Stewart McKie is a European research associate based in the United Kingdom. He is focused on innovation performance management covering the processes of innovation awareness, creativity, ideation, delivery and commercialization. His experience includes over 22 years of designing, marketing and implementing business management solutions in conjunction with global software vendors and managers in multinational corporations. His publishing record includes six books, dozens of white papers and hundreds of articles. Stewart has a BA from University College London and is currently completing an MSc in Organizational Consulting at Ashridge business school.
Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards is a Performance Management Issue
July 28, 2004 - Preparing and presenting consolidated financial statements according to International Accounting Standards (IAS) /International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) becomes mandatory for companies listed on a regulated exchange in the European Union (EU) and other countries as of January 1, 2005. The results of converting to IAS/IFRS reporting by early-adopter organizations has shown that the financial performance of an organization can present substantially differently. Ventana Research recommends that businesses subject to IAS/IFRS compliance consider how they communicate this new performance perspective to organizational stakeholders.
CFO Project Volume 2, October 01, 2003
ERP Innovation
April 6, 2005 - Ventana Research believes that the ERP market is moribund and too firmly anchored to its roots in delivering financial, HR, supply chain and manufacturing functionality. In order to support the innovative organizations of the future, this current functional footprint must be regarded as merely the foundation for the next level of ERP development. Otherwise, customers who have made significant investments in ERP over the last decade will be wondering how this investment will support them in a world where organizational innovation and avoiding commoditization is the order of the day.
CFO Project Volume 2, October 01, 2003
Eviscerating Microsoft Business Solutions
April 6, 2005 - Ventana Research believes that the lackluster performance of Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS) to date has nothing to do with the difficulties of the move towards a single code base (codenamed “Green”). Instead, it has everything to do with the gradual evisceration of Microsoft Business Solutions, as its core competencies are absorbed by other well-entrenched and profitable Microsoft Assets. Ventana Research sees the ongoing unraveling of MBS to be part of a long-term strategy to lead in the ERP market based on platform dominance driving wider organizational footprint.
CFO Project Volume 2, October 01, 2003
Innovation Management Market
September 20, 2004 - The innovation management technology market looks a lot like the CRM marketplace a decade ago, a lot of silo applications with no clear market leader that is ripe for a shake-up. In the CRM market an upstart (Siebel) was allowed to grow and dominate the space before ERP vendors began to fight back. Ventana Research believes it will be harder for this to happen in the innovation management technology market. Instead, the battle will be between two industry titans: Microsoft and SAP.
CFO Project Volume 2, October 01, 2003
Innovation Management Software: Walking the Talk
December 14, 2004 - Innovation has become a marketing buzzword for all kinds of organizations, especially technology leaders such as Apple and Microsoft. However, Ventana Research wonders whether these vendors really walk the talk when it comes to delivering innovation management software that can really make a difference in terms of Innovation Performance Management (IPM).
CFO Project Volume 2, October 01, 2003
Innovation Management Technology
September 20, 2004 - Innovation management technology is a fledgling market, but one that is likely to attract significantly more interest as more organizations focus more effort on innovation performance management (IPM). Ventana Research believes disruptive innovation is on the way for the innovation management technology market as segment leaders emerge and industry giants begin to enter the market.
CFO Project Volume 2, October 01, 2003
Microsoft Posts BI Tools for Microsoft Office
July 28, 2004 - Microsoft released two new business intelligence (BI) add-ins for Microsoft Office: The Microsoft Office Excel Add-in for SQL Server Analysis Services and the Microsoft Office Business Scorecards Accelerator. The former enables Excel-based analysis of data stored in Analysis Services cubes, the latter provides capabilities in Microsoft SharePoint Portal (& Services) to create and manage business performance management scorecards. Ventana Research believes that BI should be on every desktop to improve the performance management capability of everyone in the organization. Ventana Research finds these add-ons as interesting but not yet comparable to other enterprise architected and validated solutions.
CFO Project Volume 2, October 01, 2003
Nextance Adds IP Optimization Suite
December 14, 2004 - To become a player in the knowledge economy by generating revenue from intellectual capital (IC), businesses must build and leverage their intellectual property (IP) portfolios. Ventana Research believes optimizing the utilization of IP assets is a key part of Innovation Performance Management by helping to realize the value of innovation in the marketplace. The Nextance Intellectual Property Optimization Suite is specifically designed to realize more value from IP assets.
CFO Project Volume 2, October 01, 2003
Raising Employee IQ
September 23, 2004 - Innovation performance management (IPM) is mostly discussed at the business level. But there are many ways to improve the innovation quotient (IQ) of individual employees and drive up the corporate IQ through innovation portals. Ventana Research recommends companies serious about innovation portals and generating innovation from the bottom up consider these ten ways to raise employee IQ.
CFO Project Volume 2, October 01, 2003
SMB PLM – Innovation Driver?
December 14, 2004 - Ventana Research believes product lifecycle management (PLM) technology is key to the converting phase of Innovation Performance Management (IPM). However most PLM technology remains out of the reach of small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), hampering their innovation capability overall. But the signs are that things are about to change.
CFO Project Volume 2, October 01, 2003
The Compliance Consortium Launches
July 28, 2004 - Ventana Research welcomes any initiative that will bring more clarity to the appliance of compliance. The newly launched Compliance Consortium is a step in this direction. But it needs more heavyweight members to sign-up before we can take it, and yet another three-letter acronym (GRC), seriously.
CFO Project Volume 2, October 01, 2003
