If you work in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) you regularly use financial metrics or KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) to measure and manage performance. As FP&A extends into xP&A (Extended Planning & Analysis), non-financial operational metrics begin to pop up. This QueBIT blog post provided metrics for Lead Time and Customer Fulfilment (OTIF = “on-time, in-full”, and CFR = “case fill rate”) as just two of many possible examples of these.

Turn Sustainability Hype into Real Benefit

Paying attention to a balanced portfolio of financial and operational metrics and understanding how they affect each other while also comparing your metrics against industry benchmarks goes a long way towards disentangling the effects of skill versus luck. While “luck” is nice, “skill” is what will sustain you when your luck runs out, so it is worth knowing how much of your success (or failure) is due to one or the other. Read More

Check out three new Anaplan Solutions videos!

The following video is a Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Model developed in Anaplan. This model showcases the flexibility and collaborative capability of the Anaplan platform which will help your company make better decisions and improve overall financial health.

 

The following video is an example of Capital Expense model in Anaplan. By building this model in Anaplan we have better insight into our capital planning processes. The flexibility of Anaplan can help us tailor our model to our business's specific needs.

 

The following video is an example of Workforce Planning model in Anaplan. By using the Anaplan Platform, we can configure a workforce plan tailored to our businesses specific hiring needs. Anaplan's connected planning capability will give us the ability to draw insight from our headcount model in all other aspects of our business.

 

Get Your Data Right for Planning 

 The success of corporate planning is almost always tied to the quality of your data. Poor data or poorly organized data makes your planning cycles less efficient and less flexible.

• How better planning can help Wholesale Distribution companies fix their Supply Chains
• ESG Reporting Examples using your Existing Planning System

 Anaplan - Formatting Line Items in a Module 

When working in an Anaplan module, it is important to have line items set to the correct format that match the format of the data being imported into the model. ..Learn More

Make sure your Anaplan solution continues to serve your business needs as you grow and evolve!

You have the power to easily alter your planning models and increase their scale. Over time, an accumulation of incremental alterations can result in a slow deterioration of performance. This is natural - your Anaplan system was originally configured to perform optimally under the prevailing conditions at a particular moment in time.

If those conditions have changed, it may be time to contact QueBIT for a check-up!  Find out more, download the Health Assessment Brochure today!

QueBIT's podcast series “Ask QueBIT about Analytics” shares what we have learned with real life stories and practical advice which will help you on your analytics journey.

Have a good analytics story that others could benefit from? Share your story on our next podcast. Email us at info@quebit.com.

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