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IBM Cognos Planning Analytics

John Coleman ProStrategy

10th March, 2016

A little bit about ProStrategy

• Key Areas of Focus

» CRM / ERP Solutions

» Analytics

• 30+ years providing solutions in Ireland

» Offices in Fermoy & Citywest

» Almost 40 people, many with 10+ years of Experience

• Key Partnerships with IBM and Microsoft – Global players

» Both make large investments in the areas that we operate in

» Future-proofs the investments that our customer make

Analytics

Empower Business Decisions

Build Systems of Insight

• Report against business objectives / key

metrics

• Create reports or reporting applications

• Build planning Models

Get Insights / Improve Performance

• Your people know and understand your business best

• Provide them with the skills/tools to access the information

• When people can identify specific insights, action follows

Create Trusted Data

• Data Quality • Single view of Customer

• Understand where data is sourced

• Create common terminology

• Performance, can I get to the data

required in a time I expect

A Selection of our Customers

Today’s Agenda

08.30 Welcome & Introduction John Coleman - Managing Director ProStrategy

08.45 Keynote Speaker – David Morton (IBM FPM Solution Specialist)

Trends in the market place / How IBM are responding

09.15 Deliver Value from Financial Planning - Sean Hanley / Damien Burke

Issues with Traditional Budgeting / Some Best Practices / Demo

09.45 Customer Case Study on BWG Foods - Sean Hanley

Transform the planning process- Revenue/Margin and overhead planning.

10.15 Wrap-up & Close / Refreshments and Discussion Groups

The Future of PlanningDavid Morton

Best Practices/DemoSean Hanley / Damien Burke

BWG Case StudyDavid Morton

Wrap-up

• You decide how to Deploy - Cloud or on-premise

» Same technology - so you can move later if circumstances change

• Most projects start small

» You can Expand at your own pace

• Want to see some more of the product…

» Proof of Technology workshops

• Plan to hold one in late March / early April - half day session

• Hands on experience of the product

» Assume various roles within a fictitious company

• Build and use models

ProStrategy Contacts

• Tony Waldron – twaldron@prostrategy.ie / 087 9774292

• Sean Hanley – shanley@prostrategy.ie / 087 2259544

• John Coleman – jcoleman@prostrategy.ie / 087 2782443

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