This document discusses the importance of management excellence and enterprise performance management (EPM) for businesses. It notes that world-class EPM organizations deliver 2.4 times the equity market returns of industry peers. The document outlines key EPM capabilities like integrated business planning, profitability analysis, and financial reporting. It provides an example of an industrial manufacturing company that improved its financial close time from over 12 days to 8 hours and streamlined forecasting and reporting for over 1,000 users by implementing an EPM solution.