4. Gartner 2017 Magic Quadrant:
Strategic Corporate Performance Management Solutions
3
Adaptive Insights
recognized a Leader and
positioned highest in ability
to execute.
“Survey respondents rated Adaptive
Insights above average in all areas,
including "solution's ability to meet
their needs" and "overall satisfaction
with vendor." They scored it in the
top quartile for ease of use, overall
satisfaction with vendor, ongoing
maintenance effort and
analytics.”
6. ✔ Powerful Features
✔ Easy to Use
✔ Quick to Deploy
✔ Collaborative
✔ Business User-Owned
Cloud
Solutions
Cloud Disrupting Corporate Performance Management
Market
✔ Powerful Features
✗ Very Expensive
✗ Highly Complex
✗ IT-Intensive
✔ Easy to Use
✗ Manual / Slow
✗ Error Prone
✗ Siloed
Manual
Excel
Legacy
On-Prem
Fit for companies
of all sizes
Fit for very small
companies only
Fit for very large
companies only
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PhasedImplementation Approach
Phase 1:
High Level
Financial
Planning
~4 weeks
Phase 2:
Detailed Financial
Planning
~6 weeks
Phase 3:
Operational
Planning
~4-6 weeks
Phase 1.A:
Financial
Consolidation
~3 weeks
Implementation approach can be tailored in line with customer’s journey
towards Active Planning.
1) Progressively add capabilities (e.g. Expense, Personnel Planning,
Rolling Forecast, Dashboard).
2) Start from Finance, progressively layer in more detail as follows:
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Deployment Packages(1/2)
Scope
Considerations
Stage 1 – High Level
Financial Planning
Stage 2 – Detailed
Financial Planning
Stage 3 – Operational
Planning
Stage 1.A – Financial
Consolidation
Number of Models • 1 x P&L Manual Input
Model
• 1 x B/S Manual Input
Model
• 1 x Cash Flow Input
Model
• 1 x Currency Translation
Model
• 1 x OPEX planning Model
• 1 x HR Model
• 1 x CAPEX Model
• 1 x Revenue Model
• 1 x COGS Model
• 1 x Legal Consolidation
Number of Drivers • GL level • 15~ • 10~ • GL Level
Implementation
Timeline
• 4 weeks • 6 weeks • 4-6 weeks~ • 3 weeks
Number of Input
Forms
• 5 • 10 • 10 • 2
Number of Reports • 5 ( 1 Report equivalent to
1 excel sheet)
• 10 ( 1 Report equivalent to 1
excel sheet)
• 10 ( 1 Report
equivalent to 1 excel
sheet)
• 10
Number of Discovery
Dashboards
• 5 objects ( 1 object
equivalent to 1 chart)
• N / A • N / A • N / A
Planning Granularity • Chart of accounts (COA)
for P&L and B/S
• Indirect cash flow
accounts
• OPEX planned at Driver
Level
• HR cost planned by job type
• CAPEX planned by asset
class
• Based on 1 line of
Business
• Entity Code
• Group CoA
• Trading Partner /
Intercompany
Our pre-packaged solution offers the following proposed scope with pre-defined comprehensive Planning &
Consolidation functionalities:
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Activities
Month 1 Month 2 Month 3 Month 4 Month 5
Wk1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 Wk15 Wk16 Wk17 Wk18 Wk19
Kick off &
Stakeholder
Onboarding
Design &
Prototyping
Developme
nt, Batch
Testing &
Break Fix
Handover
System Go-Live
by Stages
Timeline
Below timeline outlines our proposed phased implementation plan.
Iterative
Authorization
& Clean Up
Stage 1
High Level Financial
Planning
Key User
Estimated Time
Commitment
• 40-60% during Design ( 2-3 days a week)
• 30-40% during Development (1.5-2 days a week)
• As required for training
Stage 2
Detailed Financial
Planning
Stage 3
Operational
Planning
1 week Design &
Scope Confirmation
6 weeks
development
Authorization
& Clean Up
4-6 weeks
development
Authorization
& Clean Up
2 weeks
development
Stage 1.A
Financial
Consolidation
1 week
dev
Authorization
& Clean Up
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ClientValueRealization
Stage 2 + 3 – Detailed
Financial Planning
& Operational Planning
• Driver based planning- increasing
depth to planned information in Phase 1
• Ability to perform what-if simulation of
Costs based on Key Value Drivers
• Increased Data Granularity Analytics
• Full automation of P&L accounts for
planning
• Streamline bottom-up and top-down
key financial and operational planning
processes using single application
Stage 1 – High Level
Financial Planning
• Financial Data visibility &
transparency
• Single system to capture all data,
eliminating data duplication and multiple
stand alone data SILO
• Real time aggregation and calculation of
data with ZERO errors
• Comparative & Variance Analysis based
on harmonized data standards
• Automation of currency translation
• Dynamic and formatted financial
statements
• CFO Cockpit Dashboards
Stage 1.A - Financial
Consolidation
• Integrated platform to automate
tedious steps within the financial
consolidation and reporting
process
• Perform Real Time
Consolidation based on Actual,
Forecast or Budget Data
• Standardize the consolidation of
the Group’s financial position
and results
• Audit trail capability for ease of
data traceability
• Accelerate financial closing
time from weeks to days
With packaged deployment, our goal is to allow client’s to generate “greatest value in shortest time”
possible. Below are some of the benefits our clients can expect at completion of each stage of an EPM
technology implementation…