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Planning Analytics
Your planning app should go beyond just automating spreadsheets
Your new planning app is not just a spreadsheet automation tool, but an enabler to unlock capabilities that were unthinkable in the spreadsheet world.
Planning Analytics
Ops, sales, marketing, HR — everyone needs business planning solutions!
Do you think planning applications are only for Finance? Au contraire, mon frère! Fast, flexible planning and analysis is for everyone!
Planning Analytics
IBM moves into the Gartner Leaders Quadrant for Cloud FP&A
IBM is positioned in the Leaders quadrant in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Solutions for 2018.
Data science
How data science can enable better demand forecasting and planning
If you want a highly productive data science team that enables better demand forecasting and planning, you must empower them with the right tools.
Analytics for all - ** Featured Post **
Harmonize your demand forecasting and planning with advanced analytics
In a successful demand forecasting and planning cycle backed by predictive analytics, everyone sings their part from the same sheet of music.
Planning Analytics
How agile are you? Take the 7-question Aberdeen Group assessment.
We’re often told that agility is essential in today’s volatile business environment. But agility alone doesn’t guarantee success.
Planning Analytics
Continuous planning and rolling forecasts deliver major league advantages
Continuous planning is one of the best practices that provides numerous improvements to business processes, which can deliver major benefits over time.
Planning Analytics
Looking for a new planning application? There is a better option!
You might have read my previous blog posts on things to look out for when evaluating enterprise planning applications. As you can see, some applicatio...
Planning Analytics
Looking for a new planning application? Are you really getting a “single version of the truth”?
Have you sat through any planning application demos recently? Well, you will probably find that most vendors are spinning a "single version of the tru...
Planning Analytics
Want to use Microsoft Excel with IBM Planning Analytics? Here’s how it’s done.
You’ve heard us talk a lot about why spreadsheets aren’t suited to planning for large organizations. But Microsoft Excel is still the preferred to...