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March 20, 2012March 20, 2012Plan & Forecast

The Cognos Blueprints are back – for Cognos Insight

IBM Cognos Blueprints Have you heard of the Cognos Blueprints? They are pre-configured planing and forecasting templates. You can download them from […]

March 15, 2012March 15, 2012Plan & Forecast

How to improve your forecasting templates through initiatives

Forecasting concerns Despite its tremendous importance, forecasting remains one of most disliked processes in many companies. Part of the problem are the forecasting […]

March 6, 2012March 8, 2012Events, Finance

Please welcome IBM Cognos TM1 10.1

IBM Cognos TM1 10.1 There is a lot of exciting stuff happening in the Business Analytics area. Last week, I wrote about […]

January 26, 2012March 8, 2012Finance, Plan & Forecast

Spotlight on Forecast Accuracy

Forecast accuracy in turbulent times Forecast accuracy is one of those measures many finance professionals think and talk about. Turbulent times require […]

December 13, 2011December 14, 2011Dashboarding, IBM Cognos, Plan & Forecast

Forecast Analysis – An Effective Dashboard

FORECAST ANALYSIS Last week I argued that a detailed variance report is not very helpful before and during the forecasting and budgeting […]

December 8, 2011December 12, 2011Analytics, Plan & Forecast, Visualization

Better Forecasting And Budgeting Starts With Analysis – IBM Cognos 10 in Action

FORECAST ANALYSIS Much has been written about developing better forecasting and budgeting templates or improving the overall process. But to my surprise […]