COURSE DESCRIPTION: Whether you’re already using rolling forecasts, thinking about changing over or just curious about the process, you likely want the answer to this question: How do the best do it? What mistakes do they avoid and what practices do they follow that help them use rolling forecasts to grow profits and improve the effectiveness of their management teams?
This program will outline these critical dos and don’ts and show you how leading companies like American Express and Time Warner Telecom get it done. You’ll get an inside look at how these top performers have successfully used rolling forecasts to make the leap to advanced continuous planning -- and you’ll learn about the best practices that keep them in front of their competition.
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Steve Player, Managing Director of The Player Group and Program Director of BBRT North America, is one of the nation’s leading experts on rolling forecasts and continuous planning. He brings 20 years of experience as a former Partner with Arthur Andersen LLP (now Andersen) including leading functional and company-wide business process re-engineering efforts, development of activity-based management systems, design and implementation of Just-In-Time manufacturing techniques, performing white-collar productivity reviews, and completing organization analysis.
Steve founded the Player Group to help clients improve cost and productivity management. Additionally, The Player Group manages leading edge best practices research in to advanced ABM implementations and beyond budgeting applications. Steve serves as the founder and program director for the ABM Advanced Implementation Group and as Program Director for the Beyond Budgeting Round Table in North America.
Additionally, Steve works with Fortune 500 companies in improving current quality practices. Many of his engagements have focused on using cost information to grow revenues and profits. Steve has also worked with many emerging organizations including members of the INC 500 fastest growing companies. Steve has found ways to link many improvements techniques thereby leveraging their results. These include just-in-time cycle time reduction, and quality incentives such as the Malcom Baldrige National Quality Award and ISO 9000 certification process.
Steve has also authored or edited five books on the topic of activity-based management. In addition he has served as a monthly columnist on cost management for Controller Magazine. He also serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Cost Management as well as a resource for various publications including Investor's Business Daily, Financial World, Global Finance, The Dallas Morning News and Journal of Cost Management.
Steve frequently serves as a keynote speaker and chairperson for industry and management accounting conferences worldwide including events for META Group and DCI, AICPA, Global Business Research, World Research Group, Institute for International Research, Quality Forum, and CAM-I.
