Whybpc
- 1. SAP Business Objects Planning and Consolidation Streamlined planning, budgeting, forecasting and fast, accurate close Gary Obbes - IBM Financial Management Consulting Services Lead Les Smith - SAP Business Objects Centre of Excellence IBM Insight Forum 09 Make change work for you ®
- 2. IBM CFO Study highlights Finance effectiveness gaps Performance Measuring / monitoring business performance Gap Insight Aligning Finance with the Business Gap Growth Insight Finance Continuous process improvement Gap Leading Finance related compliance programs & strengthening internal controls Risk Meeting fiduciary and statutory requirements Insight Supporting / managing enterprise risk Areas of Importance 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Effectiveness of Finance “69 percent of Finance executives believe greater integration is difficult to execute, but imperative to achieve.” IBM, The Global CFO Study 2008 IBM Insight Forum 09 Make change work for you ®
- 3. The changed environment - economic and technological Volatility (Oil prices, Exchange rates, Raw material prices, Demand) The need for speed Faster decisions - Rolling Forecasts & Analysis Budgeting: Bottom 20% 90 days, Top performers 32 days - IBM Benchmarking data Spreadsheet limits Time, Error prone, Versions, Status, Linking Trends “CPM continues to be a major focus for the office of finance. The worsening economic outlook is yet another driver increasing CPM suite adoption” - Gartner IBM - Cognos, SAP - Business Objects/Outlooksoft, Oracle - Hyperion Increased demands on Finance for better forecasting, budgeting, management reporting and „what-if‟ analysis Reasons are compelling - but the business case has been hard IBM Insight Forum 09 Make change work for you ®
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