Enterprise Planning

Enterprise planning can include, but isn’t limited to: 

• P&L Planning 
• Balance Sheet Planning 
• Workforce and HR Planning 
• Cash Flow Planning
• Capital Planning 
• Profitability Analysis 
• Integrated Business Planning 
• Production Capacity Planning 
• Sales and Operational Planning 
• Strategic Planning

Enterprise planning aligns finance and operations.  Enterprise planning enables planners to see the cause and effect relationship of operational and financial data. This gives planners more visibility into resource requirements to enable optimum business performance.  

Enterprise planning improves cross-functional collaboration. When organizations plan by department, plans are typically siloed from one another. By instituting a cohesive planning process across the organization, all departments plan with other departments in mind. This awareness results in operational strategies that consider financial results and more effective performance management. 

Enterprise planning sheds light on performance. Many companies limit the planning function by relegating planning tools to finance and finance alone. But by deploying an enterprise planning strategy, organizations have the potential to align their entire business. When all planning functions are connected enterprise-wide, planners from every department can determine goals and create budgets and plans that consider all facets of the organization. 

Enterprise planning supports decision making. Enterprise planning systems elevate planner’s analysis by democratizing relevant information across departments. With the ability to sift and sort enterprise data according to various drivers, planners can understand the root cause of performance, which enables them to either take action or change course.