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Rob Harag

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IBM Planning Analytics vs Anaplan - An ACG Point Of View (POV)

Posted by Rob Harag on November 29, 2023

The purpose of this post is to provide a high-level comparison of IBM Planning Analytics and Anaplan. The comparison represents a Point of View (POV) of Application Consulting Group (ACG) based on ...

Topics: Performance Management, Financial Planning and Analysis, IBM Planning Analytics

Integrated Budgeting for Balance Sheet and Cash Flow

Posted by Rob Harag on January 27, 2020

The primary focus of budgeting and forecasting at a majority of companies is the Income Statement and associated KPIs (Revenue, EBITDA, Net Income). Significant investments are often made to ...

Topics: IBM Cognos TM1, IBM Planning Analytics

IBM PAX - The 4 Report Types and How to Use Them

Posted by Rob Harag on December 19, 2019

IBM Planning Analytics for Excel (PAX) gives users four ...

Topics: IBM Cognos TM1, IBM Planning Analytics

IBM Planning Analytics Version 46 - Key Release Updates

Posted by Rob Harag on October 10, 2019

IBM Planning Analytics Version 46 will be released on October 15, 2019. The release includes a number of exciting enhancements to IBM Planning Analytics Workspace as well as fixes and updates to ...

IBM Cognos Controller 10.3.1. Released

Posted by Rob Harag on December 3, 2017

The latest version of IBM Cognos Controller is now available and features integration with IBM Planning Analytics Workspace. This provide tighter integration and opens up possibilities for better ...

Topics: IBM Cognos Controller, FInancial Consolidation and Close

Trends in Enterprise Performance Management...

Posted by Rob Harag on June 7, 2015

Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) systems are becoming more powerful, user friendly and more accessible - that is the core theme of an

Topics: Business Forecasting, Performance Management, Financial Planning and Analysis

4 Reasons Why Financial Planning & Analysis Is Not Effective

Posted by Rob Harag on May 1, 2015

Considering how important the Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) function is in providing critical business insight to company CFOs and CEOs, it is surprising how low its capabilities are ...

Topics: Business Forecasting