Future Guidance: A Practical Approach to Integrated Business Planning

Stakeholders and legislators alike are demanding the disclosure of more information from companies about their future performance. Getting this wrong is not an option as the markets will punish the stock price for incorrect forecasts whether they are better or worse than the actual outcome. There are no second chances or acceptable excuses!

So getting the best forecasting and planning processes in place are essential. But this cannot be achieved with out a truly integrated business planning approach. Hear how companies are adopting newly integrated approaches to business planning to help put an end to risky approaches vulnerable to spreadsheet and e-mail snags.

Keeping plans, forecasts and actuals in alignment is vital but it requires major effort every time a change occurs and has all the problems that come with spreadsheet-based systems. The markets want more frequent forecasts and more detailed future guidance which requires more accurate and faster planning and forecasting. We will look at what has changed over the past few years in this area and then what is likely to change in the future and how this can be addressed by a truly "Integrated Business Planning" approach.

Featured Speakers:

• Ken Kordana, Reporting Manager - The Stanley Works
• Gary Simon, Group Publisher of FSN Publishing Limited and Managing Editor of FSN Newswire
• Ivo Bauermann, Director Product Marketing, Performance Management Applications - Oracle Corporation