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The most successful MSPs rely on metrics – known as key performance indicators (KPIs) – for making informed, educated decisions that help their businesses thrive, rather than just survive. This eBook provides an overview of some of the most important KPIs used by top MSPs. We’ll focus on two major areas – finance and service – to help you better understand how to use KPIs as an essential tool for building a more sustainable business.

As part of a company-wide initiative called Ambition 2020, AXA Germany reimagined and connected its planning processes across the business as it moved them to Anaplan. Done in three phases, the reinvention eliminated spreadsheet nightmares and improved both process transparency and planning efficiency. As a result, months-long planning routines are now complete in days and the foundation is set for further improvements.

On average, enterprises processed over 200,000 spend transactions last quarter. Finance teams that use artificial intelligence in their spend audit reviewed 100 percent of transactions, versus 2-10 percent of expense reports and 5-10 percent of invoices for teams that didn’t.

Modern finance teams are embracing AI to audit their invoice-based spend. With AI, they can review all of their invoices prior to payment to spot errors, fraud, and contract violations. AppZen customers have identified 16 critical invoice audit and contract compliance use cases that only AI can make possible.

On average, enterprises processed over 200,000 spend transactions last quarter. Finance teams that use artificial intelligence in their spend audit reviewed 100 percent of transactions, versus 2-10 percent of expense reports and 5-10 percent of invoices for teams that didn’t.

Modern finance teams are adopting AI to automate processes and enable complex decision making across a broad swath of their operations. AI-powered spend auditing is especially promising because expenses and payables are rife with spend leakage, non-compliance, and inefficiencies. Download this whitepaper to learn how to evaluate potential AI-powered spend auditing solutions.

Airbus is a leading aerospace and defense company that uses AppZen to audit every dollar of spend. Hear why Airbus finance leaders Richard Masci, Head of Financial System Services for Airbus Americas, and Waqas Aman, Financial Systems & Compliance Manager for Airbus Americas, depend on AppZen.

AI helps finance team to reduce spend, ensure compliance and streamline process: - Audit 100% of spend instantly - Comply with regulations like FCPA - Eliminate fraud and waste

"Ready to communicate IT cost and value in terms your business unit partners understand? The Apptio TBM Unified Model® (ATUM®) standardizes the financial information necessary for IT leaders to manage their technology business. Use this poster as a resource to: • Establish better alignment between IT, Finance, and other business units by using common language around IT costs • Confidently manage the business of IT with the backing of peer-derived best practices • Understand 10 essential metrics you should track to communicate the business value of IT "

Cloud spending accounts for a significant portion of IT spend and it’s only going to get bigger. According to IDC Research, by 2022 the compound annual growth rate is expected to reach 22.5%. Yet with all this growth, the cloud operating model is still developing, largely because traditional operating models no longer apply. Operating and managing cloud infrastructure is vastly different from on-prem IT infrastructure. In that world, decisions are limited to a few people who make buying decisions once a quarter or year on a 3-5 year investment cycle. In contrast, decision-making in the cloud happens in real-time and is distributed across technology, business and finance teams. Many companies, even if they operate in the cloud, are still using procurement and financial processes designed for on-prem, which translates into wasted resources and money. Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers many ways to help you transition from an on-prem financial model to a cloud-based one. We’ll discuss them

Traditional IT finance funding processes can no longer keep pace with fast-changing customer demands. Discover a more dynamic approach to funding technology and innovation – one that enables investing almost anytime and anywhere. Read this briefing to find out: • why funding must be uncoupled from the annual budgeting process • how the decentralisation of IT is shaping investment strategies • what a new approach to evaluating success should look like • how Technology Business Management can help.

What if you could use just one platform to detect all types of major financial crimes? One platform to handle the analytical tasks of fraud detection, including: • Data processing and aggregation • Data visualization • Statistical/mathematical/machine learning modeling • Batch/real-time scoring One platform that could successfully reduce complex and time-consuming fraud investigations by combining extremely different domains of knowledge including Business, Economics, Finance, and Law. A platform that can cover payments, credit card transactions, and know your customer (KYC) processes, as well as similar use cases like anti-money laundering (AML), trade surveillance, and crimes such as insurance claims fraud. Learn more about TIBCO's comprehensive software capabilities behind tackling all these types of fraud in this in depth whitepaper.

Prior to implementing the Anaplan platform, RSA Group had a tedious spreadsheet-based, nine-month planning cycle riddled with data quality issues, which was compounded by siloed, functional fragmentation across the company. As a result, the finance team was spending a significant amount of time cleaning data rather than analyzing it to provide insight to key stakeholders throughout the business. Using the Anaplan platform, RSA Group reduced their financial planning process from nine months to five months. The workforce planning team experienced a 50% improvement in productivity. The business can now own their connected plans, resulting in improved decision support to business users, as well as improved customer service and financial results.

"Votre système Quote-to-Cash doit vous donner l'occasion d'échanger avec vos clients et de faire bonne impression. Des processus de vente désuets et décousus risquent d'éloigner vos clients sans même que vous ne vous en rendiez compte. Téléchargez notre e-Book, « Offrez une expérience client exceptionnelle, du Quote-to-Cash et au-delà » et découvrez comment les entreprises peuvent évoluer pour répondre à toutes les attentes des clients. Cet e-Book vous renseignera sur : Les modules Quote-to-Cash essentiels dans l'économie de l'expérience d'aujourd'hui (dont la solution CPQ automatisée et intégrée à la gestion du cycle de vie des contrats, pour un processus de négociation et de devis simple et rapide). Le rôle essentiel d'une facturation agile dans la gestion des devis Quote-to-Cash. L'importance d'établir la gestion des devis sur un socle cloud robuste, en étroite intégration avec la gestion de la Supply Chain et les finances du back-office."

H&S Ventures provides management services for the Anaheim Ducks hockey team and its home-ice venue—the Honda Center. This popular indoor arena hosts scores of events and concerts, and H&S oversees everything from ticket sales to marketing and finance. H&S’s performance is measured by attendance, big-name bookings and how much fans spend on merchandise and concessions. Digital innovation plays a crucial role in creating a thrilling live experience that raises fans’ satisfaction and their average “spend.”

Une enquête menée par le groupe mondial d'études sur les marchés des technologies de l'information IDC auprès de 3 500 grands noms de l'informatique à travers le monde montre l'unanimité des entreprises au sujet de PC Lifecycle as a Service qui s'avère économique, rapide et mieux adapté aux employés. Dell PC as a Service (PCaaS) intègre le matériel, les logiciels, les services pour le cycle de vie et le financement dans une solution globale qui propose un prix unique et prévisible par mois et par siège, fourni par le Service financier de Dell. En savoir plus sur les solutions Dell en collaboration avec Intel®

Your business is changing. As a finance leader, you know that accounting is a labour-intensive, costly process where systems often don’t allow for expedient exception handling and many days are fraught with difficulty in matching invoices to other databases for reconciliation. Like most companies, you know where you want to go but may not have infrastructure or internal expertise to handle electronic fund transfers, credit card payments or cheque processing— all the pieces required to make your vision for an efficient, integrated operation a reality.

Although data and analytics are highlighted throughout the popular press as well as in trade publications, too many managers think the value of this data processing is limited to a few numerically intensive fields such as science and finance. In fact, big data and the insights that emerge from analyzing it will transform every industry, from “precision farming” to manufacturing and construction. Governments must also be alert to the value of data and analytics as the enabler for smart cities. Institutions that master available data will leap ahead of their less statistically adept competitors through many advantages: finding hidden opportunities for efficiency, using data to become more responsive to clients, and developing entirely new and unanticipated product lines. The average time spent by most companies on the S&P 500 Index has decreased from an average of 60 to 70 years to only 22 years. There are winners and losers in the changes that come with the evolution of both technology

H&S Ventures provides management services for the Anaheim Ducks hockey team and its home-ice venue—the Honda Center. This popular indoor arena hosts scores of events and concerts, and H&S oversees everything from ticket sales to marketing and finance. H&S’s performance is measured by attendance, big-name bookings and how much fans spend on merchandise and concessions. Digital innovation plays a crucial role in creating a thrilling live experience that raises fans’ satisfaction and their average “spend.”

Financial services firms are turning to Business Spend Management (BSM) as a Strategic Solution Beset by competitors and burdened by ever-shifting regulatory requirements, financial services firms are turning to cloud-based technology to gain better control over—and visibility into—spending. In the process, they are becoming fiercer competitors. Download this ebook for insights into how you can improve your organization's financial health and how: A cloud complete-BSM solution can track and measure all purchasing activities, identifying patterns that provide opportunities for negotiating discounts, and better managing risk To increase savings across source-to-contract, procure-to-pay, travel & expense management, as well as risk and supplier management Modern technology enables the finance function to take cost-management to a deeper level—without investing in IT infrastructure

Visibility remains a huge challenge for CFOs in today’s dynamic and ever-evolving business environment. A study of more than 500 CFOs and senior finance executives conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and commissioned by Coupa, reveals that more than 60 percent of CFOs lack complete visibility into the transactions within their organization. Sound familiar? Read the report to learn how CFOs are responding in a rapidly evolving world where new technologies, uncertainty, and emerging threats abound. The report also includes five qualitative interviews with the CFOs from Ally Financial, Driftwood Acquisitions and Development, Hays, Micron Technologies, and Zendesk.

Download this webinar to learn about Machine Learning and how it can be applied to finance, and acquire basic fundamentals about how to begin the journey.

Data is a driver of growth and change that is quickly becoming the world's most valuable resource. As such, finance leaders face increased pressure to value data as an asset on their balance sheets and use it to drive business strategy. To capitalize on the power of data, learn how to pinpoint where you are today. what steps you can take to reach your goals and how to measure success.

Your data center struggles with competing requirements from your lines of business and the finance, security and IT departments. While some executives want to lower cost and increase efficiency, others want business growth and responsiveness. But today, most data center teams are just trying to keep up with application service levels, complex workflows, and sprawling infrastructure and support costs.

Download this whitepaper to learn how mobile technology can redefine banking, improve the customer experience, and empower financial advisors.