Cost Center Planning and Accuracy Reporting

This SAP Analytics Cloud application allows your FP&A teams and department managers to easily collaborate and perform detailed expense planning across all departments in the organization. With automatic expense allocations and currency conversion, result is a complete expense plan and supporting reports.

Overview

Detailed Forecasting

Enable your department managers to input expense budget and plan at a high level or at a detailed level. Easily allocate indirect expenses based on selectable drivers. Create a single source of the truth for operating expenses across the organization.

Increased Forecast Accuracy

Track and easily report on accuracy of the forecasts against actuals or forecast generated by predictive algorithms. Set different accuracy parameters by departments.

Leverage Predictive Forecasting

Use statistical algorithms to generate predictive forecast. Identify internal key influencers of your expenses or see the impact of external factors on your operating and non-operating expenses.

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Details

Solution type

Extensions and Add-ons

Industry

Cross-Industry

Compatibility

Works with

This product is compatible with or enhances the functionality of these SAP solutions but doesn't require them.

SAP Analytics Cloud for planning

Features

Expense Planning

Perform detailed level expense planning. Leverage the sub detail functionality to provide detailed breakdown and explanation of expenses in various expense accounts.

Expense Planning
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Expense Allocation

Easily allocate different indirect expenses based on selectable drivers such as square footage, headcount, number of PCs, etc. The solution allows for updates to driver values, perform allocations and view results, all in one page.

Expense Allocation
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Forecast Accuracy Tracking and Reporting

Easily track and monitor forecast accuracy and hold managers accountable to their forecasts. Set different accuracy thresholds for different departments.

Forecast Accuracy Tracking and Reporting
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Plans and pricing

All plans include:

Detailed or high level planning of expense linesIndirect expense allocationMultiple currency supportForecast accuracy tracking