This was the specialist event “Decision-making in the digital age”
at Hannover 96
“Increase digital fitness. Using potential ” – this was the motto of the event on September 17. The organizers TD Trusted Decisions GmbH and Corporate Planning AG have brought speakers from well-known companies to the stage for this day. You can find the result in this review.
The specialist event “Decision-making in the digital age” is intended as a source of inspiration for all key decision-makers from the digital economy, controlling and finance. It took place on September 17, 2019 in Hanover under the motto “Increase digital fitness. Exploiting potential.”. With increasing digitalization, it is particularly important to talk about the diverse potential as well as the numerous challenges.
That is why our customers spoke about their experiences and business decisions with regard to optimizing decision-making processes. With the use of CP AG’s controlling solutions, which are individually tailored to the customer, requirements can be flexibly solved within the company. The customers BASF, Hannover 96 and inTime showed in a live demo how their operational planning is carried out and what integrated financial and profit planning looks like. These best-practice examples gave our visitors new impetus for their controlling, finances and consolidation. They were able to take away concrete findings and actionable recommendations.
How do we decide?
Philipp Wicke from TD Trusted Decisions Hannover provided the introduction to the subject of decision-making. It gave visitors a simple view of the very extensive world of themes. How is the decision made? What types of decision are there? Can you trust your intuition? Philipp Wicke has been working on this exciting topic for some time. In collaboration with the Institute for Information Systems – Information Engineering at the Johannes Kepler University Linz, he researches the topic, prepares scientific studies and publishes worldwide. Philipp Wicke’s mission on this day was to provide visitors with a tangible strategy for decision-making processes.
Success stories from well-known companies in Hanover
How data becomes decisions! Bernhard Schneider, Head of Accounting at inTime Express Logistik GmbH in Isernhagen, gave participants at the specialist event an insight into the handling of business intelligence. The company is now maximizing the potential of its data thanks to the use of software solutions from Corporate Planning. Many work steps have been automated in partnership with TD Trusted Decisions. All data is clearly and uniformly available in the system. This gives management more time for valuable analyses that serve as a basis for decision-making.
Another presentation was given by Ute Neuenschwander. She is Manager Planning and Reporting at the well-known company BASF Catalysts Germany in Hanover. At the time, they needed a flexible planning tool for their fast-moving catalyst market. Ute Neuenschwander described to the visitors how the master tree concept of Corporate Planner convinced her and how the BI solution QlikView makes fast ad-hoc analyses possible. Ute Neuenschwander from TD Trusted Decisions provided the clear concept for this. “We have enjoyed a trusting and excellent working relationship with TD’s consultants for years,” says Ute Neuenschwander.
Hannover 96 was not only the host of the premises on this day. As a long-standing customer of Trusted Decisions and Corporate Planning, Daniel Lüders, Controlling / Reporting at Hannover 96 Sales & Service, had a lot to say about planning and budgeting. He took the visitors into the fast-paced world of soccer and the painful relegation from the Bundesliga, as well as into the confidence of getting back up. With the software solutions from CP and Qlik, the association has control over current and future costs at all times.
Successful digitalization is like soccer
The keynote speech was presented by Jens Ropers under the motto “Better decisions with technology, tactics and team spirit”. As a partner at the CA controller akademie, he advises companies on the development of qualification strategies in the context of digital transformation. He says of successful digitalization: “Football is a good example of working in a complex environment. Every player has to constantly make decisions in terms of holistic tactics.”
Tools for optimizing decision-making processes
Of course, the participants at the specialist event were also given a good overview of CP Corporate Planning’s software solutions. Marcus Schumacher, Regional Sales Manager at Corporate Planning in Hamburg, presented the possibilities of integrated financial and profit planning. He said the following about data visualization: “Meaningful visualizations help companies to make data-based decisions quickly.”
Harald Straßmair from TD Trusted Decisions in Wels, Austria, then took over the topic of modern analysis in companies. Integration with Qlik Sense and QlikView data discovery software makes all plan data from Corporate Planning solutions available for multidimensional analysis. “Companies are as intelligent as the sum of their decision-makers. A good reason to enable as many employees as possible to analyze their data individually,” says Harald Straßmair.
A look behind the scenes at Hannover 96
In the afternoon, the participants were given an exciting insight into the Bundesliga stadium with a tour of the stadium. This individual tour of the Reds’ stadium was also a fascinating excursion for non-soccer fans. It was rounded off with an unforgettable group photo in the stadium and press room.
Conclusion
At our specialist event, visitors benefited from the experience of our customers, the expert knowledge of our keynote speaker and the employees of Corporate Planning and Trusted Decisions as well as the special concept of our event.
The focus of this event was on the digitalization of decision-making processes, which can be implemented using various tools. Starting with prioritization processes or commitment processes through to planning tools for operational controlling or consolidation. These tools are implemented by TD Trusted Decisions at companies in order to make their decision-making processes more transparent and make them available in digital form.
At the end of the day, visitors took away valuable suggestions from the final discussion of the presentation topics in small groups and the exchange and networking with specialist colleagues, which they can use to optimize digital decision-making processes in their organization.
