The CFO's Guide to AI and Machine Learning

The world of Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) may seem daunting now, but we’re here to help.

You don't need to become a tech guru overnight. But in order to position yourself as the CFO of tomorrow, you need to understand AI’s potential, harness its power, and strategise how to fit it into your financial strategies today.

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Forrester Wave Names NetSuite a Leader in Enterprise Resource Planning Solutions For Service-Centric Industries

The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Resource Planning Solutions For Service-Centric Industries, Q2 2024 is an assessment of the top Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) vendors in the market, highlighting Leaders, Strong Performers, Contenders, and Challengers. In a 25 -criterion evaluation, Forrester identified the most significant vendors and researched, analysed, and scored them. This report shows how each provider measures up and helps business applications professionals select the right one for their needs.

The report says of NetSuite:

NetSuite has proven cloud ERP success and strong AI investment. Oracle NetSuite was one of the original cloud ERP vendors and has a long track record of success…The product targets small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) but also has proof points of billion-dollar-plus enterprises, especially those that started smaller but never outgrew the product. Following its early vision for cloud, NetSuite is now pushing new boundaries in AI. It has a long track record of continuous innovation and a very active community of users sharing ideas and even code.”

NetSuite is proud to be a Leader in the report. Download the Report excerpt to learn The Forrester Wave’s guidance for Service-Centric businesses looking for an ERP solution.

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Forrester Wave Names NetSuite a Strong Performer in Enterprise Resource Planning Solutions For Product-Centric Industries

The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Resource Planning Solutions For Product-Centric Industries, Q2 2024 is an assessment of the top Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) vendors in the market, highlighting Leaders, Strong Performers, Contenders, and Challengers. In a 26-criterion evaluation, Forrester identified the most significant vendors and researched, analysed, and scored them. This report shows how each provider measures up and helps business applications professionals select the right one for their needs.

The report says of NetSuite:

NetSuite has proven cloud ERP success and strong AI investment. Oracle NetSuite was one of the original cloud ERP vendors and has a long track record of success…The product targets small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) but also has proof points of billion-dollar-plus enterprises, especially those that started smaller but never outgrew the product. Following its early vision for cloud, NetSuite is now pushing new boundaries in AI. It has a long track record of continuous innovation and a very active community of users sharing ideas and even code.”

NetSuite is proud to be recognised in the report. Download the Report excerpt to learn The Forrester Wave’s guidance for Product-Centric businesses looking for an ERP solution.

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The Business Value of Oracle NetSuite

IDC recently evaluated the value and benefits of using Oracle NetSuite cloud-based ERP solutions with these factors in mind. Employing a specialized Business Value methodology, IDC calculated both the yearly benefits and ROI of NetSuite.

Key findings from the study:

  • 7 million average annual benefit per 100 users
  • 9 month payback period
  • 327% three-year return on investment
  • And more!

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Trusted ESG Metrics: A New Must-Have for High Growth Companies

It’s way more than box-ticking. Our infographic outlines the links between ESG metrics and business performance, paints a picture of the compliance landscape, and considers how to collect and use the right ESG metrics. If you’re pushed for time, use this infographic to get the picture on ESG metrics, why they matter, and how to track them.

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2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud ERP for Product-Centric Enterprises

Learn why Gartner recognised Oracle NetSuite as a Leader in this latest Magic Quadrant report

Here are just a few benefits your business can experience with NetSuite:

  • Enables strategic decision-making for finance leaders through real-time financial and operational reports.
  • Eliminates hours of manual work and frees up resources needed to accelerate growth, drive innovation, and remain competitive.
  • Connects process and data across the organisation – from financials, customer management, inventory management, warehouse management, supply chain, and more.
  • Brings together current financial and operational data with historical data from other systems to help plan and run your business.

Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner’s research organisation and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

GARTNER is a registered trademark and service mark, and MAGIC QUADRANT is a registered trademark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally and are used herein with permission. All rights reserved.

Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Cloud ERP for Product-Centric Enterprises, Greg Leiter, Dixie John, David Penny, Tomas Kienast, 6 October 2023

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A Finance Director's Guide to Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting for High-Growth Companies

The processes of planning, budgeting and forecasting provide a roadmap for a business and give its workforce clear directions on how to reach the intended destination. What's more questionable are the tools and approaches that many organisations use to get this work done and the results that they get back. So how does the cloud help?

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Fueling business growth with a strong front office back office relationship

This guide for finance directors and CFOs of growing businesses provides pointers for creating a more fruitful and valuable relationship between finance and the office.

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Why Choose NetSuite?

You have an important decision to make—which ERP is right for your business?

About once every 10 years, organisations face this strategic decision with major implications for operational effectiveness. Technology and solution development moves apace. Cloud technology has revolutionised the availability and power of solutions. No wonder it is difficult to choose from the wide variety of options. What do you need to consider to find the right solution?

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A Finance Director's Guide to Auditing in High-Growth Organisations

A modern finance system, for businesses of all shapes and sizes, should help spot errors, discrepancies and ultimately fight fraud. Let's talk about what audit is for a growing business, and how to improve its value.

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A Finance Director's Guide to Business Partnering in Growing Organisations

Bringing finance closer to the rest of the business is an enticing prospect. Enabling accountants to serve as advocates for other departments is much more than a relocation task. Why finance should work with other parts of the business?

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A Finance Director's Guide to Period Close in High-Growth Organisations

For many organisations, closing the books at the end of a financial period remains a time-consuming, cumbersome and stressful process with late nights for staff and seemingly endless re-checking of information. How can a fully integrated ERP help in these situations?

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A Finance Director's Guide to International Expansion for High-Growth Companies

Once a business has experienced success at home and begun to build a loyal customer base there, international expansion is often seen as the next logical step. It often comes with some very specific challenges, not least cultural differences, language barriers and competition from home-grown players in a new region.

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High Impact Planning and Budgeting for High Growth Companies

This white paper discusses best practices for budgeting and planning and leveraging the cloud, as well as a high level overview of NetSuite PBCS.

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The Great Debate: One Integrated Business System VS. Siloed Applications

This white paper covers the types of inefficiencies caused by running disparate business solutions and systems for different departments and how a software platform that unifies critical business processes helps companies grow more rapidly and profitably. This paper reviews numerous case studies of companies that switched from disparate software systems to an integrated software suite and also covers analysis by independent industry expert, Nucleus Research, of customers' ROI from using an integrated software suite.

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