Revolutionizing Enterprise Planning with Asher's Integrated Approach

In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, organizations require a comprehensive, flexible, and intelligent planning approach to stay competitive. Asher's Planning solution offers a fully integrated approach connecting every aspect of your business, from finance and operations to sales, marketing, HR, and IT. This whitepaper explores how Asher's innovative platform empowers organizations with the tools they need to plan effectively, make data-driven decisions, and achieve their strategic objectives.

1. Introduction: The Need for Integrated Planning

Modern businesses face unprecedented challenges in coordinating planning across various departments and functions. Asher provides a unique IP to deploy Oracle Cloud EPM Planning solution, addressing this need by providing a unified platform that offers:

- Flexibility and scalability for operational planners

- Transparency and control for corporate finance

- Multiple application types to match diverse business needs

2. Customizable Planning Solutions

Asher understands that one size doesn't fit all when it comes to planning. Our platform offers:

2.1 Custom Planning Applications

- Support for complex business logic, including business rules and allocations

- High degree of customization to meet specific business requirements

- Integration with Strategic Modeling for assumption management and scenario analysis

2.2 Freeform Applications

- No dimensional constraints

- Full flexibility to tailor to specific business needs

- Ability to model and build custom cubes while leveraging business process functionalities

3. Integrated Best Practice Planning Modules

Asher's out-of-the-box planning modules are designed for rapid deployment and include:

3.1 Financials

- Integrated financial statement planning

- Driver and trend-based planning for income statements, balance sheets, and cash flows

3.2 Workforce

- Enterprise-wide employee planning

- Alignment of strategic objectives with human resource needs

3.3 Projects

- Detailed project financial planning

- Bridging the gap between project planning systems and financial planning processes

3.4 Capital

- Long-term capital asset planning

- Lease vs. buy decision support, including IFRS and US GAAP calculations

4. Sales Planning and Optimization

Asher & Company's sales planning modules help organizations optimize revenue through:

4.1 Quota Planning

- Reliable sales quota planning by territory, product, or account

- Collaborative process engagement

4.2 Trade Promotion Planning

- Data-driven approach to sales and promotional planning

- ROI analysis of trade promotions

4.3 Advanced Sales Forecasting

- Collaborative, multi-dimensional sales forecasting

- Improved reliability and confidence in sales projections

5. Strategic Workforce Planning

Asher & Company's workforce planning tools enable:

- Translation of long-term corporate strategy into execution plans

- Alignment of business strategy with people strategy

- Right workforce, skill sets, and headcount at the right time

6. Predictive Cash Forecasting

Our automated cash management and forecasting features include:

- Continuous cash forecasting for short and medium-term planning

- Multiple forecast methods, including predictions and driver or trend-based approaches

- Integration of relevant data streams (ERP, treasury, planning data)

- Machine learning-driven insights for working capital optimization

7. Intelligent Performance Management (IPM)

Asher & Company's IPM applies advanced data science and machine learning to:

- Improve accuracy by identifying patterns in financial and operational data

- Incorporate real-life events into plans

- Continuously monitor plans, forecasts, and variances

- Alert users to statistically significant variances, biases, and hidden correlations

Conclusion:

Asher & Company's Planning approach offers a comprehensive, flexible, and intelligent approach to business planning. By integrating finance, operations, and all other lines of business, our platform empowers organizations to make data-driven decisions, optimize performance, and achieve their strategic goals in today's complex business environment.

For more information, visit www.asheranalytics.com or contact our sales team to schedule a demonstration.