According to Darwin’s (1809-1882) theory of evolution “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.” Digital transformation in FP&A departments turns disruptive. Irrespective of company size or industry, Finance departments are looking for technology to help them …
Great news! Alexander Springer, co-founder of the Business Intelligence (BI)- and Corporate Performance Management (CPM) vendor prevero, who has been prevero’s CEO for more than 20 years until the company was sold to Unit4 in 2016, agreed to take a stake in and act as Non-Executive Partner for smartPM.solutions. It’s a pleasure and extraordinary honor …
Prevero-Co-Founder Alexander Springer invests in smartPM.solutions Read More »
Apparently many companies are confronted with the same challenges – finding an alternative to the excessive use of Excel, more precise forecasts and the way to truly integrated business planning. Last week we contributed to the “4th Global S&OP to Integrated Planning Summit” and the “Finance 4.0 – Finance Digitalisation and Transformation Summit” in Amsterdam …
Vast Demand for Digital Transformation Support in S&OP and Finance Read More »
Another month passed and another Sales Forecast Meeting ahead of us. The picture is often the same: Frantic Sales Directors and Sales Controllers trying to pull all the information together from the different sources like CRM, ERP, countless Excel-files only to realize that deals have slipped once again. We and most of our customers faced …
Soon, supply chain planning will be one of the areas most influenced by artificial intelligence. More than ever before will data determine the landscape of the supply chain and be responsible for organizational changes and the rise of business models. We were able to identify the three elements, which will build the basis for this …
Do you think your forecasts have a good fit? The founders of the association ‘AI Austria’ want to support Austria to become a leading player in the field of Artificial Intelligence. This includes research in technical, social and ethical questions as well as the practical application of AI in companies. Artificial intelligence is no longer …
On the 10th and 11th of September many well-known companies – such as PepsiCo, Stora Enso and Conekranes – were informed of the latest findings on the optimization of planning processes at the S&OP Excellence Forum and were brought up to date on current scientific research results, in particular on the subject of Artificial Intelligence …
S&OP Excellence – if you weren’t there you definitely missed something! Read More »
Some of the most relevant topics for sales driven companies – like integrated business planning, capacity vs. demand balancing and AI based forecasting – will be discussed at upcoming benchmark summits. As smartPM.solutions is driven by latest scientific research and practical implementation experience, we were asked to present our industry standard solutions at several of …
Tom Dehouck, Global Head of Unit4 Prevero, stated to the cooperation: “I am very delighted that the years of expertise of Alexander Hein and his team will be retained within this partnership. I wish smartPM.solutions all the best and look forward to a positive and productive cooperation”. Our CEO, Alexander Hein, was previously SVP Strategy …
Powerful Team: Unit4 Prevero & smartPM.solutions Read More »
A study in Germany reveals that highly educated and qualified women are more likely to apply for positions below their professional qualifications. But why? Our experience shows that women interpret the requirements in job vacancies more strictly than men. Whereas men ‘sell’ their previous experience, even if they cannot prove it with a certificate, women …
