Performance Canvas Planning
Financial and Operational Planning, Analytics and Reporting
A critical piece in any Performance Management strategy
Performance Canvas Planning empowers users who drive planning processes throughout the organization with the ability to perform real-time analysis by enabling any involved user to submit data using Excel, Web, Mobile devices or Microsoft SharePoint.
Performance Canvas Planning is a completely unified analysis and planning product that offers the full range of capabilities needed by users, including modeling, forecasting, drill-down, what-if analysis, reporting and more.
- A sophisticated included Business Modeler where all of the models and applications are defined and maintained.
- A unique Excel Planner to immediately leverage the full knowledge of business people throughout the organization. The Excel Planner is an Microsoft Excel add-in that utilizes 100% of the native capabilities of Microsoft Excel. It is a true Microsoft Excel interface.
- As a fully integrated part in the Performance Canvas family creating Dashboards, Mashboards and Scorecards for both Web, Microsoft SharePoint and Mobile environments is done quickly and easily. Any Dashboard, Mashboard or Scorecard may also include data entry possibilities to create easy what-if web based solutions.
The product allows instant reporting of actual and planning data, both financial and operational such as finance, marketing, human resources, supply chain, capital planning, profitability, sales, and many others.
A single version of the truth
Decisions made from a clear common perception of business. The unique unified architecture of Performance Canvas makes sure that all data is consistently stored in the Microsoft-based database infrastructure independent if it is used for financial reporting, operational control och budgeting/ planning.
Performance Canvas Planning is a Microsoft SQL Server based Financial Intelligence package including:
- Budgeting
- Planning
- Forecasting
- Consolidation
- Intercompany eliminations
- Reporting
- Analysis
Workflow
Workflow as a simple out-of-the-box approval structure for contributor, data entry, reviewer and approver. The complete approval structure can be customized and the workflow cycles can based on multiple time periods/ entities/ categories/ scenarios.
Technology you can trust
Performance Canvas Planning is built using experts behind world-class products from Hyperion Solutions, OutlookSoft and SAP. It uniquely combines all the the features of Microsoft Excel with the relational and multi-dimensional capabilities of Microsoft SQL Server.
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"The data at Colfax has been freed. It's not hidden in our books for a month at a time before we can use it."
- Henry Carroll, Chief Financial Officer, Colfax Pump Group
"Our users love the flexibility and presentation method of the tool. DSP integrates very well with SharePoint, which is our intranet portal architecture. From a development standpoint, DSP is a natural choice, because it integrates flawlessly with MS SQL Server Analysis Services, which is our OLAP standard"
- Jason Willard, Global Applications Director, Recall Corporation