Solution Accelerators

Reduce the time to Go-Live

Rapid Cloud Application Deployment — Prebuilt & Customizable
Over 50% of our projects use Accelerators – prebuilt applications to get your Planning, Consolidation or Essbase projects live quickly.  Accelerators have easily customizable processes with defined dimension structures, data integrations, multiple scenarios, business rules, reports and dashboards.  This standardized approach leverages our deep EPM experience and significantly shortens development time.  The following packages are available:

EPBCS – Enterprise Planning & Budgeting Cloud Service

  • Out-of-the-box forms, business rules, reports/dashboards, etc
  • Functionally integrated solution
  • Financial framework option
  • Workforce framework option
  • Position-based planning
  • Simplified Project framework option
  • Strategic modeling option

Cloud Essbase & OAC – Oracle Analytics Cloud

  • Migrate from on-premise to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
  • Financial reporting package (cash flow, balance sheet, income statement)
  • Data visualization (OAC only)
  • Highly formatted financial statements option

FCCS – Financial Consolidation & Close Cloud Service

  • FCCS quick start
  • Prebuilt base package
  • Customize with your segments, logic, etc.
  • Data integrations with ERP
  • Intercompany Eliminations
  • Leverages Groovy
  • Highly formatted financial statements option

Merchandise Planning (EPBCS)

  • Leverages base EPBCS packages
  • Demand Forecasting
  • Optimal initial allocations
  • Weekly replenishments
  • Inventory management
  • Interactive dashboards

Higher Education Forecasting & Reporting (EPBCS)

  • Leverages base EPBCS package
  • Functionally integrated solution
  • Position Planning
  • Enrollment Planning
  • Departmental Planning
  • Finance, Endowments,  Admissions, Enrollment
  • Headcount (Administration, Faculty, Adjunct, etc)
  • Many more features to enable planning for all sources and uses of funds

Retail Planning (EPBCS)

  • Leverages base EPBCS package
  • Finance forecasting & reporting
  • Retail/Online sales
  • Inventory balances and transaction categories
  • Comp sales
  • Headcount
  • 52 vs 53 week years
  • Price-Volume-Mix analysis
  • Currency conversions & fixed currencies (for trending)

NetSuite - EPBCS Integrated Solution

  • NetSuite focused design
  • Data Management Services & Saved Searches
  • Data validation built-in
  • Income Statement/Balance Sheet
  • Multi-currency
  • “Lights out”  Automation

PBCS – Planning & Budgeting Cloud Service

  • Prebuilt dimensionality & forms
  • Standardized business rules, methods, etc.
  • Up to 10 reports

SaaS Modeling

  • Prebuilt package for Software as a Service
  • Recurring Revenue
  • Revenue Waterfall
  • Annual Contracts
  • 14+ Metric categories (Churn, Renewal, Growth)

EPRCS – Enterprise Performance Reporting Cloud Service

  • Prebuilt budget book
  • Customize with your content
  • Financial Statements for OAC

Industry Focus

  • Merchandise Planning
  • Higher Education
  • Retail
  • Energy + Utilities
  • SaaS

DMS – Data Management Service

  • Prebuilt integrations
  • Extensive mapping functionality
  • Automated loads
  • Standardized formats