IBM Planning Analytics as a Service
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IBM's planning changed my life
What do you like best about the product?
I joined CTI and met Tm1; with the arrival of Planning, all the changes we can offer to clients have changed my perspective on business.
What do you dislike about the product?
Some tools that are easy and practical to use in Excel are still not available in planning, and their limitation for creating Dashboards.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It has increased the possibilities of solutions that we can help work on for the client.
A powerful and flexible tool
What do you like best about the product?
What I like most about the tool is the fact that it is truly multidimensional and fast, it does what it sets out to do very well and its limitations do not interfere with generating a good result.
What do you dislike about the product?
The tool does not have efficient parallel processing, which can increase the execution time of activities
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
IBM Planning Analytics helps streamline monthly financial closes by automating data consolidation, enabling rapid analysis of key metrics such as revenue, expenses, profit, and tax calculations. It aids decision-making by providing accurate, near-real-time or faster insights into the bank’s financial performance.
IBM Planning Analytics
What do you like best about the product?
We can use it for internal business units to provide budget.
Easy for Scalability, flexibility, and robust forecasting capabilities.
Easy to collect optimize reporting and planning processes.
Easy for Scalability, flexibility, and robust forecasting capabilities.
Easy to collect optimize reporting and planning processes.
What do you dislike about the product?
The engine behind Planning Analytics can be challenging for users.
Planning Analytics is outdated compared to other modern tools.
Planning Analytics is outdated compared to other modern tools.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
For Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting process.
Easy to use Planning Analytics for Microsoft Excel to access data from the TM1 Server.
Easy to use Planning Analytics for Microsoft Excel to access data from the TM1 Server.
As a Data Analyst it fits perfect in my daily tasks
What do you like best about the product?
As a Data Analyst at Aegea, what I appreciate most about working with IBM Planning Analytics (TM1) is the flexibility and speed it offers for handling complex data models. TM1 allows me to build dynamic cubes and automate processes, which helps me generate accurate forecasts and performance reports quickly. It’s especially valuable in our environment where financial planning and operational efficiency are critical.
What do you dislike about the product?
The complexity of managing and debugging TurboIntegrator processes and rules. Sometimes, even small changes require deep technical knowledge and careful testing. Also, the user interface, especially in TM1 Web, can feel outdated and less intuitive compared to more modern planning tools.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Helps me solve several key problems, especially around data consolidation, budgeting, and forecasting. It allows me to integrate data from multiple sources into a single, centralized model, making it easier to analyze performance and support decision-making. This benefits me by saving time, reducing manual work, and increasing the accuracy and consistency of the reports I deliver to the business.
Excelent experience using IBM planning Analytics, very good modelling potencial
What do you like best about the product?
Plan Workforce Budgets
Manage headcount, salaries, benefits, and taxes.
Manage headcount, salaries, benefits, and taxes.
What do you dislike about the product?
Interface is not very intuitive for non-finance users.
Dependence on technical support for adjustments.
Steep initial learning curve.
Dashboard visuals are limited compared to other tools.
Some manual steps if the model isn’t well structured.
Dependence on technical support for adjustments.
Steep initial learning curve.
Dashboard visuals are limited compared to other tools.
Some manual steps if the model isn’t well structured.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Run Scenario Simulations
Assess the impact of promotions, hiring, or terminations on budgets
Assess the impact of promotions, hiring, or terminations on budgets
As the HR coordinator at the company, the tool helps me with all aspects of HC planning.
What do you like best about the product?
I like the ease of programming my HC projections and movements between layers, whether it's a job transfer or a cost center transfer.
What do you dislike about the product?
As a conventional user, it can sometimes be a bit complicated to get accustomed to the development of new books.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
HR Planning
Easy development even for interns
What do you like best about the product?
I work as intern in a internacional Bank, and one of my activities is to develop rules, feeders and Turbo integratos processes, and IBM PA sintax wise, its super easy to learn
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes the data visualization with grafics arent that easy to build
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
FP&A activities in general, such as forecasting, Budget, etc.
Ian - AGA review
What do you like best about the product?
The conditioned possibilities of analysis are one of the best things that exist.
What do you dislike about the product?
Depending on your visualization needs, a developer is necessary for very complex analyses.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The solution is linked to the type of vision we can have by analyzing the costs, and for our company, this is crucial since we do not control the market price.
over 15 years of product experience
What do you like best about the product?
The ease of creating planning systems, creating KPIs and engaging with end users
What do you dislike about the product?
building feeders, this could be easier and faster to build
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
in all aspects, in the ease of building budget models, bringing more agility in consolidating numbers, quick responses for executives
Finally, we found a financial planning system that replaced Excel.
What do you like best about the product?
Certainly, the possibility of creating various versions and the dynamism for reports to executives is excellent. The rolling forecast throughout the year is greatly facilitated with this functionality.
What do you dislike about the product?
Some activities, such as copying calculated versions, are very onerous, taking several hours. Moreover, feeder problems are constant.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The adjustments requested by the executives are easily entered into the system. The forecasting exercise that used to take weeks, we now complete from start to finish in 3 days.
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