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2019 Strategic Roadmap for Cloud Core Financial Management Suites

Published: 25 October 2019

Summary

As organizations continue to develop finance transformation strategies, an agile, digital-ready finance core is now a requirement. Application leaders can provide strategic leadership by focusing on the business outcomes and competitive advantages delivered with cloud core finance suites.

Included in Full Research

  • Future State
    • The Fourth Era of ERP Arrives With Financial Management Suites Continuing as Its Core
    • Cloud Corefin Modernizes an Organization’s Systems of Record
    • Artificial Intelligence Will Change How End Users Perform Their Roles
    • Large-Stack Vendors Will Integrate FP&A Capabilities That Enable Enterprisewide Reporting and Data Governance
    • Vendors Will Enable More Functionality for Financial Close Orchestration
    • Financial Data Integration via Account Hub Functionality Will Streamline Accounting and Reporting Capabilities for Some Organizations
  • Current State
  • Gap Analysis and Interdependencies
  • Migration Plan
    • Higher Priority
    • Medium Priority
    • Lower Priority

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