Best Practices in Planning and

Combining best reporting practices with the latest information technology
Finance professionals need to constantly search for more efficient ways to increase the scope and effectiveness of the reporting process, while at the same time minimizing operational costs. Performance Management and Reporting Best Practices weds best practices to the ultimate measures-better business decisions and better results-defining clear action plans for successfully developing, implementing, and profiting from the strategic application of key performance metrics. David Axson's reader-friendly guide combines reporting best practices with the most recent developments in information technology, allowing managers to automate and streamline the reporting process to meet their unique needs. Drawing upon real-world examples, he explains how leading-edge companies are redesigning the financial planning process, making it more responsive, adaptive, useful, simple, powerful, and able to deliver a sustainable competitive advantage.
David Axson (Akron, OH) is Managing Director of AnswerThink Consulting Group's CEO/Solutions practice area.

DAVID A. J. AXSON is a cofounder of the Hackett Group, an Answerthink company. Over the last twenty years he has worked with over 200 organizations around the world on designing and implementing best practice solutions. A native of Great Britain, he lives with his wife and two children in Bath, Ohio. He can be contacted at daxson@data-to-decisions.com.