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Why Data is So Important to Manufacturing Budgets

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Technology has been a boon for manufacturing in a million different ways – from online ordering, to faster invoicing, to optimizing sales teams. While all of this data helps manufacturing companies to be more efficient, when it comes it comes to creating a manufacturing budget , data is also just as critical.

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Inventory Management in Manufacturing

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How Attention to Inventory Can Make or Break Manufacturers A major factor in determining the success of a manufacturer is how well it manages its inventory. When manufacturers have too little inventory, they can’t fully meet customer demands and lose out on revenue as a result.

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CFO for Manufacturing Companies

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In the world of manufacturing, where processes run thick and bottlenecks are known to arise, CFO services play a critical role in helping organizations steer towards efficiency, profitability, and longevity. The Evolving CFO Role in a Manufacturing Company. Digitalization is changing the way manufacturing is performed worldwide.

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How Advisors Can Create An Annual Financial Planning Process

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A common service model for many financial advisory firms is to schedule annual client meetings throughout the year where the advisor meets with each client in the month they started working with the firm, and conducts a comprehensive review of all planning topics for the client. Author: Kyle Moore. Guest Contributor.

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Manufacturers Loosen Budgets To Make Tech Upgrades

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The COVID-19 pandemic may have brought manufacturing to a halt, but that hasn’t stopped these same companies from investing in software upgrades and technology initiatives to stay competitive. Morgan Stanley reported a three-month average index of planned capital spending among U.S. the New York water technology company, SPX Flow Inc.

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Falling Short – The Limitations of Using Spreadsheets for Modern Budgeting and Planning

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Worse, when your company is ready to migrate to a new financial model, like rolling forecasts and scenario planning , or report on company performance, Excel may hold you back from making the leap to move your company forward. Plus, more team members will need to have input into the numbers that make up a company’s budget.

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Finding the Optimal Path to Success Using Financial Scenario Planning

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The key is to have a keen understanding of your business drivers, and build your financial plan around them. Or, let’s say a manufacturer has a five-year goal to grow from a $20 million to a $50 million company. Role of Financial Scenario Planning While driver-based budgets are highly accurate, it’s rare that all drivers will align.