IBM Planning Analytics

Financial Performance Management Solutions – FP&A Transformation with IBM Planning Analytics

Companies with effective, automated planning, budgeting and forecasting processes and solutions in place deliver the most value-add for their business. Companies who rely on spreadsheet models alone find them to be error prone, time-consuming and complex and do not meet the reporting needs of the Office of Finance. ProStrategy work with companies to implement automated, efficient and effective Financial Planning, Budgeting, Forecasting & Reporting Solutions with IBM Planning Analytics. We do this by aligning the financial processes and people with the right Financial Performance Management Solutions – IBM Planning Analytics Suite.

IBM Planning Analytics

A new era of Financial Performance Management Solutions

Improve Your Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting Process with IBM Planning Analytics

With IBM Planning Analytics solutions platform, Finance teams can deliver the entire planning, budgeting & forecasting process across the entire business with speed, agility and ease. IBM Cognos Planning Analytics supports the financial and operational planning process and is recognised as a Leader for FP&A – Financial Planning & Analysis Solutions for the Office of Finance.

IBM Planning Analytics, powered by IBM TM1, brings a new era of leading edge Financial Performance Management Solutions – automates your planning, budgeting, forecasting and analysis processes. It offers the full functionality of spreadsheets while eliminating manual tasks to drive efficiency. The solution accesses all your data, and it integrates financial results and analysis with operational plans for faster execution. With a dynamic planning and analytics workspace, you can model information and gain insights, communicate using compelling visualizations, make predictions and perform what-if analysis to test alternative assumptions. Ultimately, you can create timely, reliable plans to put insight into action – IBM Planning Analytics.

IBM Planning Analytics – FP&A Transformation with Financial Performance Management Solutions

IBM Planning Analytics provides you with forward-looking Business Insights – Uncover real-time insights across your business dimensions using a powerful, in-memory IBM TM1 OLAP engine.

Plan in an interactive workspace – Link operational tactics to financial plans, synthesize information and see clear visualizations in a dynamic, self-service workspace.

Perform what-if analysis – Explore scenarios or test business assumptions, and immediately see the financial impact of alternative courses of action.

Leverage your MS Excel skills – Take advantage of a familiar Microsoft Excel interface, where needed. The solution offers full Excel capabilities including graphics and built-in functions.

Benefit from cloud, on-premises or mixed deployment environments. The flexible, scalable platform can be used by individuals, teams, workgroups or the entire enterprise.

Customizable workspace
Data integration with SAP, Oracle and other sources
In-memory analytics
Predictive insights uncovered automatically
Flexible, scalable deployment
Multidimensional scenario modeling

FP&A Transformation with IBM Planning Analytics

In today’s volatile business environment, organisations need speed, agility and foresight in their financial and operational performance management. IBM Cognos Planning Analytics delivers on all three. Powered by IBM TM1 and deployable on cloud or on premises, IBM Planning Analytics automates planning, budgeting, forecasting and analysis processes. It enables Finance and line of business users to coordinate their planning, linking key business drivers to financial KPIs. This powerful financial Planning, Budgeting, Forecasting & Analysis Solution helps you:

Create timely, reliable plans, budgets and forecasts
Perform in-depth, what-if scenario analysis to test assumptions and compare alternatives
Build multi-dimensional models to analyse profitability by product, customer, region and more
Communicate insights with compelling, self-service visualisations
Collaborate and integrate plans across Finance, Sales, Supply Chain, Operations, HR and more