This document summarizes pcFinancial, a performance management product from DSP Canvas Planning. It provides unified financial planning and reporting capabilities that can span multiple ERP and other systems. Key features include budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and analytics accessible through Microsoft Excel and SQL Server. The product takes a structured planning approach using Excel as the main interface but storing data on a SQL Server backend for high performance queries. It supports capabilities like multi-currency, multi-entity consolidation and customized spread modeling. The document also outlines how pcFinancial can be extended with additional DSP Canvas Planning modules for more advanced financial, sales, and project performance management.
2. Prescriptive
(what
actions
should be
taken)
Predictive
(What likely
to happen)
Forecasting
(What Might
Happen)
Analytics available trough BI
Monitoring
(what’s
happening
now)
Analysis
(Why did it
happen)
Complexity
Business Value High
High
Low
Reporting
(What
happened)
Descriptive Statistics
Simulation Modeling
Cluster Analysis
Regression Analysis
Optimal Outcome Questions
(Potential outcomes based on complex interactions)
How can we achieve the best outcome?
What is the impact of a cold winter in our business?
Quantity Questions
How much inventory do we need to carry?
What stock levels will be left at the EOM?
What will Sales finish at this year?
Behavioral Questions
Who are my best customers?
Where are they?
What is their most likely next purchase?
4. Is pcFinancial right for you?
• System
– Epicor ERP (E9)
– iScala
– Axapta, Navision
– IFS
– Others
• Microsoft Excel
– System used and managed from within
Microsoft Excel
• GL budget out-of-the box
– Automated and Managed Budget
process in one week
5. pcFinancial Structured Planning approach
• Robust Microsoft SQL Server storage
– One version of the Business Model and Data
– Focused and less complex Excel sheets
• Finance Users still use Microsoft Excel in its full glory!
– Leverage your Excel skills
– Limited training needs
– Empowers Finance and Business users
6. Pre-defined workflow
• Budget Administrator
– Configures budget process
• Sets up areas of responsibility (submit/ approve) in budget
– Based on Organization
• Determines process & deadlines of budget cycle
• Configures validation rules in budget process (optional)
– Monitors progress in budget process
• Submitter / Budget Responsible
– Is responsible for filling out and submitting his/ her part of the
budget according to the budget process
• Approver
– Is responsible for approving submitted budgets.
8. Create custom spread methods
• Create custom spread methods including methods
based on history, trends and depreciation.
• Easy to work with and any spread method can be
created and published to users
10. Budget level security and user
management
• Full role based security
• Differentiate between
read/write or not visible
• All implemented in the
OLAP cubes
11. pcFinancial Key Facts
•The DSP Financial Planning Difference
Unified Budgeting…
Spanning over multiple systems
Multiple scenarios
Multi-company and Multi-currency
Using Microsoft Excel as the main tool
Integrated Reporting
The flexibility of…
Using Microsoft SQL Server AS for high performance
queries
Data and Model stored in robust server
Unlimited upgrade path with EPM
Mobile Use
Advanced multi-model applications
12. Beyond pcFinancials – the unlimited world
of EPM
• DSP Canvas Planning
– Complex Reports that combine ERP data other systems legacy project
system.
• Flash report before end of quarter with update from all regional sales
managers
– Business Modeling
• Driver based budgeting – non-financial forecasts.
– Fiscal Consolidation
• Multi GAAP, IFRS, GAAP, Minority interest, Intercompany, Complex Ownership,
Simulation of Currency & Ownership
• DSP Performance Canvas
– Key performance indicators displayed as a part of reports.
– Business Intelligence web screens for non-financial users.
– All of the above on the executive iPads.
14. Line of Business
Apps
Canvas Complete - Data Warehousing
Canvas Data Warehouse
based on
Microsoft SQL Server
Sub Ledger
Budgets and Plans
Excel, Web & Mobile
Reporting
Excel, Web & Mobile
Dashboards & Analytics
Excel, Web & Mobile
Easy Configuration
Business Driven Models
ERP System
25. Smart navigation
With chart support and overlays
• Coloring to display values
directly in the map
• Pop up that shows additional
charts to get further drilldown
details on hover over
Consistent slicers:
Age
Ethnicity
Gender
Geography
Provider (EntityAdmin)
Race
Time
Special slicer
KPI
Top horizontal menu bar: Drives navigation
Left vertical menu bar: Slicers
All slicers are supported by population data, except for KPI
KPI slicer uses account to project figures onto MAP GEM
Strategy map:
- Should have a hyperlink attached to each goal, defined by STC
KPI Table:
Timeseries need to be resolved. STC agree to 12 periods, regardless of Time-level
No selection to be enabled on KPI table
Geo Map:
- 3 levels with colors:
-1 = RED
0 = YELLOW
1 = GREEN
Drives Geography slicers by left-click menu
Drill-down
Drill-up
Headline must show currently selected KPI, which is the current projection on MAP