As companies mature in their use of performance management, it becomes much more than simply reporting on where they’ve been. Progressive companies quickly expand beyond historic data gathering and traditional analysis to incorporate more thorough understanding of what factors truly drives performance. Leaders go the next step to anticipate the future, sensing and responding ongoing changes in operations to predict and plan future performance.

This one hour webcast will include a frank discussion with John Hagerty, Industry Analyst from AMR Research, who will discuss his recent research findings for emerging best practices in financial performance management, along with 2007-2008 spending trends. This discussion will also delve into how to interpret these trends. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear a case study of the real-life experiences of manufacturing leader Omron, and how the company achieved significant benefits through its use of Clarity Systems Business Applications for detailed revenue forecasting, budgeting, and analysis, expense planning, and integral profitability analysis.

In this one-hour Best Practices session you will learn about:

• Emerging trends in financial performance management from industry research analysts
• How to better predict and plan future performance
• Best Practices for detailed revenue forecasting, expense planning, and profitability analysis
• How to leverage best practices in light of emerging performance management trends.