by Dalia Fernandes | Oct 30, 2023 | Business Planning, Data Analysis, OLAP, OLAP and Excel, Scenario Planning, Sports Analysis, Spreadsheets
Rugby fans, prepare to be exhilarated! PARIS Tech has teamed up with David Newton, a luminary in the world of finance and the founder of Newton Carmen, a prestigious Fractional CFO firm. Together, they’ve fashioned something extraordinary – an OLAP model...
by Dalia Fernandes | Sep 14, 2023 | Business Analytics, Business Budgeting, Business Planning, Data Analysis, OLAP, OLAP and Excel, Spreadsheets, Uncategorized
Top-down and Bottom-up budgeting methods co-exist in most companies. What happens it that first the Finance team creates the budget from the bottom up, and then senior management delivers top-down directives. Meeting those directives requires adjustment, often...
by Dalia Fernandes | Aug 15, 2023 | Business Analytics, Business Budgeting, Business Planning, Data Analysis, OLAP, OLAP and Excel, Spreadsheets, Uncategorized
In FP&A in the retail industry, there is a concept of Open-to-Buy (OTB) planning. It is a challenging report to maintain in Excel and calculating it can be quite intricate. OTB (Open-to-Buy) is a forward-looking metric based on future projections. In retail, it...
by Jack Guarneri | Jul 31, 2023 | Business Analytics, Business Budgeting, Business Planning, Data Analysis, OLAP, OLAP and Excel, Spreadsheets, Uncategorized
In this article, Gareth Jones from PARIS Technologies discusses the challenges faced by companies when managing their payroll and workforce planning. Payroll planning is crucial for businesses, but it is often difficult to optimize due to the limitations of...
by Blogger@olap | May 17, 2023 | Business Budgeting, Business Forecasting, Infographic, OLAP and Excel, Spreadsheets
Check out this cool infographic! Submitted to OLAP.com by the folks at PARIS Technologies. They’ve mapped here 5 warning signs that you and your professional team are living in Excel Hell. Perhaps it’s just been accepted that your Excel Hell is what it is,...
by Dalia Fernandes | Apr 18, 2023 | EPM - Enterprise Performance Management, Spreadsheets, Technology and Trends, The Multidimensional View, Uncategorized
Little more than 5 years ago, prospects would balk at the idea of working with business solutions in the Cloud. Does anyone else remember? Putting key company information, especially financials, into the “Cloud” was considered too risky. In addition, it...
