Business Planning

Budgeting

Brand Value Drives Corporate Value

With the right brand-value metrics and framework, managements can allocate marketing resources to improve both short- and long-term value creation.
Budgeting

Metric of the Month: Finance Function Cost

CFOs should decide how to balance their focus on the cost of the finance function versus its strategic value.
Strategy

Teva to Cut 14,000 Jobs in ‘Drastic’ Overhaul

The drugmaker says "there is no alternative" to its restructuring plan amid pricing pressure on its core generics business.
Human Capital & Careers

GE Slims Down Further With Power Layoffs

The 12,000 job cuts are "painful but necessary for GE Power to respond to the disruption in the power market."
Business Planning

VW Charges up Spending on Electric Vehicles

The world’s largest automaker announces a $40 billion spending plan that will accelerate its shift away from combustion-engine vehicles.
Strategy

Siemens Job Cuts Target Gas Turbine Business

The German manufacturing giant will lay off 6,900 workers as it adjusts to the global surge in solar and wind capacity.
Budgeting

Metric of the Month: Annual Budget Cycle Times

How long will your budgeting process take this year?
Supply Chain

What Wildfires, Hurricanes Can Teach About Risk Reduction

Companies can leverage their involvement in infrastructure development to raise resiliency standards.
Internet of Things

Dell to Invest $1 Billion in ‘Internet of Things’

The company sees growth in providing "edge" computing power for devices ranging from thermostats to connected cars.
Strategy

Honeywell to Spin off $7.5B in Businesses

The company's aerospace unit will remain in its portfolio despite pressure from activist investors to spin it off.
The Economy

IMF Sees Global Economic Upswing

However, its projection for economic growth in the United States this year remains modest, at 2.2%.
Business Planning

Why You Should Take the “F” Out of FP&A

A purely financial focus leads to damaging short-termism, KPMG says. Instead, put the focus on longer-term integrated business planning.
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