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Neal Cawi, Principal Consultant

Why “Right-Size” Beats Biggest in EPM Consulting

The partner who closes your EPM deal shouldn’t be the last senior person you see. Here’s why the size of your consulting firm matters less than the structure of how they staff it—and what to ask before you sign anything.

Planning for Trade Costs: Budgeting When the Rules Keep Changing

The U.S. has opted not to extend USMCA, replacing a 16-year horizon with annual reviews. Here’s how finance teams can use NetSuite Planning & Budgeting to prepare for every version of what comes next.

Your ERP and Your Budget Shouldn’t Be Strangers

Why NetSuite alignment, not software selection, determines whether planning transformation succeeds

Your AI Bill Is a Workforce Planning Problem

AI token prices are falling. AI budgets are still climbing. The answer is a planning discipline finance already knows: driver-based planning.

NSPB Plans. NetSuite ERP Executes: Connecting Demand Planning to MRP Execution

Manufacturers rarely struggle because MRP produces the wrong answer. They struggle because MRP is working from yesterday's assumptions.

The Hidden Cost of Scope Creep in NSPB Implementations

Why a planning model can end up objectively better while the outcome ends up objectively worse

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