by Marc | Feb 24, 2026 | Articles, Resources
Connected planning is where data, people, and performance are unified within a single environment. It’s not just a technological shift; it’s a strategic enabler for organisations that want to plan with precision, respond with agility, and make decisions with...
by Marc | Feb 24, 2026 | Articles, Resources
In our previous blogs Why Planning Fails: Escaping Excel Hell, Take Control of Your FP&A, and The Business Value of Connected Planning for Finance Teams, we explored how fragmented, spreadsheet-driven planning can hold organisations back and how a connected,...
by Marc | Feb 24, 2026 | Articles, Resources
In our previous blog, Why Planning Fails: Escaping Excel Hell, we explored how spreadsheet-driven planning creates inefficiency, inconsistency, and risk. The illusion of control that Excel offers often hides a deeper problem — finance teams working harder but not...
by Marc | Feb 18, 2026 | Articles, Resources
For many finance teams, the planning process still begins and ends with Excel. It is familiar, flexible, and seemingly harmless however as businesses grow, data becomes more complex, and as the expectations for agility rise, the cracks begin to show. What was once a...
by Marc | Jan 30, 2026 | Articles, Resources
The profit and loss statement has long been one of the most familiar and relied-upon views of financial performance. While presentation formats and terminology have evolved over time, the underlying expectation has remained unchanged. Finance leaders, investors, and...
by Marc | Nov 18, 2025 | Articles, Resources
Here at HAYNE, we have an outstanding support knowledgebase At the time of writing (September 2025) I have been in IT support for 30 years. For 24 of those years, I have supported products that now form part of the IBM Cognos suite of applications. Naturally, most...
