Financial Sanity from Start to Finish using BudgetPak
A case study with two XLerant customers sharing their stories of issues with using ‘a plethora of monster spreadsheets’, their evaluation process, what they wanted in a budgeting solution, why they didn’t want an Excel-look-alike program, reasons that they chose BudgetPak, and the outcomes they have achieved.
DownloadDecentralized Budgeting Meets Headcount Planning
AFP Exchange Magazine explores best practices for headcount planning and key considerations for employing a decentralized approach and engaging department heads in the process. Featuring XLerant customers A.T. Still University and NJM Insurance Group.
Read More Read the Full IssueEmployee Engagement as a Business Strategy
This eBook explores a new way to look at an old-standard: how a collaborative budgeting process (one in which employees are empowered to make, and be held accountable, for important decisions) can be a valuable business strategy for fostering a culture of innovation and employee engagement.
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Multiplayer Game: Making Multi-participant Budgeting Work
When it comes to budgeting, CFOs and finance staff are clearly the experts. That said, many organizations engage a variety of employees and departments in the process. This AFP Exchange Magazine article presents finance teams with best practices and strategies for successful multi-participant budgeting.
In Harmony: Collaborative Strategic Budgeting for Fiscal Stability
Featuring case studies and interviews with XLerant customers – this Business Officer Magazine article provides financial leaders with a cross-industry look at how three higher education institutions are innovating to achieve a forward-thinking culture, and tying their budgets to the strategic plan.
Read moreWhen Budgeting is a Team Sport…
5 Winning Strategies for Multi-participant Budgeting. A well-executed collaborative budgeting process has been proven to return a more accurate budget with increased ownership from participants. Download this eBook for the top tips for a successful (painless) implementation!
Read moreAvoiding the Potential Pitfalls of Collaborative Budgeting
The benefits of a collaborative budgeting approach (more accurate numbers and forecasts, a culture of teamwork and accountability…) far outweigh the challenges. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t potential pitfalls! This eBook addresses key issues for the practical application of “collaborative” budgeting.
Read moreThe Finance Executive’s Guide to Ease-of-use
The Keys to Successful Distributed Budgeting
Budgeting can be a challenge, whether you’re a company with 20, 75 or even 200 budgeting participants. As with most things, the more people you engage in the process the more complicated, time-consuming, and error-prone the experience can be. But it doesn’t have to be!
Watch the webinarCalculating the ROI of Ease-of-Use
There are lots of obvious benefits of moving from Excel to a purpose-built budgeting software… but what’s the incremental ROI for a system with better ease-of-use? Download the XLerant Budgeting Brief: Calculating the ROI of Ease-of-Use to learn more about the bottom line benefits (both qualitative & quantitative) of improved usability.
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