BARC Spotlight EPM on Your Data Platform
BARC Spotlight
EPM on Your Data Platform:
Unlocking Flexibility & AI
Authors: Robert Tischler, Kelley Lynn Kassa
Publication: December 2025
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EPM on Your Data Platform:
Unlocking Flexibility & AI
Authors: Robert Tischler, Kelley Lynn Kassa
Publication: December 2025
Provided by
2BARC Spotlight: EPM on Your Data Platform: Unlocking Flexibility & AI
Table of Contents
Why EPM data management has reached a breaking point ....................................................................................... 3
The cost of data duplication in planning databases ....................................................................................................... 5
Formal structures constrain AI capabilities and drive spreadsheet sprawl ............................................................ 6
Storing planning data where analytics already lives ........................................................................................................7
Shared data foundations reduce effort and accelerate action ....................................................................................7
Success requires performance, usability, and organizational commitment .......................................................... 8
About BARC..................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
About SAP .......................................................................................................................................................................................10
Table of Contents
Why EPM data management has reached a breaking point ....................................................................................... 3
The cost of data duplication in planning databases ....................................................................................................... 5
Formal structures constrain AI capabilities and drive spreadsheet sprawl ............................................................ 6
Storing planning data where analytics already lives ........................................................................................................7
Shared data foundations reduce effort and accelerate action ....................................................................................7
Success requires performance, usability, and organizational commitment .......................................................... 8
About BARC..................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
About SAP .......................................................................................................................................................................................10