EPM in practice: what does it solve for an SME? 26.10.2026 Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) brings together business targets, financial planning, forecasting, performance monitoring and decision-making. It helps management answer three questions: where... Lue lisää
Bring budgets, actuals and forecasts into the same management conversation 23.10.2026 The management team has three different views: the annual budget, last month’s actuals and the latest sales outlook. Yet a hiring or growth investment decision is still waiting. The figures cover diff... Lue lisää
An accounting and finance partner for daily operations and management — what makes collaboration work? 23.10.2026 How is profitability developing? Is there enough cash to fund the purchases needed for growth? What does a change in sales mean for the full-year result? Answering these questions requires reliable fi... Lue lisää
Project management: schedules, resources and finances together 20.10.2026 Project management brings together design, procurement, resources, delivery and finance. When the same people, production stages and materials serve several projects, a change in one project also affe... Lue lisää
How to make Odoo implementation work for your SME 7.10.2026 A successful Odoo implementation starts with clear business goals, a manageable first phase and agreed responsibilities. The practical work moves from reviewing existing processes to preparing data, c... Lue lisää
Business forecasting – a pleasant process 12.6.2017 Making financial forecasts can be pleasant and easy, even fun, when a clear, simple and scheduled process is utilized. Financial planning includes budgets and forecasts, which both are important and r... Posts by: Anne Sutela Lue lisää
Vision as a management tool 22.5.2017 A vision is a realistic, motivating and desirable future goal. Its purpose is to motivate the personnel involved in reaching the set vision of future. A well-made vision is in sync with the company’s ... Posts by: Jukka Saarikko Lue lisää
Optimize your cash flow – 12 weeks’ rolling forecast 8.5.2017 In order to succeed, a company must have adequate cash reserve to manage the solvency, i.e. liquidity of the company. When the company is successful, there may be ample cash reserves that require inve... Posts by: Anne Sutela Lue lisää
Financial administration providing up-to-date information for decision making 27.3.2017 Up-to-date information forms the essential basis for company management decision making ( management tools ). Most of the information is gathered through the company’s financial administration or fina... Posts by: Anne Sutela Lue lisää
Management tools – up-to-date information 13.3.2017 The task of the managing director is to maximize the operational result of the managed company in all circumstances. To fulfill this task, the managing director needs sufficient up-to-date information... Posts by: Jukka Saarikko Lue lisää
Cash flow forecasting for better cash management 27.2.2017 Money talks in business. No matter what the business goals are, cash management has an essential effect on how quickly (or slowly) you can reach them. Adequacy of cash defines whether the business act... Posts by: Anne Sutela Lue lisää
Sales forecast 9.2.2017 One of the most important reports describing the current situation and development trend of the business is the sales forecast. It provides the best outlook on future sales and their temporal realizat... Posts by: Jukka Saarikko Lue lisää