Hot off the press

March 27, 2013 Leave a comment

first copyI just got my advance copy.  It’s gratifying to finally hold the thing in my hands and feel it.  It should reach Amazon’s warehouse on Monday April 1 (no joke!)

In the meantime, if you just can’t wait, the kindle and iBook versions are available now.

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The Management Operating System

March 21, 2013 4 Comments

The management cycle

Enterprise Performance Management needs a closed-loop process to be truly effective.  And this process should:

  • Bridge the gap between strategy and execution
  • Support anyone in the enterprise in making better, faster, fact-based decisions
  • Transform all of that data you have into usable insights that will cause more effective actions to take place
  • Help align the enterprise on a common set of objectives, and have everyone focused on the right things

Each part of this closed-loop process should feed off of the other parts of the process.  For example, performance targets (vetted and agreed on in scenarios and what-if models) should feed the planning process, and actual results should be compared to the commitments made (by business unit, by product line, by sales team) in that same planning process.

In EPM Done Right, I use the management cycle pictured here to Read more of this post

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Enterprise Performance Management “Done Right”

March 20, 2013 3 Comments

Welcome to my new blog home.  It has been a while, hasn’t it?

I’ve spent the last two years working on my Enterprise Performance Management book which was just published by John Wiley & Son.

EPM Done Right tells you step-by-step how to make your ERP finally live up to its promise.
This joint CIO/CFO playbook is a must read to:
  • Find the profit in your revenue growth by turning data into action.
  • Answer “what’s possible and what’s next in my business?”
It’s a way to think about performance more holistically and as a business-process that helps you sustainably execute your strategy.

You can order it here.

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