The Digitalization of Management Accounting: Use Cases from Theory and Practice

ISBN-13: 9783658415235 / Angielski

Imke Keimer;Ulrich Egle

Opis

Digital transformation has companies firmly in its grip. Digitalization has a multidimensional impact on the mangagement accounting function and is changing mangagement accounting processes, controlling methods and the role of the mangagement accountant. This edited work shows how the opportunities of digitalization can be used in a way that adds value to the mangagement accounting function. The authors describe individual dimensions of digitalization in mangagement accounting and convey the necessary fundamentals and concepts. Use cases from controlling practice complement the theoretical foundations and show cross-industry approaches to solutions.

Spis treści

Digital Controlling: Basics for the Successful Digital Transformation in Controlling.- Current Trends of Digital Transformation in the Financial Sector.- Further Development of the Financial Forecast in the Context of the Digital Transformation Using the Example of SAP SE.- From Success Assurance to Product Development: Data Analysis at Gebrüder Weiss in the Corporate Logistics Department.- The Digital Transformation of Reporting at Swiss Radio and Television (SRF).- Benefits and Stumbling Blocks in the Introduction of a Business Intelligence Solution for SMEs Using the Example of SIGA.- Digitalize Corporate Management with Business Intelligence.- From Digital Tools to Digital Methodology.- Business Analytics in Marketing Controlling: A Use Case Study for the Automotive Market.- Interactive Big Data Visualizations: Potential for Management Reporting.- Digital Transformation in Controlling at the Alpiq Group.- Controller Profiles in Switzerland: Importance of Digitalization.- Standardization and Automation as the Basis for Digitalization in Controlling at Siemens Building Technologies.- Digitalization of the Controlling Systems in Theory and Practice Using the Example of the ARTS Group.- From Financial Report to the Controlling Cockpit in the Age of Digitalization.- Possibilities and Limitations of Mobile Applications for Controlling.- How Zalando Uses Digital Solutions to Transform Investment Controlling.- Digitalization of Controlling in Insurance Companies.- Use of Smart Technologies in Large Infrastructure and Energy Projects.- Current Trends and Future Potentials of Digitalization in Procurement Controlling.- The Role of the Chief Financial Officer in the Digital Transformation of Business Models.- Hack Yourself: A Call for the Artistic Metamorphosis of the Controller in Digital Transformation.

O autorze

Prof. Dr. Imke Keimer is Professor of Business Analytics at the Institute of Financial Services Zug IFZ at the Lucerne School of Business. Imke Keimer researches and teaches in the areas of digitalization in controlling, financial risk management, and business analytics. She is the head of the MSc International Financial Management programme. 

Prof Dr Ulrich Egle is Professor of Digital Performance Management at the Institute of Financial Services Zug IFZ of the Lucerne School of Business. After studying technically oriented business administration at the University of Stuttgart, he earned his doctorate at the Institute of Information Systems at the University of Bern. He supports companies in the digital transformation of business models and on the topic of digital finance transformation.

Blurb

Digital transformation has companies firmly in its grip. Digitalization has a multidimensional impact on the controlling function and is changing controlling processes, controlling methods and the role of the controller. This edited work shows how the opportunities of digitalization can be used in a way that adds value to the controlling function. The authors describe individual dimensions of digitalization in controlling and convey the necessary fundamentals and concepts. Use cases from controlling practice complement the theoretical foundations and show cross-industry approaches to solutions.

The Content

• digital controlling

• current trends in digital transformation in controlling
• business intelligence in controlling
• business analytics in controlling
• big data visualization
• controlling competence profile
• use cases from SAP SE, Gebrüder Weiss GmbH, Swiss Radio and Television (SRF), Ticketcorner AG, Siemens Schweiz AG, and Zalando SE, among others.

The Editors
Prof. Dr. Imke Keimer is Professor of Business Analytics at the Institute of Financial Services Zug IFZ at the Lucerne School of Business. Imke Keimer researches and teaches in the areas of digitalization in controlling, financial risk management, and business analytics. She is the head of the MSc International Financial Management programme. 

Prof Dr Ulrich Egle is Professor of Digital Performance Management at the Institute of Financial Services Zug IFZ of the Lucerne School of Business. After studying technically oriented business administration at the University of Stuttgart, he earned his doctorate at the Institute of Information Systems at the University of Bern. He supports companies in the digital transformation of business models and on the topic of digital finance transformation.

This book is a translation of an original German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation.