CMA - the Management Accounting Magazine articles from November 1995

CMA - the Management Accounting Magazine archives from November 1995

The unholy marriage of business and technology: does yours need counseling?(Cover Story)
November 1, 1995... We are witness to an immense shake-up transforming corporate North America. Organizations in the 1990s are refocusing their efforts around access to information. Until a few years ago, most centralized organizations relied on research and...

Manufacturing software: making it right.
November 1, 1995... What kind of manufacturer are you?" It's a deceptively simple question, and one that software consultant Ken Cowman, president of Hunter Business Consultants, likes to pose early to companies looking for new manufacturing software. Often...

The data warehouse: a new mission-critical resource.
November 1, 1995... The technology is now available to metamorphose operational and external information strategic decision-making and competitive business advantage. It's 10:00 a.m., and a decision that will impact the profitability of an entire product line for...

Is your data center cost-effective?
November 1, 1995... Evaluating the efficiency of use, capacity requirements, and cost-effectiveness of large computing facilities is a complex process. Here's how some organizations are using benchmarking techniques to improve performance. These days, most...

The evolution of the information systems function.
November 1, 1995... Even as technology downsizing gains momentum, the systems function is serving a revitalized role. Here's how. For about 20 years, from 1970 to 1990, the role, structure and operation of the information systems function were the objects of much...

A scuzzy disk is NOT a bad thing! (Small Computer Systems Interface)(Information Management: Toolkit)
November 1, 1995... Hard disk space is always at a premium in personal computers, and the new generation of software, such as Windows 95 and its program suites, has even greater demands for disk space than ever. At the same time, the proliferation of software and...

Diane Daniel, CMA. (certified management accountant)(Dimensions: Profiles of Successful CMAs and CMA Candidates)
November 1, 1995... DIANE DANIEL, CMA, SAYS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING SHE LEARNED IN EARNING HER DESIGNATION AS A CERTIFIED MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT IS THAT MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING ISN'T JUST DEBITS AND CREDITS, OR THE PREPARATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. "Management...

United Grain Growers' CMA team. (certified management accountant)(Dimensions: Profiles of Successful CMAs and CMA Candidates)
November 1, 1995... WHEN PETER COX ATTENDED UNIVERSITY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, HE STARTED OUT IN AN ACCOUNTING PROGRAM. "BUT I DROPPED IT AFTER THE FIRST YEAR," HE SAYS. 'LATER, WHEN I GRADUATED WITH A DEGREE IN ECONOMICS AND ENTERED THE BUSINESS WORLD, I...

CMAs at Canadian Western Natural Gas. (certified management accountants)(Dimensions: Profiles of Successful CMAs and CMA Candidates)
November 1, 1995... WHEN ROSELLYN WICKERSON, CMA, GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN WITH A BACHELOR OF COMMERCE DEGREE, SHE CHOSE A PATH A BIT DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF MANY OF HER PEERS. "MOST OF THE PEOPLE I KNEW WITH ACCOUNTING MAJORS WERE GOING ON TO...

Daniel Caron, CMA. (certified management accountant)(Dimensions: Profiles of Successful CMAs and CMA Candidates)
November 1, 1995... LIKE MOST PEOPLE AT THE START OF THEIR CAREER, DANIEL CARON, CMA, HAD NO IDEA WHERE HE WOULD END UP AFTER EARNING HIS PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTING DESIGNATION. AND OF ALL THE PLACES HE COULD HAVE PICKED, LAS VEGAS MIGHT HAVE BEEN NEAR THE BOTTOM OF...