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Reduce Risk: Stop Preparing Your CAFR by Passing Around Emails

In a previous post we introduced you to the idea that IBM’s Cognos Disclosure Management can improve your CAFR process by: Reducing risk Saving resources Cutting costs Decreasing cycle times Improving organizational insight Now we’re going to explain how Cognos Disclosure Management reduces your risks. Most CAFR producers are stuck using outdated, manual systems to […]

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The Good, The Bad, and the Revolutionary of Word, Excel, and your CAFR

When you prepare your Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR), you probably rely on two primary pieces of software: Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word. You use Microsoft Excel to produce the numbers and spreadsheet portions of the CAFR, and you use Microsoft Word to produce the words and narrative portions.  Both serve as dynamic tools and […]

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How Microsoft Forecaster Makes Budgeting and Planning ZOOM

If budgeting spreadsheets are a pain in your neck, then you should take a look at Microsoft Forecaster.  Forecaster software, with its templates and familiar spreadsheet style, is so simple that even non-techy and non-finance-y employees can use it to successfully plan and collaborate on budgets.  Forecaster lives up to its name by easily allowing […]

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