Bob Hansen

Oct 15, 2024 | blog.workday.com | Bob Hansen

“There’s never been a more important or necessary time for companies to remain agile and adaptable,” states Harvard Business Review Analytic Services in its new report “Digitally Transforming Finance into a Strategic Business Partner.” “By prioritizing digital transformation and adopting agile planning solutions, finance leaders can help their organizations make better decisions faster and stay competitive.” The report, which surveyed 265 members of the Harvard Business Review Analytic...

Oct 3, 2024 | blog.workday.com | Bruno J. Navarro |Jeremiah Barba |Bob Hansen

Bruno Navarro: Ask almost any company’s executives, and they’ll say they value organizational agility and the ability to make fast, accurate, data-driven decisions. But how many of them actively seek digital transformation and invest in the technology tools to ensure their success? And what role does artificial intelligence, as well as generative AI, play?

Sep 13, 2024 | blog.workday.com | Keith Lohkamp |Jeremiah Barba |Bob Hansen |Bruno J. Navarro

With an emphasis on resilience, many healthcare organizations have increased their focus on supply chain transformation and  view it as a strategic imperative. In fact, 60% of healthcare providers say they need to completely overhaul or update their clinical sourcing and supply management, according to the IDC report “Evolving Healthcare: Turning Disruption into Innovation.”   “The days of going with the lowest-cost vendor are over,” shares one chief supply chain officer.

Aug 29, 2024 | blog.workday.com | Bob Hansen |Bruno J. Navarro

Rich McKay: Orlando is one of the fastest growing metro areas in the United States. All that growth requires new government services and infrastructure like roads, police stations, and parks. And it means the government must scale and change with it. I’m Rich McKay from Workday and I’m here with Michelle McCrimmon, the CFO of the City of Orlando. We’ll be talking about how she manages the city’s finances to help it prepare for the future. Welcome to the podcast, Michelle.

Aug 9, 2024 | blog.workday.com | Bob Hansen

In this article we discuss: For finance and planning organizations, tools and technologies historically have both enabled strategic planning while also limiting it. The first spreadsheet program, Visicalc, was a game changer for finance organizations when it arrived in 1979. For one thing, it enabled faster and more efficient budgeting and forecast modeling. And now, 45 years later, the spreadsheet remains a fixture of planning environments.