Why IBM performance management software?
Organisations need the very best tools and disciplines to drive profitable growth, address regulation and risk. IBM performance management solutions enable you to:
- Track performance against corporate objectives to identify performance gaps, and perform “what-if” scenarios to assess alternatives
- Replace rigid budgets with continuous planning and more frequent forecasting
- Link financial and operational plans through driver-based models.
- Ensure the quality and accuracy of financial numbers for timely, sustainable regulatory compliance, including IFRS and XBRL-tagged reporting.
- Improve financial processes and controls, especially in the final stages before disclosure.
- Connect key financial processes to core business analytics capabilities
IBM performance management solutions help transform slow, expensive and disconnected performance planning and management processes into dynamic, efficient and connected experiences, serving finance, line-of-business and IT professionals alike and helping to create “analytics-driven” organisations.
Performance management capabilities
Planning, analysis and forecasting (US)
Automate budgeting and perform driver-based forecasting, "what-if" scenario modeling and multidimensional profitability analysis
Profitability modeling and optimisation (US)
Accelerate profitability analysis with an organisation-wide approach that joins financial, operational and strategic planning.
Financial close management (US)
Automate the close, consolidation and reporting process from data collection to output of management and regulatory reports.
Performance reporting and scorecarding (US)
Align strategy with execution, communicate goals and monitor your performance against targets.
Enterprise Disclosure Management (US)
Standardise and automate manual processes, reduce risk, and ensure accurate and consistent data across regulatory disclosures and statutory reports—including XBRL
All products – Performance Management
- Cognos Enterprise
- Cognos Enterprise Data Management
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Financial performance and strategic management resources
- IBM Cognos TM1
Deliver timely, reliable forecasts and plans with one enterprise planning solution.
- IBM Cognos 8 Controller
See why IBM Cognos 8 Controller sets the standard for consolidation and financial reporting.
- Financial Performance Analytics
See packaged G/L reports and how to extend them into the full IBM Cognos 8 platform.
- Scorecards: What's new in IBM Cognos 10
See the new scorecarding capabilities of IBM Cognos Business Intelligence V10.1. View, assemble and monitor the key indicators needed to help drive better business results.
Performance management resources
IBM Cognos 10 Solutions for Profitability, Modeling and Optimisation
See how enterprise planning solutions powered by IBM Cognos TM1 can remove the barriers to effective planning and engage your entire organisation in collaborative decision-making.
Planning, budgeting and forecasting: Software selection guide
Read about a systematic approach to selecting planning, budgeting and forecasting software that facilitates rolling forecasts and more of today’s best practices in finance.
How KPIs can help to motivate and reward the right behavior: Introduction
When you use measures to provoke inquiry and improvement rather than to control performance, they are more useful. Jeremy Hope explains why in this first of a 5-part series.
Three Capabilities to Fuel Dynamic Planning and Forecasting
Learn how the ability to analyze performance, model strategies and contribute information enterprise-wide can help you thrive in today's uncertain economy.
Building a Finance Center of Excellence
Learn how a Finance Center of Excellence (FCOE) can help your organisation share knowledge, skills and best practices and maximize the value of your financial analytics deployments
Close, Consolidate and Report for Dummies
Download this book to understand why integrating and unifying your closing, consolidating, and reporting process is critical.