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IBM® Planning Analytics with Watson is an AI-infused integrated planning solution that helps you to transcend the limits of manual planning to create more accurate plans for FP&A, sales, supply chain and beyond.

With new predictive forecasting capabilities, your team can access powerful algorithmic forecasting tools, even if they aren’t data scientists. Augment human intelligence so your teams spend less time manually aggregating data, and more time on analysis and higher-value work.

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FP&A

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FP&A

Optimize your FP&A operations with an AI-infused planning solution.

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Supply chain

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Supply chain

Build smooth, synchronized and responsive supply chains with a streamlined planning process.

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Sales

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Sales

Deliver comprehensive analytics that will enable your sales teams to drive results.

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Workforce

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Workforce

Develop a dynamic workforce blueprint that enhances business operations and strategies.

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Marketing

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Determine the right marketing mix and resources to drive the highest ROI.

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Why IBM® Planning Analytics with Watson?

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Save time and cost

Surveyed customers reported reducing budgeting and forecasting time by 63% and 70% respectively, and saved over USD 1 million.

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Accelerate planning with AI

Automated model creation, NLP, and cognitive tools help make it easy to create an accurate plan.

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Streamline collaboration

Streamline collaboration

Break down silos and synchronize planning across the organization.

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Deploy where needed

IBM Planning Analytics with Watson is available on premises, on cloud, on IBM Cloud Pak® for Data or as a hybrid option.

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Simple integration

IBM Planning Analytics with Watson easily integrates with any of the leading ERPs/GLs, any data source that is open database connectivity compliant and any API.

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Powered by IBM TM1®

Built on the powerful in-memory database and calculation engine, TM1, IBM Planning Analytics with Watson enables multidimensional analysis of large, historical and future-oriented data.

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Unify and streamline planning

What sets IBM Planning Analytics with Watson apart?

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Embrace your spreadsheets

Get a Microsoft Excel interface in a modern planning solution.

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Using what-if scenario analysis to make smarter decisions

See the impact of decisions before making them.

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Explore built-in data analysis capabilities

Use robust analysis, dashboarding and reporting tools.

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Total Economic Impact™ study

Commissioned Forrester Consulting study finds IBM customers see USD 1.7 million in benefits over three years.

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Modern planning platforms

Modern planning platforms facilitate best practices by easing if not eliminating the manual tasks of data collection and validation.

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BARC’s The Planning Survey 20

IBM Planning Analytics with Watson outshines competition in performance and planning functionality.

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What people are saying

Bravida

Bravida

IBM Planning Analytics in the IBM Cloud™ enhances long-term planning capabilities and reduces budgeting cycles by 90%.

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Continental Foods

Continental Foods

The company implemented the Planning Analytics solution on IBM Cloud to gain a more granular view of product sales, helping it build accurate forecasts that underpin more effective decision-making.

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Carhartt

Carhartt

The IBM Planning Analytics solution helps Carhartt intelligently predict demand and automate replenishment, so that it can deliver the highest possible service level to its wholesale customers.

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GKN Aerospace

GKN Aerospace

Provides project managers with in-depth insight into the skills available across its engineering team, improving resource allocation and collaboration.

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Allen Edmonds

Allen Edmonds

Allen Edmonds partnered with eCapital to transform the way it analyzes its business, using IBM Planning Analytics to make better recommendations on assortments, inventory and pricing.

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BARC names IBM a Market Leader

In the 2020 BARC Score report, the Business Application Research Center named IBM a Market Leader in Integrated Planning and Analytics Portfolios for planning, reporting and analysis. BARC noted that the scalability, flexibility, and integration capabilities set IBM apart from competitors.

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