The Technology Piece to Complete the Enterprise Planning and Forecasting Puzzle
Benefits of Enterprise Planning Software
Peace of Mind
Do you worry about the accuracy of your data? Load and combine data from multiple applications. No export/import, copy/paste between spreadsheets. The benefit; clean, accurate data with drill down and traceability.
Earn back time
Struggling to keep up with your workload? Planning tools save you time. How? Data is readily available for analysis, drill-down, simulation; to answer your business questions. Less checking, less reconciling to other spreadsheets. Time gained!
Fun at work
Collaboration and accountability are great team builders. With seamless MS Office Integration, you can update, link, share tables and charts to Word documents and PowerPoint slides. No need to email reports. Less disputes about the latest version.
All for one
Technology provides a pathway for the many units within your business to finally come together and plan as one organisation. Technology helps breaks down silos. Technology helps bring teams together. A collective planning approach increases efficiency and helps improve outcomes.
Predictive Insight
Machine Learning Forecasting, Simulation, Clustering, Statistical Functions, Scenario Modelling; empower users to identify patterns and trends, to then take the necessary action to maximise opportunities and minimise risk.
Still LOVE Excel?
Not a problem! MS Office Integration allows users to directly access reports within Excel. A live link to the source data allows users to change figures and analysis dimensions, and to drill down further while maintaining data integrity.
Which Solution is the right fit for my Business?
Choices are great, but having too many choices can drastically slow down the decision-making process.
At Professional Advantage we like to keep options open for our customers. Our technology experts take the time to listen to and discuss your organisation's unique business requirements and then make their recommendations based on industry knowledge and years of experience implementing solutions across a variety of businesses.
If you are ready to start your journey of Enterprise Planning and Forecasting improvement,
connect with us and we will work with your availability to take you on the first step of discovery.
Solutions
CPM meets business intelligence in one powerful, self-service product. It’s suitable for medium to large organisations and can be used to track performance across areas including marketing, HR and supply chain management.
Infor BI is a Corporate Performance Management platform that incorporates Business Intelligence capabilities to support finance, operations and sales and measure performance using analytics, dashboards, planning, budgeting and forecasting.
'Time taken to prepare annual budgets slashed from five months to one month.'
- North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation Case Study
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Not Quite Ready yet?
We understand that the software selection process takes time and research. To assist with your journey, we have picked a selection of resources for you to read through. Please click on the links below to access the resource of choice.
EBOOK
9 Reasons Why Spreadsheet-Based Planning Is Risky for your Business
BLOG
Integrated Business Planning with Spreadsheets
VIDEO
Key Problems with the Annual Budgeting Process
On-demand Webinar
We all LOVE spreadsheets. They are versatile, easy to use and most of us feel very comfortable with our 'Excel' skills. But when spreadsheets are used to drive formalised processes such as business planning and reporting, the risks for the business are many. In this webinar we look at the risks of using spreadsheets for planning and the benefits that a fit for purpose tool brings to the Budgeting, Planning and Forecasting process.
Beyond Spreadsheets: Driving Better Performance Management through BOARD Technology