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Document IBM Cognos Controller for Financial Consolidation
Laying the Groundwork for Sustainable Compliance

Document Next-generation forecasting
Performance management and rolling forecasts.

Document IBM Cognos 8 Performance Management for use with SAP NetWeaver
Overview and Architecture Summary. An overview of integration, interoperability, capabilities and unique expertise.

 

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demo-icon Document Eleven Practical Ideas for Smarter Expense Planning and Budgeting In Both Downturns and Upswings
This paper lays out succinctly eleven handy suggestions for managing expenses gleaned from the collective wisdom of planning and business gurus.

demo-icon Document Managing through change: The power of rolling forecasts
Part of the Innovation in Action Series by author Steve Player.

demo-icon Document Next-generation forecasting: How rolling forecasts can rescue your company’s performance
See how rolling forecasting—supported by collaborative enterprise planning and analysis solutions such as those offered by IBM—can provide the kind of on-demand information and instant recalculations you need to adjust to the new reality that this economy has created.

demo-icon Document Planning, budgeting and forecasting: software evaluation and selection guide
This paper addresses the challenges of planning, budgeting and forecasting in a spreadsheet environment and highlights the advantages of using a software solution designed specifically for planning, budgeting and forecasting.

demo-icon Document Budgeting: beyond spreadsheets
With new technologies—like IBM® Cognos® 8 Planning—companies are automating the process, getting faster reports and data that fuel “what is” and “what if” scenarios.

demo-icon Document Best Practices in Enterprise Planning: Seven Proven Steps to Superior Business Execution
This paper provides an overview of traditional barriers to effective performance management, and examines the keys to enterprise planning. Enterprise planning based on speed, flexibility, and collaboration provides a better, more accurate picture of performance.

demo-icon Document Best practice approaches to planning, budgeting, and forecasting
This paper illustrates how these best practices are applied to improve planning and control by high performing organizations globally. Consider how these practices might significantly improve your company’s current planning, budgeting, and  forecasting processes.

demo-icon Document Consolidation: Laying the groundwork for sustainable compliance
This paper will examine the deficiencies of current consolidation systems on the market, and the solutions found in the IBM Cognos® 8 Controller, which provides built-in financial intelligence and advanced analysis capabilities to deliver on conformity requirements for consolidation.

demo-icon Document Selecting the right enterprise planning solution: Considerations for software evaluators
This white paper provides a list of key factors that you should consider as you evaluate competing enterprise planning solutions.

demo-icon Document Transforming performance management by embracing, enhancing and extending investments in SAP® software
Considerations for Finance.

demo-icon Document IBM Cognos 8 Performance Management Solutions for use with SAP NetWeaver
Unlocking Hidden Value from Investments in SAP NetWeaver® Business Warehouse.

demo-icon Document Driving Performance with Enterprise Planning
Learn how to achieve superior enterprise performance.

demo-icon Document Spreadsheet Planning: Rough Road Ahead
Read how using spreadsheets for planning can cost you more than lost productivity, but can actually cast doubt on the integrity of plans.

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demo-icon Document IBM Cognos Promotion Planning Performance Blueprint: Maximize marketing spend and vendor trade funds
A review of the IBM Cognos Promotion Planning Performance Blueprint, a performance management framework that gives retailers complete visibility into their promotional activities so they can accurately plan, measure and report on their marketing spend -- and the return it generates.

 
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