IAFEI Quarterly - Special Issue

22 Materials contained in this publication may be freely quoted or reprinted, provided credit is given to the source : International Observatory of Management Control - DFCG – Decision Performance Conseil www.conseil-dpc.com The requests for improvement of the analysis capabilities are different according to the size of the companies: ● They are moderate for small companies. The limited volume of data to analyze explains this situation. ● Medium-sized companies are the most demanding of improvements as they need to complement their analytical tools. ● In large organizations, requests are more limited. They have often been on the frontline for deploying tools and many of their needs for sophisticated analytical tools are satis- fied. The results of the 2017 survey confirm our intuitions: ● The need to improve simulation tools is mainly felt in listed companies who have to supply financial markets with forward-looking financial data. ● The larger the companies, the less they need to improve the homogeneity of their data. This is potentially a consequence of the age of the installation of Extract Transform Load (ETL) tools in large structures. The requests for improvement of IT systems tools depend on the perceived value of the activity to perform We have compared the needs of improvement of the tools with the activities considered to bring a high added value: