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What is Enterprise Performance Management (EPM)?

Planful

In the 1970s, as commercial software applications began to take hold in many organizations, accounting packages began to support the collection of budgets and financial results for reporting purposes. Business Benefits of EPM Software. Today there’s increasing demand for software as a service (SaaS) (a.k.a.

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How CFOs make the most of business intelligence

Future CFO

Regardless of the product or services offered, every business produces data—an invaluable asset that allows a business to better understand itself and make informed decisions. The terms Business Analytics and Business Intelligence (BI) are often incorrectly conflated. Collecting information impartially.

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