Choose to be great--"address the complexity factor".

• Author: Schulman, Donniel S.
• Position: Manage Your assets

Current business models are impacted by a number of forces, including increasing global competition, mergers and acquisitions, e-business, fluctuating costs, global sourcing, operational growth pressures and shorter economic cycles. Choices are made in finance that determine a businesses' ability to execute and support these increasingly complex requirements. CFOs are starting to recognize the immense detriment the "structural complexity factor" is to their ability to execute superbly and support profitable growth. In order to proactively decrease current "structural complexity factors," CFOs are now mandating efficient organization structures with robust process management, stronger compliance and reduced risk, lower technology complexity, integrated, and insightful information capabilities, and greater cross-functional collaboration. How are your structural choices impacting your ability to execute, and how are you evaluating these choices? Here's what we've heard on the subject.

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Contact: Donniel.Schulman@us.ibm.com

With IBM's acquisition of Equitant, IBM expanded its capabilities in Finance & Administrative (F & A) process transformation and outsourcing services to help clients achieve a higher level of business performance. Welcome to our inaugural column. My name is Donniel Schulman and I am Vice President, Global Finance & Administration Solutions, Business Transformation Outsourcing...