Budgeting and Forecasting Software

Budgeting, Planning and Forecasting for
Performance Management

Budgeting, planning and forecasting software from Cognos can free the office of finance from the burden of spreadsheet-based processes. Cognos solutions offer specific strengths to meet the diverse needs of any finance organization.

IBM Cognos 8 Planning

IBM Cognos TM1
Optimized for high-participation planning within a structured workflow.

If you need:

  • Input from hundreds—or even thousands—of cost-center managers
  • Centrally controlled, auditable, transparent workflow
  • Driver-based planning, budgeting and forecasting


Learn more about IBM Cognos 8 Planning 		Lets you consolidate, view and edit huge volumes of multidimensional data within large, complex hierarchies.

If you need:

  • Real-time analytics for profitability, sales mix, and price/volume variance
  • Interactive, rules-based business modeling
  • Flexible rolling forecasts to make your company more agile

Learn more about IBM Cognos TM1

More Solutions for the Office of Finance


  • IBM Cognos 8 Controller helps you streamline the close, consolidation, and reporting process. It's an automated, menu-driven application that is owned and managed by the finance team.
  • Scorecarding with IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence helps your organization align tactics with strategy, communicate management goals consistently and monitor your performance against targets.
  • Performance Management Roadmap is a four-step progression from the automation of routine planning and budgeting tasks to the advancement of effective performance management throughout the enterprise.

Additional Resources:


IBM Cognos TM1 Demo
Online Demo
Walk through the five phases of the business analytics life cycle with IBM Cognos TM1; and see how IBM Cognos TM1 Executive Viewer provides you with on-the-fly insight.
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Planning and Forecasting: Use Continuous Planning and Rolling Forecasts to Support Adaptive Management
White Paper
Jeremy Hope, Research Director of the Beyond Budgeting Roundtable, explains how to replace rigid annual budgets with flexible, continuous planning cycles and rolling forecasts.
Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting Software Evaluation And Selection Guide
White Paper
Read how leading companies address planning obstacles and improve processes, steps that contribute greatly to a company’s overall success.
Leveraging Financial Consolidation and Enterprise Planning
Web Seminar On-Demand
The Hackett Group explains how to ensure the right level of allocated resources and investment across the business.
Consolidation Automation: Advancing Compliance and Performance Management
White Paper
Automate with the right tools, and your compliance and performance management efforts can be mutually supportive.
IBM Cognos TM1 MidMarket Edition
Online Demo
In this brief demonstration, you will see an overview of IBM Cognos TM1 MidMarket’s Edition core capablities, including in-memory multi-dimensional cubes, financial modeling and data integration, developing reports in Excel and publishing them to the Web, as well as the IBM Cognos TM1 Executive Viewer analysis and visualization features.
Lessons in Business Agility Series - Episode #1: John Van Decker, vice president for Corporate Performance Management and Financial Management Systems research at Gartner
Podcast
John Van Decker, vice president for Corporate Performance Management and Financial Management Systems research at Gartner, discusses corporate performance management and its role in helping companies achieve business agility.
2008 Cognos Virtual Finance Forum
On-Demand Event
On-demand virtual event for finance professionals. Sessions from industry experts like Bryan Hall of the Hackett Group, first-hand accounts from leading companies who are succeeding with FPM like 7-Eleven and American Express and have solution experts preview our latest solutions.
Forecasting in Turbulent Times
Web Seminar On-Demand
Join Tom Willman of The Hackett Group and get the tools and disciplines to transform your forecasting procedures in this CFO.com webinar. Learn best-practices in forecasting, how to overcome barriers to change and about technologies to help you sustain a renewed forecasting process.
Budgeting and Forecasting Resources
Financial Performance Analytics Application
Online Demo
See pre-packaged G/L reports, how to adapt them, and extending reports into the full IBM Cognos 8 platform.
Build or Buy: Selecting an Analytic Application
White Paper
Discover the business value of analytic applications and explore the tradeoffs in the decision to either build a custom application or buy a packaged application.
Reporting and Performance Management
Online Demo
See reporting as part of managing performance for every department.
The Performance Manager
Book
Proven Strategies for Turning Information Into Higher Business Performance
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