Ventana Research - The Five Pillars of Business Planning Transformation

Why a Planning Platform Is Essential

The myriad of plans organizations rely on are typically created in silos, which limits coordination and organizational alignment. Today, though, technology can play a vital role in improving the value and effectiveness of companies' planning processes. 

Five key ingredients are necessary for more effective predictive planning and to achieve a higher return on your company's planning processes:

1. a unified platform for planning, reporting, and analytics that combines financial and operational data
2. short planning, budgeting, and review cycles with measurable objectives
3. driver-based planning
4. analytics to enable planners to create more accurate plans and budgets
5. collaboration and high participation

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