and new channels emerge. Retailers are either closing their stores or making strategic shifts to their business models to better align to the changing needs of the consumer. Despite recent headlines, Retail stores are not going anywhere, at least for the near term, […]
Retail Industry Insights: Store Payroll Planning – Finding Efficiency in an Inefficient World
Consumer trends and behavior continue to undergo a systemic shift as buyers change their shopping preferences from the traditional store to e-commerce, mobile, and other channels. Retailers are feeling the impact of the shift from in-store buying to online buying, and are left with two choices – to focus on rapidly moving toward channels […]
Retail Industry Insights: Financial Close, Consolidation and Reporting
Retail is undergoing a period of significant change – consumer behavior is shifting, supply chains are becoming more complex, new channels are emerging and the industry is becoming more global. All of these factors greatly impact the time, effort and complexity of the Financial Close, Consolidation and Reporting Process. Leveraging Microsoft Excel to support this […]
Digital Finance for Emerging Life Sciences: Creating a Roadmap for SuccessWebinar
Emerging Life Sciences organizations are re-evaluating and adapting their business processes to leverage enterprise cloud solutions to enable: Agile decision making Culture and organizational transformations Transparency and visibility needed to achieve a comprehensive view of the business Watch this webinar to learn how to create a detailed roadmap that will take your organization from its current […]
Retail Industry Insights: An Integrated Approach to Financial and Operational Planning
Financial and Operational planning is challenging for retailers because factors such as changing consumer behavior, emerging new channels and increased globalization often lead retailers to plan in silos. When the plans for different departments – Finance, Merchandising, Store Operations, etc. – are unaligned, it creates a fragmented view of the organization. It is therefore critical […]