Planning and consolidation – Increase the accuracy and effectiveness of planning, budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting processes.

SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation helps companies:

• 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 – Create for more aligned and supported budgets by conducting top-down and bottom-up budgeting.
• What-if analysis and scenario planning – Determine a preferred course of action by assessing different model scenarios and assess potential future outcomes.
• Support for driver – Based planning and other budgeting methodologies.
• Variance reporting – Quickly determine root causes of variances by performing plan versus actual comparisons.
• Financial close – Get a full view of your financial landscape – with functionality for currency conversions, intercompany eliminations, multi-tier allocations, journal entries and various reports and shave days and weeks off closing the books.
• Compliance and statutory reporting – Integrate SAP BusinessObjects governance, risk and compliance solutions to ensure Sarbanes-Oxley and standards compliance, including IFRS and GAAP