“Before BudgetGuide, I
spent too much time consolidating spreadsheets. Now, I’ve cut the budgeting
process in half and have more time to analyze forecasts and plan for the
future."
T.S. Ramesh
Avici Systems Corporate Controller
The Acteon BudgetGuide family of corporate performance management (CPM) products provide powerful
and intuitive solutions to simplify the business planning process while
improving the accuracy and timeliness of critical financial information.
Acteon BudgetGuide is a simple, yet powerful business planning
application designed to streamline the budgeting and forecasting process.
Acteon BudgetGuide GPS combines the best-in-class planning
capabilities of BudgetGuide with a powerful Online Analytical Processing (OLAP)
engine, offering unlimited analysis and reporting options with an intuitive
Executive Dashboard.
Acteon
BudgetGuide
Budgeting The Way It Should Be
A breakthrough for controllers, finance managers, department heads – anyone who
manages a budget, Acteon BudgetGuide is a simple and effective solution to
build, maintain and analyze budgets and forecasts.
Acteon BudgetGuide features and benefits include:
| Features |
Benefits |
| Intuitive Workflow |
Enables collaborative environment, increasing manager
participation, resulting in more accurate budgets and forecasts |
| Versatile Revenue Modeling |
Enables tracking unlimited revenue attributes and categories, i.e.
products, customers, regions, etc. completely customized to your business |
| Rolling Forecasts |
Keeps score of company health |
| Dynamic Budgeting |
Improves accuracy and control for top down strategic planning,
enabling quick reaction to changes in your business environment throughout the
year |
| Unlimited "What if" Scenarios |
Measures the impact of different business models on an ad hoc basis |
| Robust Report Writer |
Easily creates and delivers accurate and customizable boardroom
quality reports with a key stroke |
| Flexible Chart Accounts |
Effortlessly maps account numbers - handling unlimited digits and
segments |
| Line Item Expense Wizard |
Makes it simple for operational managers to input data |
| Expense Allocation Functionality |
Flexible allocations by headcount, total expenses or user-defined
methods |
| Plug and Play Software |
Eliminates the need for expensive consultants |
Acteon BudgetGuide GPS
Go Beyond the Budget
Acteon BudgetGuide GPS includes all the functionality of Acteon BudgetGuide plus
built-in Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) tools and an executive dashboard
interface.
With a click of a keystroke, Acteon BudgetGuide GPS helps you analyze your
budgeting and forecasting models, allowing you to drill down to your finest
level of detail data. Additionally you can compare to information from your
accounting and operational systems.
Acteon BudgetGuide GPS includes all the features of Acteon BudgetGuide plus:
| Features |
Benefits |
| Analytics with drill down capability |
Instantly view supporting detail to budgets and forecasts |
| Dashboard with Key Performance Indicators |
Intuitive interface for tracking key performance information |
| Business modeling |
Test impact of different business decisions |
| Operational analysis |
Allows you to expand analysis beyond accounting and budgeting information to
include data from customer relationship management, manufacturing, human
resources and other operational systems |
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