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Focusing Resources to Win: How Strategic Cost Management Drives Successful Transformations
Beyond cost-cutting: building the financial muscle to fuel continuous change and outperform the competition. By Pedro San MartÃn Strategic Finance Spe...

Peter San Martin
Apr 265 min read
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Aranceles, comercio global y resiliencia en la cadena de suministro: cómo prepararse para la nueva era del proteccionismo
Resumen ejecutivo El recrudecimiento de polÃticas proteccionistas y la imposición de nuevos aranceles por parte de Estados Unidos están reconfigurando...

Peter San Martin
Apr 266 min read
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Finanzas como un radar, y no como un espejo
The KPIs that empower CFOs to anticipate — not just report Por Pedro San MartÃn, Principal de Finanzas Estratégicas en Asher | PwC Interaméricas Dur...

Peter San Martin
Apr 204 min read
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Turning Knowledge into Action – From One’s Head to One’s Heart
Those of you who have read my periodic authored articles will recognize that I am frustrated by the slow adoption rate by CFOs and accountants with im...
Gary Cokins
Apr 116 min read
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Navigating the Impact of Tariffs: The Critical Role of Accountants in Global Trade
By Giavanna Derrick and Skylar Myers How Are Accountants and Finance Professionals Being Impacted by Tariffs? Tariffs—taxes placed on imported goods—...

Giavanna Derrick
Apr 103 min read
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El Costo de No Saber Costear
Por Pedro San MartÃn Introducción: Cuando la Contabilidad Obstaculiza la Estrategia En teorÃa, los centros de costo deberÃan actuar como brújulas f...

Peter San Martin
Apr 93 min read
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Monthly Performance Management Reporting
Maybe PACE members might consider whether they agree with the approach to monthly performance management reporting in this article. It seems to me tha...

Geoff Williams
Mar 303 min read
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Help Shape the Future of Business Reporting – Join Our Global Study
Have you ever questioned whether your reports and dashboards genuinely drive effective decision-making? We are conducting an international study focus...

Simone Verza
Mar 301 min read
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GlobalTech: Transforming Financial Management with Analytics - A Case Study
GlobalTech was at a crossroads. As a multinational producer of electronic components, the company was growing fast – but its finance team was struggli...

Paulo Ribeiro
Mar 2421 min read
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Cultura Organizacional y Conocimiento Tácito: La Fórmula Oculta para un Profitability & Cost Management de Clase Mundial
En un entorno empresarial cada vez más competitivo, las organizaciones buscan implementar procesos de Profitability & Cost Management  que maximicen ...

Peter San Martin
Mar 223 min read
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Optimización de la Rentabilidad y Gestión de Costos a través de Modelos Financieros Eficientes
Introducción Tras la Gran Recesión de 2008, la necesidad de mejorar la gestión de modelos financieros se convirtió en una prioridad para las organizac...

Peter San Martin
Mar 175 min read
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TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL & PROFITABILITY
Unlocking Growth Through Strategic Working Capital Management Improving Corporate Performance and Enhancing Liquidity for Accelerated Business Growth ...

Peter San Martin
Mar 103 min read
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Estrategias Inteligentes para Optimizar Costos y Maximizar Rentabilidad
Los mejores expertos en gestión estratégica reconocen que la optimización de costos se logra motivando y desarrollando las habilidades y competencias ...

Peter San Martin
Mar 93 min read
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Why are KPIs important?
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are important for several reasons, as they serve as critical tools for assessing and monitoring the performance of a...

toby.hatch
Mar 53 min read
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El Mandato como Pilar de Profitability Analytics: Construyendo una Cultura de Apoyo y Acción
Resumen Ejecutivo La implementación efectiva de Profitability Analytics  no comienza con los datos, sino con un mandato estratégico sólido  que gara...

Peter San Martin
Feb 194 min read
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Common Information Gaps for Strategic and Competitive Analysis
Let’s think about the role of cost and revenue information in strategic management, competitive market analysis, and strategy formulation. A major as...

Larry White
Feb 12 min read
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Predictions for 2025 in Business, Operations, and Corporate Finance
The pace of change in the business world continues to accelerate as consumers and industries adopt innovations at a much faster pace than years ago. S...
Raef Lawson
Jan 303 min read
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This should be your next move! Apply a zero returns policy
One of the key challenges faced by CFOs/Controllers in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry is managing product returns. Returns often have ...

Moataz Gad
Jan 254 min read
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Enterprise Risk Management: Don’t forget Opportunity Management
Risk Management gets a great deal of discussion, but most of the discussion is focused on preventing or avoiding risk.  There is another very importa...

Larry White
Jan 182 min read
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Management Accounting is future-oriented
To Gary Cokins, Larry White and Raef Lawson Investors buy shares in a company because they expect it to consistently generate profits “in line with th...

lukas.rieder
Dec 8, 20242 min read
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