Item: Workday Adaptive Planning
Rating: 10
Author: Frederick Smith

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Engine Yard utilizes Adaptive Insights as the forecast / budgeting tool as well as the operational reporting tool across the entire organization. We have effectively used the application as our main source for not only financial data, but also for operational statistics and KPI's. Through interactive dashboards and reports, users can drill down to key information and make informed decisions that help drive the business.

Pros and Cons

Planning
Reporting with drill down capabilities
Data visualization

Refined ability to selectively filter out dimensions in large data sets
Continued improvement on existing visualization options

Return on Investment

Faster budgeting cycle
One source for data has reduced costs and improved operational efficiencies
Allows the company to remain proactive as opposed to reactive to business situations

Alternatives Considered

Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management

With Hyperion, there was always additional time associated with IT involvement, whether it was to add to the organizational structure, currency rate calculations etc. In Adaptive Insights there is no need for IT intervention - AI is truly real-time information when you need it. AI is a no-brainer!

Likelihood to Recommend

Do the ground work - clearly identify your organizational structure / chart of accounts / etc., but keep in mind that AI is extremely flexible in how you can implement it - it is really up to the users! Once you have a successful implementation, be objective and review to constantly improve and refine your model.

Likelihood to Renew

We are happy with our implementation, the current capabilities and we are ecstatic with the roadmap of future product enhancements and add-ons (Discovery / Office Connect).

Implementation Details / Implementation Partner

Implemented in-house

Adaptive Insights: Look no further

Modules Used

Overall Satisfaction with Adaptive Insights