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        How to get smart Financial Statements and improve profitability

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        While there are numerous metrics to describe a business, the real measure of success is profitability. Think about what has the most meaning to your stakeholders, employees, customers, and suppliers. It’s profit.

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        Why the future of finance depends on new skills

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        May 18, 2022

        As many economies emerge from the pandemic, the “Great Resignation” has brought people's issues sharply into focus.

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        5 things you need for financial reporting in the data decade (and how to get them)

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        May 10, 2022

        How much time does your finance team spend collecting, sifting, and analyzing data?

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        Why the future of finance depends on new skills

        3 MIN
        January 1, 1970

        As many economies emerge from the pandemic, the “Great Resignation” has brought people's issues sharply into focus.

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        5 things you need for financial reporting in the data decade (and how to get them)

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        How much time does your finance team spend collecting, sifting, and analyzing data?

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        Smart Financial Statements: What business leaders need to know

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        There is perhaps nothing more dangerous than for an organization to base decisions on inaccurate or incomplete information.

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        Business intelligence vs. spreadsheets: What does your business need?

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        November 25, 2020

        As businesses grow and become more digital, so too does the amount of data available to track and analyze. ..

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        Homeware supplier, Caprice makes better inventory management choices with Phocas

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        November 16, 2020

        Caprice homewares uses Phocas business intelligence (BI) software to make better inventory management..

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        Data analytics benefits you don’t get with Excel alone

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        July 26, 2019

        Many businesses use Excel for good reason. Excel is a best of breed tool for spreadsheets and can be great..

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        Are you Excel-reliant? Four reasons to add BI

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        May 17, 2019

        Many businesses use spreadsheets for a variety of needs. They're a great way to organize information, and if..

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        These executive eBooks will help you achieve business success

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        February 22, 2018

        For more than 15 years, Phocas has helped companies like yours to succeed in a competitive and dynamic..

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        Spreadmarts: The Spreadsheet Debate

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        September 29, 2016

        The term spreadmarts was coined by Wayne Eckerson in 2002. Spreadmarts refers to the partial sets of data..

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        [eBook]: Microsoft Excel vs business intelligence: friend or foe?

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        July 7, 2016

        Spreadsheets are great business tools. There, we said it. And we mean it. We value spreadsheets in our..

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        Phocas ranks top in world's largest business intelligence software review

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        October 19, 2015

        We are excited to announce that we have been ranked top in 8 categories and a leader in 15 categories in..

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        Big ROI Gains for Giftware Company, Splosh Australia

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        March 24, 2015

        Starting in the garage of their suburban Brisbane (Australia) home back in the 1990’s, Splosh now operates..

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        Excel and the Art of Confusion

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        March 10, 2015

        In this guest blog, we're proud to welcome Mike Holtzer of www.mikeholtzer.com. Mike is a highly talented..

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        Ditch the Excel Spreadsheets: Go with Phocas

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        September 2, 2014

        Spreadsheets are great – in their place. Office life would be hard to imagine without them. But trying to use..

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