Most of us have experienced the strange but fundamentally human urge to linger at the scene of a disaster. It’s natural – we want to understand what has happened so that we can avoid any future such disasters taking a toll on us personally. With this fundamental urge… Continue reading
Ugly Annual Budget stories
The Annual Budget is dead. Long live the Annual Budget?
Annual Budget or Continuous Forecasting – which side are you on? I wanted to share a solid article I read in the CFO Magazine from September 2012, in case you missed it. Freed from the Budget is a re-focus on the value or otherwise of the annual budget… Continue reading
Join us for a breakfast presentation!
Join us for a FREE breakfast event on the 22nd of May 2013 at LevelFourteen in the Sydney CBD. Immediately following the breakfast presentations we will also be holding a Tips & Tricks session.
Spaces are limited so REGISTER NOW for this… Continue reading
What’s New: April 2013
What’s new? Well, plenty. Among the many other things we’ve been up to recently, we hope you’re enjoying the new look and feel of the newsletter. It’s an early peek at our new home on the web which we’ll be releasing between now and June.
As you’ll read, in recent months CALUMO HQ… Continue reading
Oh the PAIN! It’s budget time again :(
It’s that time of year again when plans and budgets are under way – and the crowd roars Yeah… wait… No?
No I don’t mean the execution of plans well laid and clearly productive. I mean the long drawn out boring, energy sapping, life-robbing process of preparing the annual corporate budget. It’s not this way for everyone but it… Continue reading
It’s released! 11.9.4!
The latest version of CALUMO is released!
Our Development Team has just put the finishing touches on the update to the CALUMO Business Intelligence Software. Highlights include:… Continue reading
Why is Excel the most popular month-end reporting tool in the world?
Here are the key reasons:
1. Ease of use. Excel is by far the easiest reporting tool around today. Start typing and get answers. You don’t have to be an IT person to use Excel, just a business person — from Accountants to Sales. … Continue reading
6 Steps to Streamline Month-End and find the “Holy Grail”
“Streamlining month-end is the Holy Grail!” I heard a management accountant, let’s call her Emma, say at a networking lunch I attended as part of the CPA Newcastle Convention. Emma works for a $100M+ company and month-end currently takes 5 days and is really tough. Month-end has to be… Continue reading
Business Intelligence projects can find where the bodies are buried
So, you think you know your month-end process, but you might be surprised by what’s really happening.
I recently delivered a monthly management reporting (BI) project at a client whose general ledger function is outsourced to a third party.… Continue reading
Business Intelligence without Budgeting and Forecasting is only second prize
Most BI tools only report historical information – which is like only getting last week’s race results when what you really want to know is tomorrow’s winner.
Many companies use making historical information accessible as the justification for ‘doing’ BI – often a good return on investment but only second prize.… Continue reading
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