Budgeting & Forecasting (EPM)
Budgeting and forecasting with Anaplan and IBM Planning Analytics enables organizations to move beyond static spreadsheets and toward connected, data-driven planning. These powerful platforms help align finance and operations through real-time modeling, scenario planning, and collaborative workflows that improve forecast accuracy and decision-making. By leveraging advanced analytics, automation, and flexible modeling capabilities, businesses can respond faster to change, improve planning efficiency, and create more confident, strategic financial plans that drive measurable performance outcomes.
Anaplan
Connected Planning Across the Enterprise
Anaplan unifies financial, operational, and strategic planning into a single connected platform, allowing teams across departments to work from the same data and assumptions. This alignment improves collaboration, reduces planning silos, and enables faster, more coordinated decision-making across the organization.
Powerful Scenario Modeling & Agility
Anaplan’s flexible modeling engine allows organizations to quickly build scenarios, test assumptions, and respond to changing market conditions with confidence. By enabling real-time “what-if” analysis, businesses can evaluate risks and opportunities faster and make proactive decisions that support growth and resilience.
Scalable Cloud-Based Performance
Built for scalability, Anaplan supports complex enterprise planning needs while maintaining speed and usability. Its cloud-native architecture allows organizations to expand planning capabilities without heavy infrastructure investment, improving efficiency and delivering greater visibility into performance as the business grows.
IBM Planning Analytics
Advanced Multidimensional Modeling
IBM Planning Analytics delivers powerful multidimensional modeling that allows organizations to manage complex business structures, large data volumes, and detailed planning requirements with speed and accuracy. This flexibility enables finance and operational teams to analyze data from multiple perspectives and gain deeper insight into performance drivers.
Fast, Flexible Planning and Forecasting
With real-time calculation and in-memory analytics, IBM Planning Analytics enables faster budgeting, forecasting, and scenario modeling. Teams can quickly adjust assumptions, evaluate outcomes, and respond to changing business conditions, creating more agile and accurate planning processes.
Enterprise-Grade Performance and Control
Designed for enterprise environments, IBM Planning Analytics combines robust security, scalability, and governance with user-friendly analysis tools. Organizations benefit from centralized control, improved data consistency, and the ability to deliver trusted insights that support confident, data-driven decision-making across the business.
