Revealed... the #1 way Finance can become a true business partner
Let's Add Some Real Horsepower to Your Planning Capabilities
A solid financial plan is like a map to your business. It ensures you will end up where you want to go. You might have a fast car. You might have picked out a great destination. You might even be ready to visit somewhere you've never been before.
"It ensures you will end up where you want to go"
But without a real plan, you'll just be driving aimlessly. Without a holistic planning process, your company will struggle to get even close to the final destination you had in mind.
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Ardent Performance Management
Value Generating
We introduce you to important best practices that will improve your bottom line and help you realize your biggest opportunities.
Host Analytics
By implementing the Host Analytics EPM platform for you we can guarantee you'll ALWAYS be using the most cutting-edge tools available.
Fast Cycle Times
We have pioneered and road tested special techniques that will help you plan faster than ever before.
Engaged Users
You'll make budgeting less adversarial by making the process easy and meaningful to your users.
How Do You Plan Your Business?
Other consulting companies can install technology, but only Ardent is focused on helping you meet your true priorities.
Let Us Build A Platform That Will Power Your Entire Planning Process
We are experts in implementing Host Analytics, the ONLY company ranked in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for both Strategic and Corporate Performance Management. We don't just set help you install the platform. We help you optimize your entire planning process to get the most out of the system.
Develop a Strategic Portfolio Management System To Optimize Your Investments
Many companies struggle with the problem of having more investment opportunities than they can execute at one time. Let us help you develop a rigorous process around screening and monitoring your investments. Having this process in place puts finance in the position to be a great business partner.
Visualize Your Data To Develop Insights and Monitor Your Business
A visualization is a powerful tool for exploring data. Modern visualization software goes far beyond the standard capabilities found within spreadsheet programs. Let us help you convert your tired tables and old charts into dynamic visuals that let you discover the information you need quickly.
Upgrade Your Planning Methodologies With Our Military Style Strategy Builder
No other entity on earth has been more effective at planning than the US Military is. While you are not planning for war, the hyper-competitive business environment of today carries many similarities. We've studied the planning protocols of the military, and have translated them into tools that you can use within your business.
Improve Performance with Ardent
We like to make the process of working with Ardent very simple. Follow these steps to get tangible, measurable results.
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Introductory Appointment. Ardent Transformation is passionate about helping you with your financial processes. In order to best help you, we will first hold a quick but critical meeting to start determining your organization's specific needs.
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Follow Up Appointment. Having completed our initial assessment. We will meet again to present our primary ideas for your transformation project.
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We Work the Project. You'll know exactly what to expect each step of the way, and most importantly the results that you'll have at the end.
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Customer Acceptance. Our work is not done until you are satisfied. Results are always guaranteed.
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Ongoing support. We will be on call for you in case any ongoing support is needed.
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Ardent's 5 Best Practices to Effective Enterprise Planning
There are 5 major steps in achieving an amazing planning system. Follow these five steps to turn your planning process into a highly powered, decision fueling machine.
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Pick a winning EPM platform. Think of your EPM platform as the tool you need to do the job right. Just as a good carpenter wouldn't think of constructing a house without a powerful electric saw, you shouldn't think of running a financial planning process without a powerful EPM system.
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Make it valuable. Just because you are already able to periodically generate a budget, don't assume you are done. Many of your business partners need help to translate the dollar based plan into specific actions.
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Automate ruthlessly. Chances are, your staff is spending lots of time working through many details that they simply shouldn't be. Everything in your financial plan except for specific decision points should be automated.
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Cut out Finance where possible. Finance usually spends most of its time in the planning process collecting or reporting data. This maintenance work can prevent it from focusing on high value activities like true business analysis. Make it simple and easy to enter and retrieve data from your EPM system. If you design your system the right way, then the business users can access the system directly, with no finance resources necessary.
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Get it done fast. No plan survives contact with the enemy. You must be able to adapt quickly, and the ability to re-plan quickly is essential.
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