Featuring software solutions buyers guide.Business Intelligence Clarity Systems is a leader in the business intelligence arena providing corporate performance management software solutions. The Clarity Performance Management (CPM (1) (Critical Path Method) A project management planning and control technique implemented on computers. The critical path is the series of activities and tasks in the project that have no built-in slack time. ) Suite gives organizations the ability to enhance strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. , budgeting, modeling, forecasting, reporting and analysis. Developed from the ground up as a Web-based solution, Clarity's CPM solution delivers feature-rich functionality that can be accessed over the Internet or intranet, and due to its Excel look and feel, affords a drastically reduced learning curve. With hundreds of clients throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Clarity Systems leverages a diversified team of experts and highly functional solutions to provide award-winning results. Clarity's solution enables clients to: Improve the frequency, accuracy and ease of the budgeting process; Prepare more accurate and timely forecasts; Produce accurate and timely financial reports; Perform ad-hoc financial analysis; and Support leading management methodologies such as balanced scorecards and activity-based management Activity-based management (ABM) is a method of identifying and evaluating activities that a business performs using activity-based costing to carry out a value chain analysis or a re-engineering initiative to improve strategic and operational decisions in an organization. . www.claritysystems.com Rachel Jordan This article is about the artist. For the Simpsons character see Rachel Jordan. Rachel Jordan (born May 8, 1968) is a British artist and a member of the Stuckist art group. | rjordan@claritysystems.com 416.250.5500X555 | 416.250.5533Fax Business Performance Management (BPM) Geac is a global enterprise software company for Business Performance Management (BPM), providing customers worldwide with the core financial and operational solutions and services to improve their business performance in real time. Geac software and services are deployed at more than 18,000 organizations around the world. About half the Fortune 100 rely on Geac systems every day. Geac MPC (1) (Mobile PC) A handheld or laptop computer. See handheld computer, laptop computer and Ultra-Mobile PC. (2) (MultiPath Channel) See multipath. , the comprehensive application for performance management, replaces traditional disjointed financial systems with a single integrated solution that enables management to set strategic goals, translate those goals into action plans, track results and take corrective action A corrective action is a change implemented to address a weakness identified in a management system. Normally corrective actions are instigated in response to a customer complaint, abnormal levels if internal nonconformity, nonconformities identified during an internal audit or as needed--all based on a continuous flow of real-time performance data. www.performance.geac.com Chris Kelly Chris Kelly may refer to the following persons:
800.922.7979 | 734 769.6943Fax Longview Solutions Longview is a Canadian software company with products for performance management including planning, consolidation, forecasting, budgeting, reporting and tax provisioning. In September of 2006 Longview acquired UK based Runservicenet in an effort to move towards an SOA architecture. makes Performance Management software that many of the world's most respected companies use to drive performance with speed, visibility and financial integrity. The technology platform supports the diverse needs of the CFO See Chief Financial Officer. with business processes including management reporting, planning, budgeting, forecasting, consolidation, tax and related enterprise learning, compliance and knowledge management processes. Longview's technology platform is a single solution that provides one central repository for financial and non-financial data, enterprise-wide. It is easily managed from a single point of maintenance, regardless of the number of users or global geographic span of the user community. A tremendous depth of functionality is provided in a solution with outstanding performance and scalability. www.longview.com Jennifer Gvozdek | jgvozdek@longview.com 905.940.1510 | 905.940.8310Fax SRC (SouRCe) Contrast with DST, which is an abbreviation of "destination." Software is the leader in providing flexibility and sophistication so·phis·ti·cate v. so·phis·ti·cat·ed, so·phis·ti·cat·ing, so·phis·ti·cates v.tr. 1. To cause to become less natural, especially to make less naive and more worldly. 2. for enterprise financial planning Financial planning Evaluating the investing and financing options available to a firm. Planning includes attempting to make optimal decisions, projecting the consequences of these decisions for the firm in the form of a financial plan, and then comparing future performance against and corporate performance management. SRC's unique support model allows support staff to review an exact copy of an organization's individual system, which has helped SRC achieve an impressive 97% customer-satisfaction rating. With nearly 2,200 installations in mid- to high-end enterprises, SRC's highly personalized budgeting, payroll planning and multi-source consolidation/reporting solutions are used by companies such as Comerica, Caterpillar Logistics Services Inc. and C-SPAN. SRC offers a full complement of financial planning and analysis tools through its unique integration of spreadsheets and industry-leading databases complete with full-scale Web deployment. For more information, contact SRC Software at 800-544-3477 or by e-mail at info@srcsoftware.com. www.srcsoftware.com Keri Spehalski | kspehalski@srcsoftware.com 503.608.3300 | 503.608.3399Fax Customer Profitability Customer profitability (CP) is the difference between the revenues earned from and the costs associated with the customer relationship in a specified period. According to Philip Kotler,"a profitable customer is a person,household or a company that overtime,yields a revenue Management (CPM) Hyperion, the global leader in Business Performance Management software, introduces Hyperion Profitability Management. Customers have relied on Hyperion technology to do profitability analysis for years, and now Hyperion is combining software, services and best practices to analyze and understand profitability at a granular level. Hyperion Profitability Management solves one of the most pressing problems in business today--understanding a company's most and least profitable customers, products and challenges. This solution enables analysts to understand the true cost of retaining and serving customers, determine new customer acquisition costs, as well as evaluate customer purchasing behaviors and margin contributions by product. This is the first in a long line of Business Performance Management solutions focused on select business challenges that Hyperion will offer in the coming months. www.hyperion.com Solange Brill Brill or Bril, Flemish painters, brothers. Mattys Brill (mä`tīs), 1550–83, went to Rome early in his career and executed frescoes for Gregory XIII in the Vatican. | solange_brill@hyperion.com 408.220.8177 | 408.220.8124Fax Enterprise Resource Planning See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. (ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. ) Cognos is the world leader in corporate performance management software. Cognos enterprise planning, scorecarding and business intelligence solutions let companies improve and direct performance by facilitating a complete management cycle--from planning and forecasting, to measuring and monitoring performance, to reporting and analysis. Enterprise planning, where effective performance management begins, combines people, process and technology in a rich, continuous and broadly collaborative process. It provides deeper insight into likely future performance, enabling managers to spot trends, identify opportunities and affect outcomes. Founded in 1969, Cognos employs more than 3,000 people and serves some 22,000 customers in over 135 countries. Cognos customers are involved in every industry sector including automotive, banking and insurance, energy and natural resources, government, healthcare, manufacturing and pharmaceuticals. www.Cognos.com Delbert Krause | webmaster@Cognos.com 613.738.1440 | 613-738-0002Fax Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance/Internal Audit Whether complying with regulatory guidelines such as Sarbanes-Oxley, selecting new systems, managing vendors or maintaining secure information technology, managing risk has become increasingly complex and the expectations of a company's governance and control environment have never been greater. Grant Thornton's Business Advisory Services advisory services advisory services provided to the public, in their capacity as owners and managers of animals, are an important part of veterinary science. They may be provided by government bureaux, by commercial companies who deal in pharmaceuticals or animals or animal professionals help clients strengthen and improve the effectiveness of their governance, risk management and information technology processes to improve their financial, operational and strategic performance. Founded in 1924, Grant Thornton LLP  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . is a leading global accounting, tax and business advisory firm serving the needs of public and private clients through 50 offices in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , and through 392 offices in 84 countries through Grant Thornton International. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] www.GrantThornton.com Greg Pitzer | Greg.Pitzer@gt.com 213.688.1757 | 213.624.3026Fax Paisley Consulting is the leading business accountability software provider focused on integrated solutions for compliance, corporate assurance, internal auditing and risk management. The company's key products include Risk Navigator[TM], CARD[R]map, Focus Control Assurance Software[TM] and AutoAudit[R] automation software. Risk Navigator is a comprehensive risk management software solution. From Sarbanes-Oxley documentation and testing to assessing operational risks and controls, it puts everyone--auditors, risk management group, Sarbanes-Oxley team and senior management--on the same page. Focus is designed specifically for Sections 404 and 302 compliance. It documents all risks and controls, identifies gaps, tracks action plans and provides for management certification. AutoAudit is the ultimate tool for managing the audit department as a paperless work environment. It automates key aspects of the audit process, including risk assessment, scheduling, work papers Noun 1. work papers - a legal document giving information required for employment of certain people in certain countries work permit, working papers and reporting. To find out why more than 30 percent of the Fortune@100 companies use Paisley Consulting solutions to meet their business accountability needs, call 320.286.5870 or email sales@paisleyconsulting.com. www.paisleyconsulting.com Sam Kaye | sam.kaye@paisleyconsulting.com 320.286.5870 | 320-286-6196Fax For more information or to submit a company writeup in a future issue of the buyers guide please contact Brenda Newkirk at 973.765.1054 or bnewkirk@fei.org. |
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