Apliqo FP&A best practices webinar series
Each episode will feature a particular challenge FP&A professionals around the world face and a path to overcome them. Episode 1 “Evaluating and improving FP&A effectiveness” is right around the corner. Episode 1 – Evaluating and Improving FP&A Effectiveness FP&A is more important than ever due to the pace of change and uncertainty in today’s business […]
Here’s how your business can prepare for the US-China trade war
The US President promises to hit China with further trade tariffs on September 1st, targeting a further $111 billion worth of Chinese imports. In this article, we take a closer look at the heated US-China trade war and what your business can do to prepare for its consequences. What challenges do businesses face as a […]
Integrated Forecasting And Reporting: The Key To Making Faster, Better Business Decisions
Today, companies typically rely on 4 main kinds of projections: Long Range Plans: 3-7-year plans designed for company executives and external stakeholders. These plans set out strategies that help guide long-term investment decisions. Budget/Operational Plans: 1-year plans which usually look at the coming financial year. They help identify key activities and clarify resource allocation across […]
Are You Ready For A No-Deal Brexit?
In this blog, we look at the possible economic implications of a no-deal Brexit and how companies can prepare for these challenges. Theresa May’s plan for leaving the EU consisted of a “customs union” agreement between the UK and EU in which neither would enforce import tariffs on the other’s goods. The Brexit deal also […]
Top-down & Bottom-up Planning
Despite its importance, planning processes within companies are often a source of dissatisfaction for the people involved. In this blog we explain how ‘Top-down & Bottom-up Planning’ can improve processes within your company and help keep your employees happy. Corporate planning is important. It determines how company objectives will be met, how resources will be […]
Santa gets his planning under control
In our blog, we show how Santa whipped his financial planning back into shape with Apliqo’s help. Last year, we reported on Santa’s planning problems, the changes in the Christmas business and the new challenges facing the presents industry. We discovered that Santa needs our help. That is why we visited Santa Claus in his […]
Are you ready for the next forex shock?
In our blog, we show the best way of managing one of the biggest risks associated with corporate planning. The foreign exchange market is the biggest market in the world. Each day currencies valued at several trillion dollars are traded all over the world – a volume which stock markets don’t even come close to […]
Correctly identifying and applying KPIs to planning processes
The challenges posed by the planning process can be mastered by identifying and integrating the correct key performance indicators (KPIs) into driver-based planning. Our blog provides answers to the five most urgent questions about KPI Analytics. Why are many companies and decision-makers dissatisfied with their planning processes? Of course, there are many reasons. Management reporting […]
Integrated workforce planning – the beginning and end of HRM process
Things can become very difficult if the wrong workforce planning decisions are taken, whether because of erroneous calculations or because the overview has been lost. The fact remains: successful workforce planning is a complex matter that is dependent on many factors. In this blog we explain how companies can efficiently and accurately calculate their personnel […]
Cash is King – Why cash flow planning is a must
This is often due in large part to the fact that they have no process in place or have simply chosen the wrong planning tool. In this blog we will show you why an integrated reporting and planning solution is the best way for a company to improve its cash flow planning on the long […]
