Defining a model’s scope before beginning to build it may be the difference between developing a useable, defendable and pertinent model that can answer multiple operational and management questions, and that of a model that may struggle to be relevant and robust 12 months down the track. What does a scoping study involve? A scoping […]
READ MOREWow! I found out this morning that I can use my iPhone as a remote control for PowerPoint presentations….so I apologise in advance to any clients that I’m presenting to in the next few weeks…you will no doubt be my guinea pigs 🙂 Talking about clients, many of Pilbara Group’s university clients have asked the […]
READ MOREToday’s post comes from our good friend at Arkonas, John Miller. With 40 years experience both in industry where he held the position of CFO for a publicly held New York Stock Exchange company and as a principal to industry for an international consulting firm, John combines the skills of a consultant with the mindset […]
READ MOREIf so, we would like to talk to you. We are looking to interview organizations who are currently modelling their carbon emissions from a Management Accounting perspective, rather than statutory reporting perspective. We are currently researching best/common practice at organizations globally. CAM-I (Consortium of Advanced Management – International) is an international not-for-profit collaborative forum of […]
READ MOREAt the moment in Australia and the US there is currently little real incentive for any organization to manage or understand its overall carbon footprint, except if it is physically emitting global warming gases and comes under Scope 1 emissions or is a large energy user and falls under Scope 2 emissions. Scope 1 Emissions […]
READ MOREWe have recently formed a Sustainability* Interest Group at the Consortium of Advanced Management, International (CAM-I) and want to share some of our general research with the Higher Education community. We have also drafted a white paper titled “Carbon, Cost & Profitability – Practical suggestions to create an auditable carbon footprint/emissions profile.” If you would […]
READ MOREWe will be attending and exhibiting at the 2010 National University Finance and Procurement Conference from 26-28 July at the Hyatt Regency Coolum, Sunshine Coast QLD Australia. Please look for us at Booth 16. The link to the conference website is here: http://www.hes.edu.au/page/conferences—events/2010-national-university-finance—procurement-conference/ This year’s conference theme is: The Global Financial Crisis has drawn attention to […]
READ MOREAs promised, posted below is the start of our discussion on research costing developed by Andrew Faulkner. We would like to start an open debate / discussion on this topic which seems to be of interest to all Universities in Australia at the moment, so please add your comments / suggestions below. Cheers, Lea SRE 2010 Transparent […]
READ MOREIt’s been quite a while since the last post. Things have been a bit busy for us over the last few years, which has been great but no excuse for not even attempting to update this blog. Just an update we have been busy outside of the Higher Education community with government and military contracts […]
READ MOREI was recently reminded, as we are doing our own financials, that dirty data is the bane of any Business Intelligence or Activity Based Costing implementation team. It seems that there is a wealth of data available but if it is not clean or validated it adds significantly to the overall implementation process. It has […]
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