Perficient is pleased to announce the arrival of our much anticipated “Emerging Payments Toolkit” just in time for Money2020 this week. Get the payments tools, knowledge and strategies you need to engage customers with a leading mobile banking experience or make omni-channel retailing a reality for today’s digital consumer. Register online to download this one-stop […]
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Join Our Money2020 “Online & Mobile Bill Pay” Panel Today @ 3:15
What Will the Future of Bill Pay Look Like? Join Perficient and our esteemed team of industry experts and panelists at 3:15 pm today in Ironwood 8 as we examine the future of bill pay. Emerging mobile and online innovations are gaining momentum and capturing the attention of consumers. You won’t want to miss this […]
Bill Pay: Revenue Generator or A/R Tool?
My recollection is that bill pay started out as an Accounts Receivable tool by the utilities to help accelerate the collection of outstanding invoices sent to customers in order to turn a soft asset line item in the income statement to cash. For retail, bill pay came about pretty much the same way as it […]
Money2020 Edition: Top 5 Technology Trends in Financial Services
This special edition of Perficient’s monthly technology trends report will focus on news from financial brands speaking and sponsoring Money2020, top-of-mind emerging payment and financial services trends, and related industry news based on topics being discussed at Money2020 in just a few short days. Before you go, download Perficient’s Emerging Payments Toolkit and get all the payments tools and […]
Learn Oracle at the Oracle Education Facility
The Oracle Education department has made some changes this year. We have installed 34 machines with dual monitors for our students. So far, Perficient Inc. is the only Oracle Education Facility in Texas which offers this convenience for students being able to work with their eKit and programs running side by side. Our intensive, hands-on […]
Why I Buy (almost) Everything from Amazon
There are a lot of things that I like about Amazon. Good pricing, wide selection, and ease of shopping. These qualities have been part of their ecosystem for a long time, but it was never enough to make me an Amazon loyalist like I am today. So, what changed? Amazon Prime. For an annual fee of […]
What I Learned at Oracle Open World, #OOW13
Oracle OpenWorld 2013 turned out to be one of my best experiences with a trade-show ever! I made new contacts, I learned about product strategy and I learned about awesome customer stories related to innovative healthcare solutions. Perficient’s Lesli Adams @lesliadams provided innovative solution overviews highlighting healthcare business intelligence solutions #OBIEE for Patient Centered Medical […]
Financial Forecasting Models for Healthcare Reform
Financial forecasting captures relevant operational, statistical and financial data in one place to enable sound planning and decision making. In addition, forecasting fosters a common understanding of business drivers and their effect on operations and financial performance. Effective Financial Forecasting and Enterprise Performance Management require these capabilities: – Capabilities for Budgeting and Flexible Variance Analysis […]
Sustaining Hospital Service Lines
“Sustaining a broad portfolio of service lines may no longer be a viable option for hospitals and health systems”. 1 According to HFMA’s recent financial planning newsletter, discussing the viability of a service line can be difficult for healthcare executives, board members and clinical leaders. The article encourages an analysis many metrics that need to […]
Top 5 Best Practices for an Actionable BI Strategy
In an earlier blog post, I pointed out a number of companies complete a BI Strategy but only to shelve it shortly after its completion. One main reason is that companies let their BI Strategy atrophy by not maintaining it; however, the other main cause of shelving a BI Strategy is that it was not […]
Hyperion Healthcare Starter Kit: Changing the Game
If you walk into a Chief Financial Officer’s office in the US and ask if they use “Hyperion”, the answer is likely to be “yes”. Why is this? This solution has innovated to the level of changing the margin trajectory for ~6,000 customers across many industries by automating and innovating capacity planning and financial performance […]
How to Charge $546 for Six Liters of Saltwater
There was a recent article in the NY Times with this title that captures the essence of the current costing discussion. One-liter IV bags normally contain nine grams of salt, less than two teaspoons. Much of it comes from a major Morton Salt operation in Rittman, Ohio, which uses a subterranean salt deposit formed millions […]