Learn how lean organisations have been able to produce the annual plan quickly, in less than two weeks, and eventually replace it with a quarterly rolling planning process. Discover how rolling forecasting is the key to help making this happen.

This is the first session of the three part webinar series Lean planning and forecasting for the 21st century.

Upon completion of the series, you will be able to:

• recognise the need for change
• formulate a strategic way forward
• re-design your planning and forecasting so they play a bigger part in getting your organisation future ready.

This webinar will cover:

• the burning platform
• the three-steps selling process
• the journey
• costing out the existing process
• the 100-row rule for Excel
• 21st-century tools for forecasting and planning
• steps to purchasing a planning tool.

This webinar is worth 1.5 CPD units and lasts 1.5 hours.

David Parmenter FCA

David Parmenter, author and international presenter, is known for his thought-provoking and lively sessions, which have led to substantial change in many organisations. He has been helping finance teams around the world, embrace swift month-end and year-end reporting, adopt 21st-century applications, and replicate better practice report formats for 20 years.

David is an established author who has written four books published by New York publisher Wileys. He has spoken in 31 countries around the world on KPIs and accounting practices. He has presented successful workshops and webinars for CA ANZ.