Susan Welton

Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc., a legacy Oracle Hyperion Planning customer, needed to refine its finance and labor planning models, as well as provide end users a platform that was simpler and more intuitive to use, and that provided a real-time look into their budgeted bottom line throughout the […]

Business leaders worldwide have reservations about their ability to successfully embrace digital transformation. The writing is on the wall, disrupt or be disrupted. However, the ability to adapt and pivot in the face of change is hindered by businesses entrenched in old systems and processes. This is a key finding of a recent study conducted by Changepoint, […]

A recent survey of 1,900 finance leaders released by Oracle and Intel reveals that the CFO/CIO alignment is more important than ever as cloud is viewed as a key strategy to transform their business. The survey, included in a report titled Modern Finance: Driving Transformation from Within, found that: “45% of finance leaders say they’re […]

Kscope16, ODTUG’s user conference known for providing a rich opportunity for networking and education on Oracle technologies, didn’t disappoint this year.  Conference attendees had numerous hands-on training sessions to choose from as well as a full day of Sunday Symposiums featuring Oracle VPs and product managers sharing insights into what is new and what to […]

Kscope16, ODTUG’s user conference known for providing a rich opportunity for networking and education on Oracle technologies, is quickly approaching and we’re excited to connect with you at the event. Perficient is proud to be a silver sponsor of Kscope16, which is being held June 26-30 in Chicago. Visit us at booth #211 to meet […]

According to Gartner’s 2016 CIO Agenda, “executives expect that 41 percent of enterprise revenue will come from digital business by 2020, almost double what it was in 2015.1”  Despite the overwhelming evidence that a cloud strategy is critical to the viability of an organization, many enterprises have not started a digital business transformation. Gartner offers […]

What is driving CFOs and CIOs to move more quickly to cloud EPM? Faster deployment is one reason, but there can be clear financial benefits as well, which can continue to increase over time as businesses add more users, and the ongoing addition of new features helps increase user productivity. Facilitating Mergers and Acquisitions After a […]

There are clear financial benefits driving the shift toward cloud-based solutions. In an April 2016 Research Note by Nucleus Research, they “found that cloud application projects deliver 2.1 times the ROI of on-premises ones” and that figure is on the rise, “up 24 percent since 2012“1. In addition, companies deploying cloud-based applications “incur 63 percent lower initial consulting and implementation costs” and […]

One of the key challenges in a high-growth company is the ever-increasing complexity of financial reporting. As new entities are brought into the corporate umbrella either through organic growth or via mergers and acquisitions, the company must be able to accurately report financials—something easier said than done. Our client is a leading global restaurant franchisee […]

My colleague, Terie McClintock, Director Healthcare Industry Solutions at Perficient recently wrote a blog post called Empowering Patients with Mainstream Telehealth Solutions. In her post she talked about the differences between telemedicine and telehealth and how she believes telehealth solutions will continue to become more mainstream, especially in light of the fact that the Centers for […]

We’ve all been in this situation where we’re being asked to do something that takes us out of our comfort zone.  Whether you are being asked to volunteer to chair a committee at your child’s school, create a presentation on a topic you didn’t even know how to spell yesterday or deliver a speech in […]