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SAP BUSINESSOBJECTS PLANNING AND CONSOLIDATION

Streamline Planning and Close The Books Faster

Maybe you are one of the many organizations still using standalone spreadsheets to do your planning, budgeting, forecasting, and financial consolidations. If that's the case, you're also one of the many organizations that is likely dealing with long, error-prone budget and close cycles.

The SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation application can help free up your time for more strategic, value-added activities that can grow your business. The software combines planning, budgeting, and forecasting capabilities with management and legal consolidation functionality in a single application, so you can shorten budget cycle time, close the books faster and ensure compliance with regulatory and financial standards.

Features & Functions Business Benefits  

Key features and functions include:

  • Familiar interfaces – Leverage Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word interfaces, plus the Web
  • Business process flows – Drive process consistency and visibility
  • Business planning – Streamline sales, revenue, CAPEx, cash flow, and other planning processes
  • Top-down and bottom-up budgeting – Conduct top-down and bottom-up budgeting for more aligned and supported budgets
  • What-if analysis and scenario planning – Model different scenarios and assess potential future outcomes to determine a preferred course of action
  • Support for driver-based planning and other budgeting methodologies
  • Variance reporting – Perform plan versus actual comparisons and quickly determine root causes of variances
  • Financial close – Shave days and weeks off closing the books – and get a full view of your financial landscape – with functionality for currency conversions, intercompany eliminations, multi-tier allocations, journal entries, and various reports
  • Compliance and statutory reporting – Ensure Sarbanes-Oxley and standards compliance, including IFRS and GAAP; integrate with SAP BusinessObjects governance, risk, and compliance solutions
 
Planning and Consolidation

Read this solution brief to learn how you can streamline planning, budgeting, and forecasting and deliver a faster close.

Demos: Planning and Consolidation

Experience firsthand the features, functionality, and benefits of SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation.

View or download demos.

Customer Success: Sandvik

See how this company broke new ground in group reporting with SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation, version for Microsoft.

LiteratureRead the success story (PDF).

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