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February 1, 2007
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How To Get Your Forecasts Wrong, In Ten Easy Lessons Learn what to do - and what not to do - from this list of "forecasting fallacies."   |
CFO
September 1, 2012
Russ Banham |
Freed from the Budget Many companies see budgeting as a time-consuming exercise of limited value. Some are resorting to a radical fix: getting rid of the budget. |
CFO
May 1, 2011
Russ Banham |
Let It Roll Why more companies are abandoning budgets in favor of rolling forecasts. |
IndustryWeek
April 7, 2010
Adam Gordon |
Eight Ways to Critically Evaluate a Forecast Don't get caught up in 'worthless' prediction measures, such as long-range, detailed forecasts. |
HBS Working Knowledge
March 13, 2006 |
Use a Rolling Forecast to Spot Trends An excerpt from Jeremy Hope's new book, Reinventing the CFO, on the concept of the rolling forecast as a flexible and meaningful supplement or alternative to traditional business measures. |
CFO
September 1, 2008
Randy Myers |
No Time to Lose: The 2008 Working Capital Survey Tempted to extend payment terms? That's one sign that working capital demands your immediate attention. |
CFO
August 1, 2012
Russ Banham |
Too Much of a Good Thing Working capital is piling up at America's largest companies. |
CFO
September 1, 2006
Randy Myers |
How Low Can It Go? Companies continue to reduce working-capital levels, and they have 450 billion reasons to keep at it. |
CFO
December 1, 2007
Kate O'Sullivan |
Budgeting: Bring It On After wrestling with tech implementations and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, CFOs are finally ready to address the budgeting process. |
IndustryWeek
March 22, 2010 |
Retailers Help Del Monte See the Future CIO Marc Brown shares strategies for improving demand-planning accuracy. |
CIO
July 15, 2003
Ben Worthen |
Future Results Not Guaranteed Contrary to what vendors tell you, computer systems alone are incapable of producing accurate forecasts. |
IndustryWeek
April 21, 2010
Jonathan Katz |
Beyond Frozen Forecasts Manufacturers are moving toward rolling financial forecasts. |
IndustryWeek
September 1, 2008
David Blanchard |
12 Ways to Reduce Inventories Reducing demand variability and improving forecast accuracy are top strategies to reducing inventories. |
CFO
June 1, 2010
Kate O'Sullivan |
From Adversity, Better Budgets Tempted to abandon budgeting altogether, companies have instead taken it to a new level. |
CFO
December 1, 2002
Tim Reason |
Partial Clearing Budgeting software isn't the key to corporate finance reform, but it can help CFOs manage expectations in a sinking economy. |
CFO
June 1, 2009
Randy Myers |
Cleaner (Balance) Sheets: The 2009 Working Capital Scorecard Hard times have inspired companies to wring lots of cash out of working capital. How much better can they get at it? |
Finance & Development
September 2008 |
Picture This Economic forecasts: hard to rely on? |
IndustryWeek
November 1, 2008
David Blanchard |
Top 10 Demand Planning Strategies Learn to trust the numbers and manage by exception. |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2009
Nick Zubko |
What Are the Odds? Predictions are difficult in an unstable economy, but there are still ways to turn your material forecast into more than an educated guess. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
How Credible Are Management Forecasts? Not Very A "perfect world" is one where you can take these earnings forecasts at face value. But that perfect world doesn't exist, and investors know it. Managers face tremendous incentives to strategically manipulate their forecasts to achieve particular results in the marketplace. |
CFO
March 1, 2004
Tim Reason |
Scrubbing the Numbers Cleaning up the balance sheet boosts year-end cash flow, but it can leave some messy problems. |
CFO
May 1, 2008
Karen M. Kroll |
Let the Games Continue The practice of manipulating working capital in the fourth quarter appears to be alive and well. |
CIO
December 1, 2002
Lafe Low |
Busy Online Santas If the economy remains sluggish and retailers are jittery about the holidays, they can take comfort in forecasts that consumers will buy more gifts online this season. |
CFO
December 1, 2008
Vincent Ryan |
Future Tense The financial crisis obliterated corporate forecasts. Now, CFOs struggle to assess what lies ahead. |
IndustryWeek
January 1, 2003
George Taninecz |
Best-Laid Plans Diverse manufacturers are migrating to demand-planning and demand-management applications, but best practices must underpin software deployment. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jan/Feb 2012
Howard Berends |
Utility Budgeting Made Easier For commercial property owners, energy budgeting is an involved and, in some cases, difficult project. Multifamily properties in particular are difficult to budget for as there are no nationwide programs to assist owners and facility managers. |
CFO
July 15, 2009
Alix Stuart |
Imperfect Futures Is business forecasting an art, a science, or an exercise in futility? As the recession drags on, companies rethink their attitudes, and their approaches. |
CFO
September 1, 2005
Tim Reason |
Capital Ideas: The 2005 Working Capital Survey Despite cheap credit and surplus cash, companies still find plenty of reasons to improve operational efficiency. Top Performers: 3M... Boeing... Dell... Gillette... Best and Worst: Aerospace and Defense... Broadline Retailers... etc. |
Entrepreneur
July 2009
Asheesh Advani |
Why Budgets Matter Even start-ups need to forecast and plan - especially now. |
CFO
July 1, 2007
Randy Myers |
Growing Problems: The 2007 Working Capital Survey The paltry gains in DSO and DPO suggest that many CFOs are worrying less about working capital these days and more about taking advantage of a strong economy to drive sales. |
IndustryWeek
April 21, 2010
Jonathan Katz |
Forecasts Demand Change The economy may have forever altered the way manufacturers think about sales and demand forecasts. Here's a look at demand-planning strategies that have improved forward-looking visibility for several companies. |
The Motley Fool
June 22, 2009
Ken Solow |
The Untaught Art of Developing an Investment Forecast Buy-and-Hold Debate: It is only with the tailwind of an accurate forecast that investors can hope to earn excess returns. |
Bank Systems & Technology
October 28, 2004
Vicki Gerson |
A Window Into the Future With an integrated system from SRC Solutions, Comerica improves reporting and forecasting. |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2009
John J. Bowen Jr. |
Spring Cleaning Advisors are often so busy working in their businesses that they believe they don't have time to work on their businesses. The large number of advisors who have high gross revenues but mediocre net incomes is evidence of the problem. |
CRM
February 1, 2007
Colin Beasty |
Business Problem: The sales department lacks the ability to accurately forecast... Tech solution: sales forecasting tools. Cognos 8 Planning... Hyperion System 9 Planning... Oco Reporting and Analytics... |
Inc.
December 1, 2009
Jeffrey Hollender |
Seventh Generation's Jeffrey Hollender on How to Forecast During difficult times, here's how to set realistic sales projections. |
The Motley Fool
July 22, 2009
Alex Dumortier |
Are Stocks Set for the Biggest Rally Since '82? On Monday, the investment bank raised its end-of-year forecast for the S&P 500 from 940 to 1,060. |
CFO
April 1, 2006
Edward Teach |
As the Cycle Turns Even the most complex econometric models are blind to sudden turns in the business cycle. Recognizing the difficulty of predicting the future, most companies no longer employ staff economists, outsourcing their forecasting needs to commercial firms and university-based centers. |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 18, 2003
Lovallo & Kahneman |
Optimism: Don't Let it Run Away with You Many M&A decisions may be the result of hubris. Here's a technique to help executives avoid the bad kind of optimism. |
IndustryWeek
January 1, 2007
Jonathan Katz |
Forecasting: Strategic Inventory Management Efficient inventory management could provide a competitive advantage. |
CFO
July 15, 2010
David M. Katz |
The Plight Before Christmas The dilemma as to whether to reduce inventory if another downturn is coming or gear up for a resumption of growth is particularly acute now, as companies debate how to prepare for the holiday shopping season. |
IndustryWeek
January 11, 2012 |
2012 Outlook: Cash Is Abundant, but Optimism in Short Supply There's plenty of money in the financial supply chain, but companies are still reluctant to spend it. |
CFO
November 1, 2010 |
Room for Improvement (But Not Much) A new study from CFO Research finds that companies continue to refine working-capital performance. |
Food Engineering
February 27, 2007
Wayne Labs |
Forecasting your future The right forecasting and scheduling software can help, but first do your homework. |
