Ah, summer. It’s the perfect time to kick back, relax, and… grow your business? That’s right! And you can do all three of those things this year at Sage Summit 2015. It’s taking place in New Orleans from July 27th to July 30th, so you’ll be able to enjoy the…

Whether you like it or not, the budget is something that must be done on a yearly, if not ongoing, basis. If you’re not in finance, budgeting is going to be the last thing on your mind, but it is essential that everyone contributes in order to get the most…

Data Collection True Sky is more than just a traditional corporate performance management (CPM) tool. It can also help facilitate and structure any type of data capture process you have within your organization. In many organizations, data is captured and stored either in individual spreadsheets or in emails. For instance, maybe…

    In business, knowledge is power. The keys to a successful enterprise rest on the ability to stay agile and be able to make the best decisions in a timely manner. Having the ability to forecast overall income and expense, net profit or loss, overhead cost or the performance…

Finding a new budgeting and forecasting solution can be an overwhelming task. Not only is the task to find a product to suit your unique business needs, but it also entails sorting through the multitude of products on the market as well. However, knowing the right questions to ask in…

In the ever changing work environment, tension is bound to arise between the age old practices, and the innovative, new ideas. This is especially true in the world of finance. Why tinker with traditional business practices if everything is swell? Finance is the backbone for any organization, so any concerns…

“No one really enjoys doing budgeting” Last month, Alan Whitehouse, Chief Solution Architect of True Sky, took the time to sit down with Mike Failla from TechTime to discuss the budgeting process. Listen in and find out: How people are doing their budgeting versus how they should be doing their budgeting 4 ways to…

The following article is from guest blogger, Gary Cokins. Managers are increasingly shifting from reacting to after-the-fact reported outcomes to anticipating the future with predictive analysis and proactively making adjustments with better decisions. Despite some advances in the application of new costing techniques such as activity-based costing, are management accountants…

The following article is from guest blogger, Gary Cokins. Please forgive me for my persistent rant and criticism against accountants who continue to calculate the substantial and growing high indirect and shared costs originating from resource expenses such as salaries, supplies, power, information technologies, and travel. I cannot seem to…