The SOX Compliance Challenge: Architecting Controls in Modern ERPs
Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance has been a reality for public companies for over two decades. Yet, a perspective forged through years of navigating enterprise …
Architecting Integrated Reporting: A Strategic Framework
The Persistent Reporting Disconnect Why do so many organizations, armed with powerful financial systems, still struggle with the “last mile” of …
A Strategic Analysis of Workiva for Integrated Reporting and Compliance
Solving the Reporting Disconnect Yesterday, we explored the strategic challenge of Integrated Reporting. We identified the architectural void where auditable …
The Challenge of Integrated Reporting: Unifying Financial and ESG Narratives
The Fractured Narrative of Modern Enterprise How many layers of review does your annual report go through? It’s a simple question with a painfully complex …
Integrating the Services Lifecycle: Certinia, ERP, and HCM
We’ve established the strategic need for a services-centric platform and analyzed Certinia as a prime example. The final piece of the puzzle is …
A Strategic Analysis of Certinia's Services-Centric ERP
Professional services organizations face a critical systems challenge: existing ERP solutions rarely align with the project-driven nature of services delivery. …
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Architecting for the Services Economy: The Gap Between CRM and ERP
Enterprise systems have been historically boxed into two distinct worlds: Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). One …
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Integrating the Subscription Lifecycle: Connecting Zuora with Salesforce and NetSuite
We’ve established the strategic need for a specialized engine to handle the Subscription Economy and identified Zuora as a prime example. However, a …
The Order-to-Revenue Engine: A Strategic Analysis of Zuora
Yesterday, we discussed the architectural gap created by the Subscription Economy. Today, we’ll analyze a key enterprise system purpose-built to fill that …
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Architecting for the Subscription Economy: The Shift from Product to Customer Lifecycle
A fundamental shift is underway in how businesses create value. Insights distilled from numerous complex system deployments indicate a transition away from a …