Posts Tagged ‘Finance’

Enterprise Design in EBS is one of the first things you tackle when beginning a new client engagement. It will likely include chart of accounts design, number of business groups, ledgers, legal entities, operating units (OU), and inventory organizations. This document will brush lightly on a few of these areas but will focus primarily on […]

The intent of this document is provide the reader with a fundamental understanding of Oracle’s Secondary Ledgers, enriched with lessons learned from actual implementations. Matt Makowsky is an Oracle Financial Applications Consultant with 17 years experience and a Senior Solutions Architect with Perficient. Feel free to ask him any questions in the comments section below the […]

IBM Cognos TM1 is well-known as an enterprise planning software platform that can transform your entire planning cycle, from target setting and budgeting to reporting, scorecarding, analysis and forecasting [1], and Perficient is well-known for delivering expertly designed TM1-based solutions. At Perficient, we are excited about solving our customers’ business needs. Every Cognos TM1 implementation […]

  Stock symbols remind me of the website domains. If you have something easy to remember, short, and reflective of your business, you’re golden. Even if you just own a great domain, without an actual business, there’s a slight chance you can strike it rich. Remember all those domain names being sold for crazy prices? […]

I loved an article I read in a recent issue of HFMA Magazine in the Healthcare Value section. The title is “The Secret to Building Effective Quality Programs” written by John Byrnes, MD. The finance playbook, described by John, includes these cornerstones: Rule #1: Don’t allow clinicians to calculate cost savings. Finance and clinical counterparts […]

I’m a BIG believer in two things: a) work smarter, not harder; 2) keep things simple — avoid complexity. Complex leads to complicated, complicated leads to misunderstanding, misunderstanding leads to chaos. Nonetheless, my guidelines seem easy enough, right? Well, good news then, they are simple and easy to apply in just about anything we face day […]

Effective September 30th If your organization is currently running IBM Cognos Software version 8.0-8.4 these versions will soon be retired and no longer maintained by IBM. This means your production issues and bug fixes will no longer be supported for these following versions: Cognos Business Intelligence V8.4.1 Cognos Data Manager V8.4.1 Cognos Business Intelligence Analysis […]

As IBM’s Premier Partner delivering Smarter Commerce solutions Perficient knows how to create a seamless and unified omni-channel commerce experience that leverages commerce, social and mobile technologies to provide the operational excellence needed to deliver a consistent brand experience that deepens your client relationships. Perficient is one of a very small delivery partner that are […]

Perficient’s award-wining IBM Business Analytics practice is a Gold sponsor of Vision 2013. During the conference our subject matter and industry experts will be on-hand to discuss how Perficient helps our clients leverage accurate, timely and integrated information to transform information into actionable intelligence that provides insight, drives planning and improves performance. Our experience with […]

Social Commentator, Will Rogers famously stated, “Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” The once predictable & stable world of business has transformed into an unpredictable jungle that’s no place for the complacent finance organization. Our new normal environment requires finance to maneuver obstacles on an […]

Hadoop for Dummies is now available! This free eBook is packed with everything you need to know about Hadoop analytics, this handy guide provides you with a solid understanding of the critical big data concepts and trends, and suggests ways for you to revolutionize your business operations through the implementation of cost-effective, high performance Hadoop […]

Information management (IM) is the collection and management of information from one or more sources and the distribution of that information to one or more audiences. This may involve the key stakeholders owning and using that information. Management means the organization of and control over the planning, structure and organization, controlling, processing, evaluating and reporting […]