Profitability and Cost Management

 

Allocation Engine

 

Open

Source data and drivers from anywhere—not limiting calculations to data in ERP, and combining financial data with operational metrics and dimensions

 

Enterprise Quality

Address complex requirements, such as multi-tiered and a recursive allocations

 

Controlled and Transparent

Eliminate the "black box" syndrome found in ERP and custom built solutions with step-by-step validation reports for post allocation data integrity

 

Scalable

Suitable for granular, ledger-level allocations, with extensions to operational dimensions

 

Secure

Deploy a fully-secure, cloud-based application with role and data access rights

 

Model Builder

 

Easy to Use

Take the mystery out of building and maintaining profitability models and put the business users back in control with point-and-click model administration

 

Governance

Leverage business drivers, allocation methods, and metadata that are standardized for consistent usage across all models

 

Accessible to Business Users

Empower business and operational users around the enterprise to take ownership of allocations instead of relying on IT for all changes in assumptions

 

Multiple Uses

Take advantage of multiple enterprise-wide, as well as departmental uses, including IT service costing, shared service allocations, profitability by product/customer/channel, cost transparency, and operational transfer pricing

 

Analysis

 

Dashboards and Reports

Allow users to visualize data in real time without the need to export data to business intelligence (BI) using configurable dashboards

 

Prebuilt Analytics and KPIs

Access prebuilt analytics for difficult queries such as "profit curves" that reveal hidden drags on profitability

 

Ad Hoc Analysis

Provide unparalleled slicing and dicing of multidimensional data with Smart View

 

Variance Analysis and What-If Analysis

Quickly change assumptions, run multiple scenarios, and perform what-if analysis, such as "What if we change the driver from headcount to revenue?"

 

Mobile Enabled

Get a tablet-friendly user experience for easy, on-the-go access

 

Integration

 

Application Integration

Connect to virtually any source ERP applications, such as Oracle ERP Cloud and other Oracle EPM applications

 

Easy Integration with Oracle and Other Source Systems

Leverage existing IT investments and quickly integrate data from multiple sources including spreadsheets and native databases

 

Enterprise Awareness

Achieve integrated financial decisions driven by multiple sources of financial impacts