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P&G Case Study

Simplicity Enables Strategy Focused Financial Planning & Budgeting

The familiar spreadsheet interface allows Procter & Gamble to use Host Budget to consolidate inputs from more than 3000 users around the world into a single planning and budgeting model.

Whether you’re Proctor & Gamble or building your own Fortune 100 Company:

  • You can’t afford to rely on antiquated ways of planning and budgeting.
  • Missteps are magnified, variances are vilified,
  • Blown budgets lead to stock take down and brutal board meetings.

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See how Host Budget is designed to replace Excel in the budget process while providing the familiar look, feel and functionality of Excel.

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"Moving Upward in a Down Turn" written by Darrell Rigby, noted author and partner at Bain & Company, and published by the Harvard Business Review.

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With Host Analytics Budget

Executive decision-making becomes fact based, highly efficient process Manager understand the full impact of decisions -- both risk and returns.

Save time with our familiar Excel format

Decision makers can simply use their internet browser to access business information that is stored in a central location for quick and easy access. The browser displays and functions in Excel format so it’s very familiar to users.

Reduce time on maintenance

With the flexibility of Excel comes risk, but we mitigate that risk by providing database-driven
templates. Formulas and values are not trapped in the cell metaphor but centrally stored for dynamic reporting with database-driven calculations.

Stay on top of the process

In order to control the budgeting process it is critical to know the progress of all plans and be able to pinpoint bottlenecks and delays. Host Analytics Budget will validate budgets automatically based on your guidelines and targets. Reports are available on who has the budget, when they got it, and who submitted it.

Maintain an accurate, dynamic plan throughout the year

Host Analytics Budget simplifies the re-forecasting process by eliminating problems associated with multiple linked spreadsheets. Host Analytics Budget’s flexibility will assist you in modeling different company scenarios and monitoring company performance as the year progresses.

Access reports easily

Host Analytics Budget data is stored in an OLAP database for easy information access. Report output can be easily set to HTML or Excel formats. Reports can be organized and stored together in “briefing books,” so that groups of reports can be accessed or printed quickly and easily.

Initiative based project planning

Host Analytics Budget has unique functionality that allows managers to plan and compare the outcome of alternative investment decisions. Executives have access to all the required data and visibility into financial risks and returns in order to allocate resources in the most profitable way.

Specialized packaged functional modules

Host Analytics budget has specific modules for workforce planning, revenue planning and capital planning.

Multi-Tenant SaaS means no software to install or maintain

Implementation timeframe

Deploy only one application to everyone. You can be up-and-running in record time.

Upgrade frequency

Multiple transparent upgrades are released each year so everyone receives the upgraded application simultaneously and has access to the newest features.

Configuration not customization

You get the best of both worlds, we can customize the software to meet your needs because of our flexible architecture, yet you get the benefits of SaaS from a multi-tenant frequent upgrade environment. Our architecture and multi-tenant approach allows you to avoid the old, rigid, risky, and expensive software development methods. This results in a low-cost, low-maintenance planning and budgeting solution which adapts as your business evolves.

Integration

The integration between Host Analytics Scorecard, Host Analytics Consolidator and Host Analytics Budget allows you to do your strategic plan and encapsulate it in Host Analytics Scorecard, link it to the plan and then produce consolidated financial statements all using the same database and same reporting tools.

 

Host Analytics Budget is your key to success

The bottom line is, if it’s your job:
• To provide a clear vision of your company’s future
• To reduce risk
• To uncover important details and spot new opportunities
• To provide the tools for executives to do the same
Host Analytics Budget provides the system you need to accomplish these goals.