October 2007
Understanding the Iceberg Effect
"The primary challenge that a corporate performance management software purchase is designed to address typically represents only about 10% of the larger and more complex collection of performance management problems submerged throughout a company." KCI CEO Max Kay discusses how savvy CPM buyers should ask important questions during the selection and implementation processes. The answers they discover will help ensure that the CPM solution they purchase is the best fit for their company and, as a result, more likely to bear higher returns. Click here to read more.

July 2007
Taming Complexity with CONTROL
"Prior to CONTROL, our system failed to scale with our growth, required too much work to consolidate at the corporate level and proved too slow for end users. After that experience, an identification and selection process with a strong due-diligence focus was implemented to evaluate alternatives based on scalability, performance, ease of customization, ease of use, reporting capabilities, deployment ease and price. CONTROL met all of those criteria." MDRC's Wallace D'Souza discusses how CONTROL corporate performance management software has improved complex budgeting, project planning and resource management processes at the renowned nonprofit. Click here to read more.

July 2007
A Breed Apart
"The efficiency gains [using CONTROL] were remarkable. For the budgeting process, the time needed to make sure that everything tied out and rolled up properly just went away, so we focused our time on our business lines and how they were performing and what their goals were, rather than trying to add the thing up. And then, for actuals, we created so much flexibility that we are able to more closely manage our cost allocations and funds transfer pricing. We're able to drill down and find out what's happening within our business line rather than spending our time just trying to pump out reports." City National Bank's Hernan Hernandez discusses how CONTROL improves financial management processes and increases efficiency. Click here to read more.

March 2007
Demand planning and collaboration solutions support S&OP
"CONTROL give us is the ability to create more robust models that allow us to perform on-the-fly analyses for quick decision-making." Gehr Enterprise's David Lifschitz discusses how CONTROL BPM/CPM software provides the analytics needed to simplify "what-if analysis," improve forecasting and reach enterprise-wide consensus for effective sales and operations planning. Click here to read more.

February 2007
CONTROL Enhances Efficiency at Leading Bank
"Besides strengthening and shortening our budgeting process, CONTROL has reduced the budgeting staff's consolidation work from a daylong effort to the click of a button. The software delivers important budget and actuals information to users' desktops in a very timely manner. CONTROL also deepens our understanding of our overhead expenditures."  ITLA Capital Corporation's Scott Wallace discusses how CONTROL BPM/CPM software has improved budgeting and consolidations, enabling the financial institution to quickly get accurate information in the hands of managers for improved business decision-making. Click here to read more.

January 18, 2007
How to Implement CPM
Based on years of experience and hundreds of implementations, KCI CEO Max Kay offers some hands-on, practical decisions that can spell the difference between the success and failure of a corporate performance management implementation. Click here to read Max's "view from the trenches."

January 2007
Five Ways to Crash a CPM Implementation
Corporate performance management is garnering a great deal of attention, as firms look to leverage technology to gain competitive advantage by focusing on critical financial and operational metrics. KCI CEO Max Kay provides an inside look at the top five “do's and don'ts” organizations should keep in mind when implementing a corporate performance management software solution. Click here to read more.

November 20, 2006
Hold On: Excel is the Window Into Performance Modeling
CONTROL takes input from your company's data sources and lets model-minded business analysts use a bevy of equations, algorithms and scripts that come with the software, or else write their own. This article from Computerworld's widely  read “On the Mark” column discusses the benefits of CONTROL's Excel-based user interface. Click here to read more.

November 13, 2006
How to Put Your Spreadsheet in Lockdown
A more sophisticated way of safeguarding data is to segment spreadsheet modules into individual objects that limit user visibility to specific areas. KCI CEO Max Kay discusses a model-based approach for securing sensitive data, providing an effective solution for meeting the security challenges faced by today's CFO. Click here to read more.

September 2006
The BPM Convergence
Business needs are driving a convergence of planning, balanced scorecard, dashboard, and OLAP tools in the business performance arena. KCI CEO Max Kay lends his advice to corporate officers and managers: Focus on the business issues most critical to your organization over the passing trends in the software marketplace. Click here to read more.

August 2006
Case in Point: No More Secrets
"From CONTROL we can carve out sections of our data, look at it in spreadsheet format, make changes, and store the revised data back in an Oracle database. Having a forecasting tool with a spreadsheet interface is extremely useful -- think about how many people can look at data that is stored in Excel more easily than they can learn to use a new tool."  L-3 Power Paragon's Craig Hogan discusses organization's use of CONTROL BPM/CPM software for improved forecasting and unparalleled operational transparency. Click here to read more.

July 2006
Gehr Enterprises Gains CONTROL of Financial Management Processes
“CONTROL immediately helped us trim our multidivisional budgeting cycle from three months to three weeks. We can now efficiently access operational data from each of the company's divisions in real time, proactively analyze and forecast.” Article discusses Gehr Enterprises BPM/CPM software selection process and spotlights the benefits CONTROL is providing the organization. Click here to read more.

April 14, 2006
BPM Convergence
“The domain of planning and analytics has been fertile ground for the growth of terms for things businesses cannot live without. BPM, CPM, KPI, BSC -- the list is long. Despite an explosion of new terms and associated positioning, there is a set of very real trends at work, pushed forward by both business needs and advancing technology, that is driving both software providers and their corporate customers into the next generation.” This article, written by KCI CEO Max Kay, discusses how three-letter acronyms aside, astute businesses who follow so practices will be the primary beneficiary of the coming convergence in the arena of financial management software. Click here to read more.

March 14, 2006
64-bit Corporate Performance Management’s Promise
“64-bit CPM applications provide the power to seamlessly integrate ever-increasing volumes and layers of data and to perform more complex calculations for sharpened insights. This not only translates into greater efficiencies and simplification; but into optimal collaboration and improved decision making.” Q&A with KCI CEO Max Kay, focusing on the emergence of 64-bit CPM applications. Click here to read more.

February 2006
Excel: Spreadsheet Heaven or Hell?
"Excel is ubiquitous and is arguably central to the financial operations of many companies. There is no other tool that has contributed so enormously to productivity in the arena of business performance management." This article, written by KCI CEO Max Kay, sorts out both sides of the Excel argument, and proposes some pragmatic approaches to mitigating risk and maximizing return on Excel utilization in BPM applications. Click here to read more.

February 2006
Best Practices in Cash Management: Information and Automation are Key
CONTROL helps Gehr predict peaks and valleys in its cash needs so that the organization can time its borrowing. The capability enabled Gehr to lock more borrowings into lower-cost instruments. As a result, the company reduced its borrowing costs more than 10 percent. Gehr recouped its investment in the software within two years. Article discusses growing need for better methods for managing cash flow. Click here to read more.

February 2006
CONTROL Helps L-3 Power Paragon Save Time and Money by Improving Forecasts
"We can now drill down into everything from tens of millions of dollars to a six-cent washer. We truly have the ability to see what is happening in our business and review actual results at a level of detail we never had before." Article focuses on L-3 Power Paragon's implementation and use of the CONTROL corporate performance management solution and the benefits it's providing the company. Click here to read more.

January 1, 2006
Simplicity Is Golden
In the first year of using CONTROL, Washington Trust Bank completed its annual budgeting process 90 days earlier than in previous years. What's more, the software dramatically cut the time required to perform budgeting analyses - from two weeks to a matter of minutes. Article discusses how financial management software providers aim to make their products easier to use. Click here to read more.

November 2005
Banking on Corporate Performance Management
"KCI's CONTROL met all our requirements. It brought together all aspects of CPM in a single platform, provided the familiar, easy-to-use Excel interface, used a SQL Server database and .NET technology and did everything dynamically in real time." Article focuses on City National Bank's implementation and use of KCI's CONTROL application and the benefits it's providing the company. Click here to read more.

October 5, 2005
Mid-market Company Improves Performance Management
"CONTROL offered the flexibility to keep pace with our evolving needs and provided Gehr with the best ROI." Article discusses Gehr Enterprises selection, implementation and use of KCI's CONTROL software solution and the benefits it continues to provide the organization. Click here to read more.

August 2, 2005
KCI Updates Excel-Based Business Intelligence Tool
“The tool’s main forte is providing financial analysts and other users with a centrally managed tool for creating models, forecasts, financial reports, and budgets, and providing real-time decision support.” Article discusses CONTROL version 8.7 launch with focus on functionality and compatibility.

July 2005
Best of Breed Strengthens its Hold
“Stand-alone applications are richer in functionality than ever before, and the trend toward vertical solutions keeps gaining ground.” KCI is listed among top industry players. Click here to read more.

July 2005
Under CONTROL: How Shorenstein Transformed Its Budgeting, Planning and Forecasting Processes
“CONTROL allows us to compile vast amounts of data across our various departments in one central secure repository, providing a cohesive view that allows us to align our strategy with action.” Article focuses on Shorenstein Company’s implementation and use of KCI’s CONTROL application and the benefits the solution is providing the organization. Written by Shorenstein Company’s Natasha Tuck. Click here to read more.

May 24, 2005
Maximizing IT Investments
“The tool or tool set should be adaptable and extensible, accessible to savvy analysts, and suited to their level of sophistication and technical expertise.” Q&A with KCI CEO Max Kay, focusing on best practices surrounding the implementation and use of CPM applications. Click here to read more.

February 2005
Paths to Cash Forecasting
Article discusses how Gehr Enterprises uses CONTROL to bring a higher level of predictability to the organizations’ cash forecasts. Click here to read more.