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IBM Planning Analytics has improved financial and project planning
What do you like best about the product?
This tool offers quick answers to questions, supports various use cases, and provides real-time problem-solving. The timing for the MVP release to internal users was ideal, allowing flexibility in how the product is used. I'm highly impressed with the overall speed and efficiency of the software and am quite satisfied with the development process so far.
What do you dislike about the product?
Most aspects simply require adapting to the Cloud, though you do sacrifice some control over things like software updates. Another issue is the lack of a mobile app for IBM Planning Analytics, which leaves users tethered to their plans. It would be beneficial to create ways for both internal and external users to easily brainstorm and collaborate on their ideas.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
IBM Planning Analytics addresses several key challenges, particularly in financial and project planning. It automates and streamlines complex budgeting, forecasting, and reporting processes, reducing manual effort and minimizing errors. This leads to more accurate and timely insights, enabling better decision-making. Additionally, its ability to handle large data sets and perform sophisticated analytics helps identify trends and opportunities, ultimately improving overall business performance and efficiency. For users, this means greater agility, more informed planning, and the ability to quickly adapt to changing business conditions.
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The use of IBM Planning Analytics has enhanced financial and project planning.
What do you like best about the product?
This provides quick answers to questions, assists in use cases, and solves problems on the fly. This was the right time for the MVP to be available for the internal users, with the freedom of use of the product in different ways. So far, I am very much impressed at how well and fast the software works in general, and I am quite satisfied with the development process.
What do you dislike about the product?
Most things are just a case of getting used to using the Cloud, and you do lose a level of control around things like software updates. Another problem is that IBM Planning Analytics does not have an app; this means that the users are literally stuck up with their plans. Ways could be designed for internal and external people to ideate easily and then collaborate on those ideas.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We have come a long way with the improvement in the manner and way that we plan and analyze our finances since we applied IBM Planning Analytics. You can make it user-friendly with the flexibility of the web layout, and it's pretty easy to connect to other software and Excel. Thank you, IBM, for listening to us and actually changing the product based on what we had to say.
The use of IBM Planning Analytics has enhanced financial and project planning.
What do you like best about the product?
IBM has also been very open to our feedback and suggestions on how things could be done better. They've always reverted promptly when we had questions, worries or use case talks. This kind of help was essential for us to make sure that we could use the tool in total capacity. Planning Analytics is very fast and good at what it does. Minimal viable products sent to internal customers work well and the direction and speed of creating products can be exciting. It is a flexible tool that manages a variety of tasks.
What do you dislike about the product?
You had to give up some of that control, like when the program was changed because it was a cloud based method. I also think that customers would gain a lot from having a security guide, logs, literature created automatically and native connections. Exactly when these characteristics are in demand, they have to be made by hand. Thank goodness, we just put in place a licensing system that is more open and easy to use.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We have added timeseries forecast by IBM Watson Studio with it, hence we can make better guesses. Also the robust tools of Planning Analytics for data processing help us to make choices with flexibility and security and is by far the easiest software to use.
Financial planning with this great software with good features
What do you like best about the product?
I like this IBM software for consolidations and financial planning. I really like the analysis planning, simple reports, its system adminsitrator and its security. I also love that this software demonstrates agility in networking and that it is easy to work with calculations and to be able to simulate different scenarios.
What do you dislike about the product?
The tool is good but I wish it were more modern and simply more versatile to find the functions.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The problems that IBM Planning Analytics solves focus on reporting, especially those related to finance for planning and forecasting and improving budgets, obtaining good visualization, and providing security and improving productivity.
Flexible and intuitive tool to plan and improve processes
What do you like best about the product?
I like its flexibility to create reports, besides being intuitive and attractive thanks to its excellent interface. On the ohter hand I like the data converter, the customization and performance is excellent and finally we save time and improve processes.
What do you dislike about the product?
Since I have been using IBM Planning Analytics I have not noticed any problems and so far I like everything.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use it for different types of needs, but mainly to solve business problems, plan budgets, reduce time spent and improve processes and data, and we notice the efficiency and return on investment.
AI level planning analytics at good pricing
What do you like best about the product?
Optimized user count level price estimator gives confidence on pricing.
Helped us breaking down profitablity
Helped us breaking down profitablity
What do you dislike about the product?
Long onboarding. 1st experience was long and friction to onboard team members.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
easy raw data flow from multiple sources, AI enabled actions are on ground feasible. Once learned it's easy to use. We identified patterns in our finance sheets and optimised our content production budget.
It's a great tool for analyzing, planning, and forecasting, which helps us make faster decisions
What do you like best about the product?
IBM has helped us carry out faster analyzes of our financial statements.
What do you dislike about the product?
For now, we don't have anything we don't like.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We have multiple views to analyze
An experienced professional approach
What do you like best about the product?
Every buisness is different and the industry might be the same but the people are always looking to get the accurate insight about the clients there product performance market reach and growth prospects now understanding once buisness prospective and give meaningful insights is what I expected when we turn to IBM and it doesn't fail us
What do you dislike about the product?
There is nothing to dislike the process requires your utmost dedication when they are setting up the solutions because only once they get your pain points and strengths is when they are able to design and deliver the best tailored solutions
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
As we are into various verticals of B2C and B2B it's hard to manage the inventory and purchase and at the same time to manage multiple teams and roster there work on a daily basic, IBM solved all the issues with even giving us insights as to how our team is performing and how we can scale up also
Turning raw data into insights
What do you like best about the product?
1.urning raw data into actionable insights.
2.Greater accuracy,workflow automation
3. Data Analysis
4. Support for Huge Volume of Data
2.Greater accuracy,workflow automation
3. Data Analysis
4. Support for Huge Volume of Data
What do you dislike about the product?
1.difficult to use for non-techincal users.
2. code debugging
2. code debugging
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
1.Data Analysis, planning and Budgeting
2.Data Management
3. Automation of manual planning
2.Data Management
3. Automation of manual planning
Overall Satisfaction with IBM Planning Analytics
What do you like best about the product?
Flexible product that can easily be customized to various business needs
Integration with Excel - the foundation of most Finance organizations
Good dashboarding interface in Planning Analytics Workspace
Quick response time for complex calculations
Integration with Excel - the foundation of most Finance organizations
Good dashboarding interface in Planning Analytics Workspace
Quick response time for complex calculations
What do you dislike about the product?
Simplification of rule writing interface
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
IBM Planning Analytics tackles several challenges faced by financial planning and analysis (FP&A) teams, leading to significant benefits for businesses. Here's a breakdown of the problems it solves and the resulting advantages:
Problems Solved:
Inefficient Budgeting & Forecasting: Manual spreadsheets and siloed data sources can lead to inaccurate forecasts and time-consuming budgeting processes. PA streamlines these tasks by automating calculations, consolidating data, and enabling collaborative planning.
Limited Scenario Planning: Traditional methods often make it cumbersome to test different business scenarios. PA allows for quick creation of "what-if" scenarios, helping you assess the impact of potential changes on your financial outlook.
Lack of Collaboration: Disconnected data and processes can hinder communication and transparency between departments crucial for effective planning. PA fosters collaboration by providing a central platform for data sharing and real-time insights.
Data Accuracy and Consistency: Relying on multiple spreadsheets increases the risk of errors and inconsistencies. PA ensures data integrity and consistency through a centralized data repository.
Problems Solved:
Inefficient Budgeting & Forecasting: Manual spreadsheets and siloed data sources can lead to inaccurate forecasts and time-consuming budgeting processes. PA streamlines these tasks by automating calculations, consolidating data, and enabling collaborative planning.
Limited Scenario Planning: Traditional methods often make it cumbersome to test different business scenarios. PA allows for quick creation of "what-if" scenarios, helping you assess the impact of potential changes on your financial outlook.
Lack of Collaboration: Disconnected data and processes can hinder communication and transparency between departments crucial for effective planning. PA fosters collaboration by providing a central platform for data sharing and real-time insights.
Data Accuracy and Consistency: Relying on multiple spreadsheets increases the risk of errors and inconsistencies. PA ensures data integrity and consistency through a centralized data repository.
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