IBM Planning Analytics TM1

Challenges for Manufacturing & CPG

When it comes to running a manufacturing organization, finding ways to keep pace with changing market conditions and requirements is a significant challenge. At the same time opportunities arise in new markets, competition in traditional markets is growing. Manufacturers must constantly innovate to compete. Improving productivity at every stage of the operation is essential. Implementing cost reduction strategies across the board – retailers, consumers and supply chain – are key to remaining competitive. Scattered, inaccessible data that resides in disparate systems makes it difficult to develop informed strategies and optimize operations. Managing operations data tightly integrated with financial information allows companies to maximize performance and profitability through every stage in the process.

Our ProfitCy®
Manufacturing/CPG Solutions

With ForQuest’s ProfitCy® solutions, we bring a wealth of knowledge, deep technology expertise, utilizing our RAPID™ business process methodology to enhance your manufacturing or consumer packaged goods operation. Our full range of financial and operational on-premise or on-cloud web-based solutions, models and applications together with our implementation methodology, consulting, training and support services presents a complete framework to Fortune 1000 and mid-sized companies looking for a smart approach to analyzing and operating your business.

ProfitCy® utilizes the IBM Planning Analytics in-memory real-time engine in conjunction with the Planning Analytics toolset to create an enterprise-wide performance management solution with these features:

  • Data extraction, transformation, loading (ETL) logic from the data warehouse into Planning Analytics
  • Pre-built dimension(s) and cube(s)
  • Pre-built business processes and rules
  • Driver-based planning to predict future business performance
  • Pre-built time and version dimensions
  • Multi-version capabilities and automated versioning
  • Multi-currency
  • Alternate rollup and hierarchy capabilities
  • What-if capabilities
  • Seamless integration into Financial Planning Solution
  • Guided contribution and application workflow
  • Customizable Excel and web-based out-of-the-box reports
  • Self service web based analytics
IBM Planning Analytics ProfitCy Manufacturing

Sales and Marketing

• Sales Planning • Daily Sales • Customer, Product & Territory Profitability • Pricing Models • Trade Spending • Campaign Management • Territory Planning

Product Costing

• Product & Raw Material Cost Reporting • Process & Activity Based Costing • Bill of Materials Planning • Production Rate Planning • Flexible Budgeting • Inventory Finished Goods & Raw Material Planning • Conversion Cost Analysis • Daily Shift Reporting • Manufacturing Variance • Product Allocations

Operations

• Demand Planning • Production Planning • Materials Requirement Planning • Distribution Planning • Inventory Planning • Warehouse Management Modeling • Dashboards and Scorecards (Item Attainment, Fill Rate, Future Weeks of Supply and On-Time Delivery)

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