Technology enables new capabilities for individuals and teams to apply to financial analyses and processes. Data is a key economic asset leveraged throughout business analysis and operations, and it gains value when it is applied to a purpose, such as a business problem or a business question. MORE.
2025 AFP FP&A Benchmarking Survey Report: Technology & Data
The 2025 AFP FP&A Benchmarking Survey examines technology and data that define the FP&A function. The report can be used by FP&A practitioners to compare their organization’s technology metrics with those of their peers.
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Aug 12, 2026
Driver-Based Budgeting: Turning Customer Demand into Better Decisions
At Honeywell, Noah Navarro led financial planning for a high-mix, low-volume global division. To maintain speed and flexibility and avoid getting trapped in thousands of transactions, he used a 12-month driver-based rolling forecast focused on the key operational factors that drive sales, costs and margins.Learn More -
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Beyond the Annual Budget: The Case for Evergreen Planning
If budgeting evolved from a control mechanism into a guidance system, that would shift the conversation from prediction to decision-making and from compliance to performance.Learn More -
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The Budget as a Contract
AFP spoke with Prince Oppong about how leading organizations transform budgeting from an annual ritual into a strategic discipline — and what it really takes to hold teams accountable when the numbers go sideways.Learn More
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