Monthly Archives: October 2014

610, 2014

The foundation stones of rolling planning: Separating out targets from realistic forecasts

By |October 6th, 2014|0 Comments

It is vital to generate realistic forecasts rather than forecasts that the board or senior management wants to hear. The board might want a 20 percent growth in net profit, yet management might see that only 10 percent is achievable with existing products, customers and capacity constraints. If the forecasting team reports what the board […]

610, 2014

The Great KPI Misunderstanding

By |October 6th, 2014|0 Comments

Many companies are working with the wrong measures, many of which are incorrectly termed key performance indicators (KPIs). I believe it a myth to consider all performance measures to be KPIs. From my research over the last twenty five years I have come to the conclusion that there are four types of performance measures:

1. Key […]