Systems and tools

Which new technologies will emerge in the future? And, for our purposes, how can you be sure that you’ll make the right IT investment decisions when it comes to keeping your company’s finance functions operating smoothly? The fact is that nobody knows for sure. But one thing is certain: the days when one technology or one software application dominated is on the way out. For instance, so-called “open source” (OSS) software—which, because it is distributed in tandem with its source code, can be freely modified—promises to fundamentally change the way that businesses, indeed, any organisation that utilises computers, is conducted. But what does this mean for the business community at large? Will corporations and companies, large and small, now have to rethink their way of doing business? Let’s face it, in the rapidly evolving marketplace for finance systems and technologies—and with many new entrants to add to new products from existing vendors—you cannot afford the risk of running, or selecting a system, that does not completely fulfil the finance function’s needs. So in a competitive environment where overselling is not uncommon, and it is growing increasingly more difficult for your Finance department to make an informed choice as to the most appropriate tools for their needs, what do you do?

If this is your situation

• You need help in assessing the value and trustworthiness of outside vendors
• You require improved end user satisfaction—within and outside of finance
• You want to avoid common pitfalls, and thereby reduce your deployment timeframes
• You need better controlled, more efficient, and better performing finance processes
• You would like a lower total cost of ownership—and fewer surprises or misunderstandings regarding system capabilities
• You want to find a way to give finance the time it needs to devote to other value-adding tasks