IBM Planning Analytics
Plan continuously and with greater accuracy and solve your most pressing problems.
Businesses need the flexibility to pivot in real time in order to meet their customer’s needs. In order to do so, they need an extended planning and analysis solution that acts as a single source of truth, enabling the integration of financial and operational planning and collaboration across the enterprise. Learn how we take this further at IBM with continuous integrated planning.
Why IBM® Planning Analytics with Watson?
Save Time
& Cost
Surveyed customers reported reducing budgeting and forecasting time by 63% and 70% respectively and saved over USD 1 million.
Optimize Your
Forecasts
Create more accurate forecasts and improve your forecasting cycles with built-in predictive and AI capabilities.
Plan
Continuously
Easily adjust your planning cadence to respond to market events quickly and to plan at the speed your business requires.
Integrate Planning,
Streamline Collaboration
Break down silos and synchronize planning across business units. Allow operational plans to automatically update financial plans, providing a more holistic view of performance.
Easily scale
Build for the future, not just today. IBM Planning Analytics with Watson easily supports your growing data volumes and user needs without impacting performance.
Deploy Where Needed
IBM Planning Analytics with Watson is available on premises, on cloud, on IBM Cloud Pak® for Data or as a hybrid option.
Simple Integration
IBM Planning Analytics with Watson easily integrates with any of the leading ERPs/GLs, any data source that is ODBC (open database connectivity) compliant and any API.
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Break down silos and synchronize planning across business units. Allow operational plans to automatically update financial plans, providing a more holistic view of performance.
Many small to large organizations rely on error-prone spreadsheets and manual processes for their business planning needs. Businesses need to evolve their planning and analysis strategies to include extended planning and analytics (xP&A). This means creating a single source of truth to streamline planning, manage performance and build alignment across the enterprise.
IBM® Planning Analytics with Watson® (PDF, 850 KB) is an AI-infused, continuous integrated planning solution that allows you to transcend the limits of manual planning. This solution breaks down business unit silo’s so you can quickly create more accurate plans and forecasts for FP&A, sales, supply chain and beyond—all on one platform. Pivot in real-time, accelerate decision making and drive higher performance, all at the speed of modern business.