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As SG&A Pressure Mounts, a 75% AI Performance Gap Is Emerging
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AI in FP&A: From Reporting Burden to Decision Advantage
Most financial planning and analysis (FP&A) teams still spend more time assembling data and not enough time on decisions. Leading…
The Process Mining Value Gap
Process mining provides unprecedented visibility into how work gets done. But many organizations now face a new challenge: hundreds of…
SG&A Has Reached a Tipping Point
Selling, general and administrative (SG&A) costs have reached a five-year high across Europe’s largest companies. Even with stronger revenue growth,…
Revenue Is Growing. SG&A Costs Are Growing Faster.
SG&A costs have outpaced revenue growth for five consecutive years at North America’s largest companies. Even organizations improving selling, general…
FP&A Meets AI: Skills That Matter
This episode of The Hackett Group’s “Gen AI Breakthrough” podcast, explores the evolving skill sets finance professionals need to thrive…
Cash Is Still King: Free $1.76T in Trapped Liquidity with Oracle’s AI-Powered Edge
Top finance leaders are unlocking billions in working capital—yet $1.76 trillion remains trapped in DSO, DPO, and DIO inefficiencies. This…
The Future of FP&A with AI
In this episode of The Hackett Group’s “Gen AI Breakthrough” podcast, Sherri Liao and Kimberly Myers Dennis of The Hackett…
Digital World Class® Matrix: 2025 MDM Software Vendor Market Perspective – Summary Report
Digital World Class® Matrix: 2025 MDM Software Vendor Market Perspective evaluates leading MDM solution providers, revealing key innovations in AI,…
Digital World Class® Matrix: 2025 MDM Software Vendor Market Perspective – Full Report
Unlock exclusive insights from The Hackett Group’s 2025 Master Data Management (MDM) Software Vendor Market Perspective. This in-depth report is…
2025 CFO Agenda
In this episode of the “Gen AI Breakthrough” podcast, Kyle McNabb and Vince Griffin discuss findings from The Hackett Group’s…
Unleashing AI for Finance: Transforming Productivity and Decision-Making
AI is transforming the finance function, driving up to 42% productivity gains over the next five to seven years, according…
Unlocking the Future of Finance: How Gen AI Is Redefining Strategy, Efficiency and Leadership
Discover how Gen AI for finance automates reporting, enhances decision-making, reduces costs and optimizes workflows for greater efficiency and growth.
The Future of Generative AI: From Exploration to Enterprise Acceleration
Enterprise leaders are confronting the promise and challenge of AI by reimagining work and the workforce to determine the role…
Don’t Delay Source-to-Pay Technology Value for ERP Implementations and Upgrades
Implementing S2P before or alongside ERP accelerates time to value and creates a solid foundation for Gen AI capabilities.
EU companies have 1.3 trillion euros of working capital lying idle
Georg Bach, a Principal of The Hackett Group® in Transformation Finance, recently had his blog published in Corporate Finance (Handelsblatt-Group),…
SG&A Cost Survey 2024
In our latest “Business Excelleration™ Podcast,” we share insights from The Hackett Group’s 2024 SG&A Cost Study, exploring how European…