Focused use case #2

Driver-Based Planning

Plan the business, not just the accounts. Build plans around the operational drivers that determine financial performance.

TYPICAL MANAGEMENT QUESTION

Which business drivers determine our financial outcome?

Change the driver. See the impact.

Build plans from how the business actually works:

  • Connect drivers: Link volumes, prices, customers, employees and capacity to the financial model
  • Plan less by account: Reduce manual account-level budgeting
  • Keep it traceable: Trace every number back to the assumption behind it
  • Model instantly: See changes flow through revenue, costs, profitability and cash

FROM DRIVERS TO FINANCIALS

One assumption, the full financial impact

Instead of budgeting account by account, Finance plans the drivers behind the numbers. When an operational assumption changes, such as volume, price or headcount, the effect flows automatically through revenue, costs, profitability and cash.

Assumptions stay transparent, so everyone can see what the plan is built on and why it changes.

AI performance planning

Focus on the drivers that matter most

Not every driver deserves the same attention. AI Performance Planning ranks drivers by their financial impact, so Finance knows where to spend time before building scenarios.

Business impact

How you benefit?

  • Transparency: Every number traces back to a clear business assumption
  • Speed: Change one driver and see the impact across the model instantly
  • Alignment: Finance and the business plan in the same language
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