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After the ups of wild growth and the downs of a devastating avian influenza outbreak in 2015, Rembrandt Enterprises Inc., the 21-year-old egg company headquartered in Spirit Lake, Iowa, has [...]

The article highlights the role of artificial intelligence in the success of business. Topics mentioned include the tangible and intangible costs of artificial intelligence, some main reasons why investments are necessary to update artificial intelligence infrastructure, and the key differences in artificial intelligence infrastructure, and a list of organization's specific needs.

As technology transforms the management accounting profession at an ever-increasing rate, are you concerned about having the necessary skills to further your career? Do you want to enhance your skill [...]

Data science, modeling, and scenario planning are more common in finance now. There is no official definition of a data scientist, but a good candidate is advanced by the analytics [...]

Data quality is the most important requirement for using AI effectively. As such, data governance is necessary for an organization to use AI, both in day-to-day operations and to assist [...]

If you haven't heard of reverse mentoring, it's exactly what it sounds like--a younger individual mentors someone older. Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric, has often been credited with [...]

Demand for advanced analytics is increasing, and so, too, is the expectation that management accountants will perform the analytics. This growth in 'self-service' analytics has reached the point that research [...]

Through specializations of domain, technical, and analytical capabilities, management accounting leadership can assure that projects succeed. Business leadership is increasingly demanding that management accounting professionals traverse the mass of internal [...]

Management accounting at its core leverages data coupled with relevant insights to advance the interests of an organization. Breakthroughs in technology have made it much easier for organizations to amass [...]

Have you ever wondered why you can't get several years of historical data instead of a paltry few months' worth? Better data builds more solid business cases for new initiatives, [...]

This look at business intelligence is the first in a series that will examine cases to move you from descriptive, diagnostic, and predictive to prescriptive analytics. Where to begin on [...]

One of the main roles of management accountants is to provide insights and information to facilitate important economic decisions for their companies. To deliver on these expectations, they must understand [...]

The article focuses on gaining proficiency in coding and the data environment. Topics discussed include the article "How to Master Digital Age Competencies," accessing data in a real business scenario as a common stumbling block for many as they learn Structured Query Language (SQL) or other analytics programming languages and challenges of the coding exercises.

The article talks about how to determine a good analytics software to improve the quality and quantity of available data. It mentions that an effective analytics depends on understanding of reporting and data science. The article mentions various software and tools including SAS, RapidMiner, and Knime for data science, Excel, PowerBI, and JasperSoft for reporting, and Spotfire, Tableau, and PowerBI for business intelligence.

The article presents the essentials of open source systems for management accountants. Topics covered include the difference between open source accounting applications and proprietary closed source systems, an open source system being an environment where the source code is available to the general public, and how open source enables customization.