Item: IBM Planning Analytics
Rating: 8
Author: Thomas Leduc

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We were looking for a tool to make sales forecasts and a centralized solution to collect consultant time sheets to forecast and monitor billable resources. The solution must be able to manage multi hierarchies architecture and real-time simulation

Pros and Cons

Data collection and Excel interface
Real time simulation and forecasting
large data volume of data calculation

Reporting capabilities
Report Bursting

Return on Investment

DAta accessibility
data quality
Centralised forecasting

Scenario Planning and What-If Analysis

Scenario planning is key in order to monitor the activity

Alternatives Considered

Anaplan

Better management of large amount of data

Key Insights

Do you think IBM Planning Analytics delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with IBM Planning Analytics's feature set?

Yes

Did IBM Planning Analytics live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of IBM Planning Analytics go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy IBM Planning Analytics again?

Yes

Support Rating

IBM and the partner is very responsive

Usability

Very happy with the product

Other Software Used

Workday Human Capital Management, HubSpot Marketing Hub

Likelihood to Recommend

Planning Analytics is the perfect solution for financial and operational reporting, forecasting, and planning needs. With its engine, we have been able to design the business rules that we needed and were able to make them evolve to keep them up to date.

IBM Planning Analytics, most robust and versatile tool.

Overall Satisfaction with IBM Planning Analytics with Watson