Re-engineering the finance function.(finance function comparisons)

Management Accounting (British);  February 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......reasonable to consider how the finance function is seen, what its role is...current position of the finance function. The cost of the finance function How does the cost of finance function activities compare between...the average cost of the finance ...

The finance function of the future: How lending departments are changing

The CPA Journal;  July 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......within the finance function. In many...restructuring of the finance function is simply...Redefining the Finance Function Today the...of time in transaction processing and reporting-accordi...Leading-edge finance departments...reductions in transaction ...

European finance function summit transforming the finance function into a...

Management Accounting (British);  March 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......was transforming the finance function into a value-added...create a world-class finance function. The drive is to give...repetitive tasks such as transaction processing. In this area, many...spun off to handle transaction processing for their mother company...facility ...

Partnering for performance. (Northern Telecom Inc.'s finance...

Financial Executive;  September 1, 1992 ;     700+ words ...How does a company's finance function thrive in an international...local alliances. How can the finance function help? Finance needs to be thought...definition of excellence for the finance function in a global economy is this...

Putting the balance back into the finance function.(Network)

The Mercury (South Africa);  February 20, 2008 ;     393 words ......value adding contributions to the finance function Compliance In coming to grips with...the benefit of a better performing finance function. Some of the following symptoms would...Indications from the business that the finance function does not add value to the organisation...

Stora Enso Takes Step in Restructuring its Finance Function.

PR Newswire;  November 5, 2008 ;     433 words ......most of its financial transaction processing to Capgemini, one of the...restructuring of the Group's finance function that was announced on...reduce the costs of the finance function and improve the...with other plans for the finance function, will improve...handle most ...

The future structure of the finance function - 2.

Management Accounting (British);  September 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......responding to the challenges in the finance function The two main drivers of change in the finance function today are IT and the pace of change...hence on the demands placed on the finance function. In this article we report on how...

The changing shape of the finance function. (financial management...

Management Accounting (British);  February 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......illustrates, how the structure of the finance function has changed in the last decade: the...The classical structure of the finance function is built on these three pillars and...the structure and operation of the finance function, let alone the way its staff are deployed...

LAN users wait for industrial-strength OLTP. (local area network) (on-line...

Software Magazine;  August 1, 1991 ;     685 words ......claim to have industrial-strength transaction processing on LANs are just not accurate...who are interested in heavy-duty transaction processing (TP) agree with him. Many feel...of these existing client/server transaction processing systems. However, he warns, Be...

The new CFO role: it's in the DNA; The finance function now plays an...

Financial Executive;  July 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......identified three main facts related to the finance function: 1) It was more tightly aligned internally...supports a major evolution of the finance function--from analyst to catalyst. It also...hypothesis. Survey results show that finance-function DNA is quite strong and able to hew...

UNDERSTANDING THE ADOPTION OF WEB-ENABLED TRANSACTION PROCESSING BY SMALL...

Journal of Electronic Commerce Research;  February 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......increasing use of the web for transaction processing. Many organizations have adopted web-enabled transaction processing for applications such as...trend in this direction, transaction processing is not a major application...

Benchmarking finance function activities. (benchmarking management...

Management Accounting (British);  February 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ......comparison with its costs? Where does your finance function stand in relation to our raison d...their various services. Typically, the finance function exposes its somewhat hypocritical...measure quantifiable outputs and `the finance function' provides intellectual outputs. Come...

TP monitors take to the Net.(transaction processing)(includes related...

Software Magazine;  November 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ...Enhancements to transaction processing middleware, including...You bet they do. Transaction processing and the Internet are...High-volume online transaction processing (OLTP) requires stability...

Shops sample C/S OLTP, but keep bread-and-butter apps under wraps. (early...

Software Magazine;  December 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ......not to monitor? Early movers of transaction processing applications to distributed, client...shops, DBMS toolsets may suffice. Transaction processing (TP) monitors, long the high-end...want to move some of their online transaction processing applications to open, distributed...

Using Six Sigma to improve the finance function: here are some tips for...

Strategic Finance;  May 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......efficiency and effectiveness of the finance function. One company that has applied Six...Sigma projects under way within its finance function. We'll focus on the project that reduced...you adopt Six Sigma within your own finance function. WHAT IS SIX SIGMA? Six Sigma relies...