Seeing the Big Picture As You Up Your Technology Game

Seeing the Big Picture As You Up Your Technology Game

THE COVID-19 pandemic has emphasized the benefits of cloud-based applications, automation and e-commerce and highlighted the importance of mining data for insights. In fact, a Morgan Stanley report, “Technology Eating the World – Top Trends Post COVID-19” points out...
Pandemic Puts Emerging Technologies Front and Center

Pandemic Puts Emerging Technologies Front and Center

Even before the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic forced businesses to make a quick pivot toward real-time data analytics and work-from-home arrangements, companies and organizations have already acknowledged the importance of digital transformation as a...
Invest Carefully, Finance Executives Say

Invest Carefully, Finance Executives Say

A RECENT survey of business leaders in the United States shows that spending priorities have shifted from “cut everything” to “invest carefully.” In its quarterly Finance Priorities Survey in July 2020, Brainyard surveyed 130 finance and non-finance executives and...

Pandemic Accelerates Supply Chain Trends

Lockdowns due to the pandemic have caused temporary and long-term business closures, bringing drastic changes in the way people live and work. Lockdowns have also caused disruption in the delivery of goods. Commodities and raw materials have seen bottlenecks, fueling...
Expanded Role is a Challenge to CFOs

Expanded Role is a Challenge to CFOs

A RECENT survey of 166 chief financial officers (CFOs) across 23 different industries shows that a large number of them feel that managing too many responsibilities is their biggest challenge. A white paper from Brainyard tracked the results of the 2019 survey and...