Drive budgeting and forecasting efficiency through automation with Solver CPM software

How are you feeling going into budgeting season this year?

Is your budget and forecasting process manual and based on spreadsheets? Does it involve admin work with lots of time spent on routine tasks such as:

• Manually collecting data by exporting from different applications and combining it all in spreadsheets for analysis.
• Formatting and checking spreadsheets to ensure there are no errors.
• Emailing reports and budget input spreadsheets out to budget contributors.
• Chasing people for their input.
• Experiencing challenges in engaging in scenario planning and forecasting.
• Finally, spending more time manually collating all the inputs into a final budget.

These low-value tasks that are manual and error-prone create unnecessary stress and worry.

But there is a better way.

Solver is a cloud-based budgeting and forecasting platform that supports you in automating these tasks so you can focus on data analysis and higher-value tasks, such as business partnering.

You will learn how to:

• Automate the data integration from multiple business systems for reporting, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Simplify budget data entry for contributors through web-based budget input templates, with approval workflows and real-time budget roll-ups.
• Help everyone involved stay on track with their budget tasks by utilising workflows for task assignments, notifications, and approvals.
• Build context into your budget with commentary at every step and with detailed line items to back up the budget amount.
• Test different budget scenarios quickly with Solver’s what-if analysis and modelling capabilities.