White Papers
Financial Planning and Reporting Applications in OLAP [PDF - 263Kb]
This paper discusses a number of features that provide real benefit to users of BPM applications and are supported by applications built upon an OLAP platform. In writing this paper, BPM Partners has drawn on its extensive experience of helping organizations understand their BPM requirements and deploy the most effective solutions to address those needs.
Best Practices in Performance Management Software Implementation [PDF - 130Kb]
Investigating how companies that are implementing performance management solutions can ensure they are getting the most out of their implementations. This report outlines a number of key findings and best practices surrounding the business decisions that go into a CPM implementation--particularly implementation team staffing, system design, and change management.
Best Practices in Selecting Performance Management Software [PDF - 781Kb]
The newest guidebook for any CPM project, this groundbreaking report draws upon the experiences of organizations who have previously deployed performance management solutions to document how they defined their business problem, evaluated technology and process change, and implemented their solutions with the goal of achieving sustainable business results. The report outlines a number of key findings and best practices.
Optimizing Your Hyperion Essbase® Investment With Clarity6 [PDF - 1.7Mb]
Hyperion Essbase® is the leading OLAP server platform for finance applications. Currently, many companies that have installed Hyperion Essbase are using Microsoft Excel as its preferred front-end. The Excel-Hyperion Essbase combination falls short as a comprehensive performance management platform and fails to deliver many of the critical requirements found in a true performance management system. In this white paper you'll see how Clarity 6 offers a unique combination of rich functionality and Excel-like formatting that leverages Hyperion Essbase like no other performance management platform.
Meeting the challenge of HR Planning with Clarity 6 [PDF - 539Kb]
Having the right resources, at the right time and in the right place cannot be left to chance. Detailed Human Resources planning and forecasting is needed to match supply and demand, optimize staff mix, maximize employee productivity, understand the cost base and generate satisfactory returns for shareholders. In this white paper FSN examine how Clarity 6 Human Resource Planning, an integral part of the Clarity 6 CPM Suite, meets these challenges.
