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What level of data should your EPM system hold?

This is a question that Hyperion Insurance have grappled with over recent years.

Hyperion Insurance Group is an international firm of insurance brokers and underwriters. With over 4,500 employees worldwide, Hyperion Insurance is one of the world’s leading insurance intermediary groups. Since humble beginnings in 1994 as a small London broker, Hyperion Insurance has become a leading independent, international insurance group.

inlumi is proud to announce that all three vendor partners – Oracle, OneStream and CCH Tagetik - have achieved the position of Leader in the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Financial Planning and Analysis Solutions.

Ernest Hemingway said, “Never mistake motion for action.” I am personally enamoured with this quote. The message is a powerful one, and one that is delivered so succinctly, with little wonder when you consider the source. I felt that this was the perfect message to start this episode of the series as it reflects both the reality and purpose of the ‘process’ perfectly. To grasp how it does this we must start with the basics: the definition of the word ‘process’.

In June, inlumi team members were allowed to vote on one of Mossy Earth’s rewilding projects in Slovakia. The winner was the turtle nest protection project. We look forward to seeing this season’s hatchlings as a result of Mossy Earth’s great conservation work!

Welcome to the next in the series of articles that explains how we at inlumi approach our projects. In previous articles I have looked at the importance of the data model and my colleague, Kim Lam, spoke about the agile methodology we apply during the Design, Development and Test phases of our projects. In this article, I will be expanding on Kim’s article to show how we apply an agile, templated approach and how this approach works brilliantly for EPM projects.

In this third instalment of our Intelligent Performance Management blog series, I explore the importance of real time, intelligent, enterprise-wide data. How can we utilise data so that the Finance function operates as the broker of information?

There is a frequent misalignment between the volume of money spent on technology within an organisation and the value that the organisation derives from that technology. Sound familiar? Ask any CFO, CTO, and CIO and they’re very likely to agree with this. Here’s the kick: this observation was made back in 1985! In this second instalment of our Intelligent Performance Management blog series, I explore the limits of relying on siloed solutions as the cure-all for your data woes. Instead, you need an integrated technology platform embedded in the business.

inlumi is excited to launch a new project with Tony’s Chocolonely to accelerate their Supply Planning with state-of-the-art Cloud Planning technology. Tony’s Chocolonely produces chocolate, with the aim to make all the world’s chocolate 100% slave free.

In a previous post, Paul Wilcock discussed the importance of data model design. In this article we are now moving on to discuss how to best layer on top of the data model functionality that can bring your solution to life.

“There’s talk on the street; it sounds so familiar. Great expectations, everybody’s watching you.” Eagles sang this in their 1976 hit New Kid in Town.