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Sales forecasting is a discipline that any strong finance team will want to master and is especially important in industries where the majority of an organization’s operating…
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Forecasting Fumbles
Financial forecasting plays a pivotal role in positioning a company for growth and sustainability. A rolling forecast is a financial planning and forecasting approach that…
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Forecasting Fundamentals
Forecasting is a process that leverages trend analysis along with past and present data to make predictions about the potential future course of the business. A well-designed…
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Cycle Time to Prepare the Financial Forecast
Financial forecasting is a high priority for CFOs, and doing it more efficiently and accurately is an admirable goal. Whether an organization creates a comprehensive forecast…
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Total Cost of Budgeting and Forecasting
Plans, budgets, and forecasts can be some of the most valuable contributions that finance makes to the business. Ideally, they help organizations know what’s coming down the…
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Establishing the Daily Cash Position
Each month, APQC features a showcased metric (cost, productivity, efficiency, cycle time, or supplemental) from our Open Standards Benchmarking® financial management research…
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Cycle Time for Short-Term Cash Forecasting
Benchmarking the time it takes for you to create a short-term forecast is a good way of evaluating your readiness for disruptive scenarios. In this article, APQC breaks down…
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Sales Forecasting in Pharmaceuticals
Pharmaceutical companies have always faced unique challenges in forecasting due to high development costs, a complex regulatory environment, and shifting consumer trends…
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Scenario Planning in a Pandemic
In August of 2020, Brian Kalish (Principal, Kalish Consulting) hosted two virtual roundtable conversations, sponsored by eCapital Advisors, for FP&A professionals on the…