Even when organizations have established cost and profitability analytics in their performance management framework, they are rarely well integrated with the planning and budgeting process. Information about process costs, capacity utilization and profitability is an invaluable resource for line managers to support the planning and forecasting process and to help optimize enterprise performance. In this webcast, you will learn how leading companies are doing this and how it is leading to a change in manager's attitudes from "managing the budget" to "managing the process".
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