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Employ state-of-the-art technology to automate routine processes

For better planning, budgeting and forecasting, companies should adopt a dedicated planning and budgeting tool that automate the process—this is the first step in the IBM Cognos® Performance Management Roadmap. Automating processes will help you:

• Eliminate disconnected spreadsheets, cutting versioning and control errors.
• Create and distribute budgets faster, with less staff effort, while engaging more contributors.
• Reduce close, consolidation and reporting cycle times.
• Deliver critical financial reports faster, with less manual input.

Use these resources to learn not only how to automate but why:

• Whitepaper: Spreadsheet Based Planning: Rough Road Ahead (487KB)
• Whitepaper: Budgeting Beyond Spreadsheets (126KB)
• Whitepaper: Selecting the Right Enterprise Planning Solution (702KB)

Learn more about Driving best practices, Extending enterprise-wide and Advancing performance management.