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Ventana Research today released its latest market research on the Smart Financial Close. We undertook this research to determine the current state of the financial close process and gain insights into how organizations can shorten the process and the benefits they are looking to achieve by doing so. Completing the financial close quickly has long been an objective for finance and accounting departments. A faster close enables them to respond more rapidly to changing business and economic...

Ventana Research announced today nominations are now open for its 16th Annual Digital Leadership Awards. These Awards honor technology and business leaders in organizations that are championing and implementing advanced business practices and technology to drive better results. The awards recognize individuals and organizations that exemplify the understanding that superior performance requires a clear vision, determination, and the concerted efforts of a team.

Today, Ventana Research announced the release of its publication with author Robert Kugel’s book, Integrated Business Planning: Reimagining Planning and Budgeting. Integrated business planning (IBP) is an approach that brings together operational and financial planning across an entire organization. Combining the two creates a business management tool that serves the needs of all executives and managers by focusing on supporting better decisions that improve organizational and individual...

Ventana Research announced today nominations are now open for its 15th Annual Digital Leadership Awards. These Awards honor technology and business leaders in organizations that are championing and implementing advanced business practices and technology to drive better results. The awards recognize individuals and organizations that exemplify the understanding that superior performance requires a clear vision, determination, and the concerted efforts of a team.

Ventana Research today released its latest market research on the smart financial close. We undertook this research to determine the current state of the financial close process and to gain insights into how organizations can shorten the process and the benefits they are looking to achieve by doing so. Completing the financial close quickly has long been an objective for finance and accounting departments. A faster close enables them to respond more rapidly to changing business and economic...

Ventana Research announced today nominations are now open for its 14th Annual Digital Leadership Awards. These Awards honor technology and business leaders that are championing and implementing advanced business practices and technology to drive better results. The awards recognize individuals and organizations that exemplify the understanding that superior performance requires a clear vision, determination, and the concerted efforts of a team.

Ventana Research today launched its newest benchmark research initiative, A Generational Change in ERP. Software for enterprise resource planning handles a diverse set of tasks including statutory and management accounting, human resources management, inventory management, sales order management, fixed asset management and logistics management. These systems have been around for so long and are so much a part of people’s jobs that they can fade into the background — until something goes wrong....

Ventana Research today released its latest market research on the Office of Finance. We have conducted quantitative research on the performance of the finance organization for 15 years against the backdrop of the idea that finance organizations must play a more strategic role in the management of the modern corporation. This idea of transforming the finance department has been around for decades but this latest Office of Finance research offers some evidence that we are on the cusp of such a...