Enterprise Planning

Compared to your job, forecasting the weather is a breeze. Business planning and forecasting has never been a simple matter, but in today’s unpredictable business climate, it’s more challenging and more essential than ever. Economic turmoil, escalating regulatory requirements, skeptical investors, not to mention organizational demands ranging from endless technology upgrades to improved customer service – they’re all factors requiring accurate planning in order to stay capitalized and competitive.

For clients of BPM Northwest, Enterprise Planning is a key component of overall Business Performance Management (BPM). Supported by our partnership with IBM Cognos, we’re able to provide business intelligence and forecasting solutions that enable your company to achieve smarter business performance.

Enterprise Planning answers your most fundamental question: What should we be doing? The BPM Northwest-IBM Cognos solution helps you identify what you need to achieve and provides the processes and technology base needed to deliver it.

• Define your goals, explore your options. Powerful modeling capabilities enable you to envision strategies, test alternative business models and compare scenarios.
• Align your organization. Financial and operational plans can be coordinated for maximum productivity, with budgetary projections linked to sales, headcount, expense and capital expenditure plans.
• Communicate to build commitment. Enterprise Planning software enables the creation of personalized plans across departments, functions and geographies.
• Check your progress. Performance monitoring and metrics management technologies simplify goal setting, performance assessments and relevant data sharing.
• Review, assess, refocus, adjust. Comprehensive web-based reporting and rolling forecasts enable instant alignments of targets, plans and resource allocations depending on changes in your business environment.

Enterprise Planning drives performance. The foundation upon which our suite of Business Performance Management solutions is based, Enterprise Planning expands your perspective regarding your organization’s true potential. It also ensures that your processes, your technologies and your people are all precisely aligned with day-to-day tactics, short-term objectives and long-term, future-focused goals.

We invite you to review our other Business Performance Management solutions, and should you have questions or need additional information, contact us direct. Simply contact us by phone at (503) 804-6085, or via e-mail.