IBM Planning Analytics

“Budget planning and budget forecasting Resource planning for a team with Budget allocations and Asset lifecycle management Manual reconciliation efforts are not needed. … We use IBM Planning Analytics for our budget planning ,budget forecasting real time analysis and reporting of data across organization.”

“This platform has enabled us to cover all costs in our negotiations for pricing products and services, including production, HR, salaries and benefits, logistics, transportation, hidden fees,...”

“More efficient work by modeling budget and forecast system Costs control: comparison per project RE vs Budget Based on cost control, improvement of business actions Higher performance. … Without having proper workflow, I cannot offer PAW for Budget/Forecast input, then, just for reports or dashboards.”

“With the right mix of consultants, contractors, and internal W2 employees, ROI can be as high as 160 hours saved per month for a $100K project. … Software may not be cheap but a cheaper version (IBM Cognos Express) is out there if you don't have that many users.”

“Ability to plan more products, locations, customers
Less expensive
Client already had IBM PA for FP&A.”

“My company is migrating many tools, software and the budget resource, time invested, tools and support cost, training, etc all is tracked and planned through this.”

“Well suited for..
Large/complex organisations,
Budget Adjustments,
Top-down budget spreading
Not suited for..
Finance Departments without technical knowledge.”

“While IBM Planning Analytics can certainly serve such needs and is surprisingly affordable from a software pricing point of view, its flexibility and power do add more complexity to the user...”

“Regardless of the license or deployment, it presents a medium-term ROI.”

“I am the budget owner for one of the larger cost centers and hence interact with the tool during planning cycles.”

“The company saw positive ROI of around $100K during the first quarter following the implementation of Cognos TM1.”