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Thinking about your organization as a whole, what would you say are its top business objectives for the next two years?

Growth / market share

Digital business / digital transformation

Profit improvement

Innovation / new products

Customer focus

Corporate M&A

Technology Improvements

Cost Optimization

Operations improvement

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In this gig economy we live in, which is growing rapidly, how many of you have used talent agencies, for specialized professionals on an as needed basis, to ramp up quickly and get a project done?

Yes, we use external talent agencies often

Yes, we use external talent agencies rarely

No, we only leverage internal staff

Not sure, I see people come and go not sure if they are internal staff or external talent

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Has anyone used a freelance service to deliver a AI/ML project with a defined scope? We have had many false starts in our data journey and someone with experience will probably be able to deliver a forecast tool that we could then develop and learn from.

Can you share your experiences deploying advanced analytics in finance—do we need data scientists or can proficient finance professionals handle it?

Have you found a reliable method for evaluating the ROI on any GenAI investments you've made? Is it any different from other technology investments?

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We are trying to implement a consistent planning platform in my company. We have used Anaplan which has been adapted regionally, historically causing differences in approach. After a significant company restructure, meaning we are regionally agnostic, we need to build something that is more globally standard. This in turn will drive savings in operational efficiencies across our forecast processes. Having problems though in engaging the finance teams on the vision. Has anyone else come across this and how did you address the problem?

Chris Caleb, VP of Finance at Benco Dental at Benco Dental | Gartner Peer Community