The Dark Lord of EPM is speaking at APPS13

I’m speaking at the Oracle User Group conference “APPS13” in London on Tuesday October 15^th.  These events are usually a great place to network with other Oracle users and you will definitely pick up tips and tricks in the breakout sessions.

I’d urge you to go if you can.

http://www.apps13.ukoug.org/

Synopsis of presentation below.

To consolidate or not to consolidate, that is the question!

With continued improvements in OLAP over the past 10 years, the FD may ask the question “why should he invest in a ‘big bang’ consolidation system when he can dump the trial balance into an agile Essbase cube”. Many times I have the following phrase....."We're not big enough to consolidate; we just need a reporting cube to add everything up". The need for a solution like Hyperion Financial Management has nothing to do with size. This presentation will go through the questions you need to ask in advance to determine whether you need a reporting cube or a consolidation system to assist making the correct decision. We will examine and discuss the key drivers to implement a consolidation system, rather than a reporting system, focussing on the following focus areas:

Requirement for Control

Requirement for Workflow

Requirement to Improve the Quality of submission

Requirement to handle Currency

Requirement to report a Complex company structure

Requirement to handle inter group trading

Compliance Requirements