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Budgeting Emergency

Everybody has one. Just when you thought the budget was finished comes the request - what if we were to, can you tell me the impact of, just take this out and put this in.

Or it might be - I need to revise the forecast and stress test the assumptions given the current uncertainty. Most organisations struggle to achieve ths quickly and easily - and often make sub-optimal decisions as a consequence.

World wide 1000's of organisations have solved these issues and are able to respond effectively in these challenging times using IBM Cognos Planning.

IBM Cognos Planning allows you to build and maintain your own models in days not weeks. It allows you to collect data from across the business quickly and easily whilst maintaining central assumptions and versions that can easily be changed or updated.

IBM Cognos Planning can be used as a stand alone solution for budgeting and forecasting or as part of a wider performance management framework that links together operational plans with management reports using scorecards, dashboards and automatic alerting.

Our free CD contains a number of industry analyst articles, fact sheets and white papers to help you evaluate and build a business case to go beyond your budgeting emergency.

You can access some of the white papers on our web site

Whilst the market volatility is greater now than straight after 9/11 both then and now Accenture is able to turn around a global reforecast in days and remodel their entire business plan.

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Read the examples of what our customers have achieved through the use of IBM Cognos Planning