Designed for business users, the SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation application unifies and streamlines the planning, budgeting, and forecasting process and can enable a faster, more compliant close.

Business benefits include:

• Rapid, broad adoption and reduced training time – The application provides a familiar, intuitive interface that leverages a choice of Word, PowerPoint, Web, or Excel interfaces.
• Reduced cycle time – The software enables finance and line-of-business managers to collaborate in a unified landscape, streamlining the process of creating and approving plans, budgets, and forecasts.
• Reduced maintenance, simplified deployment, and improved data integrity – With SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation, you can unify planning and consolidation capabilities in a single application.
• Fast, accurate close – The software can help you automate the consolidation process, so you can meet all statutory (GAAP and IFRS) and management reporting requirements with a complete audit trail.
• Improved agility – SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation can enable you to quickly model new business scenarios and decide on a course of action that maximizes value creation.
• Minimized business and compliance risk – Transparent financial data and a single version of the truth enable fast, accurate management and statutory reporting.
• More accurate plans aligned with strategic goals – The application supports both top-down and bottom-up planning.