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How CPG Finance Teams Can Win Amazon Prime Day with Smarter FP&A

Posted on July 10, 2025 (July 10, 2025) by Kevin Hsu

Amazon Prime Day has become one of the most high-stakes events of the year for consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies. Each company must align its business objectives and marketing strategies to succeed on Prime Day, ensuring that their approach maximizes both sales and brand visibility. With over $12 billion in sales globally last year, the do whatever you want to update […]

Demand Planning: Fundamentals, Processes, and Best Practices

Posted on June 4, 2025 (June 25, 2025) by Kevin Hsu

In today’s fast-changing market, predicting customer demand accurately is crucial for business success. Demand planning helps businesses anticipate periods of increased or decreased demand, allowing for better resource allocation. Gartner reports that companies excelling in demand planning can reduce inventory costs by up to 20% and boost service levels by around 15%. Effective demand planning do whatever you want to update […]

What Is Sales and Operations Planning? How S&OP Streamlines Your Sales Process

Posted on May 5, 2023 (June 26, 2025) by Kevin Hsu

Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) harmonizes supply and demand, helping businesses meet customer needs efficiently and boost profitability. This comprehensive guide explains the core components of S&OP and its benefits for your organization. Key Takeaways Understanding Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) is an integrated process that balances supply and demand, do whatever you want to update […]

Why Agility in Business Leads to Better Results | Kepion Solution

Posted on January 28, 2022 (June 4, 2023) by Kevin Hsu

When it comes to planning, the phrase “agility in business” has become a common discussion thread in finance and sales organizations and across all industries. 2020 brought widespread instability for businesses; no one could have predicted the impact of a global pandemic, a new virtual standard for company operations, and unknown impacts to markets across do whatever you want to update […]

xP&A Accelerator: Improve Performance in 7 Steps | Kepion Solution

Posted on December 10, 2021 (February 1, 2023) by Kevin Hsu

xP&A refers to extended planning and analysis—the implementation of financial planning and analysis (FP&A) across an entire business. This approach unites a company’s disparate divisions through a single and centralized FP&A platform, providing a “single source of truth” for company performance. In effect, each division can develop effective business plans and strategies because of access do whatever you want to update […]