APS covers financial and commercial planning processes, simulation and analysis

Mapping these industry-specific processes, APS leverages the unique combination of Oracle leading edge Planning solution, Accenture methodology and optimized implementation through packaged developments.
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APS references

Kraft
Implementation of a worldwide planning and reporting system, with an integrated collaborative worklow serving a distributed process, in order to sustain the brand profitability and market penetration strategy.



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Lavazza
The re-structured planning and reporting processes has become the core mechanism driving the production of financial and business performance information, supporting the market expansion and product diversification strategy.

APS / Oracle EPM Training

Capabilities of Financial Planning Modules

The solution embeds pre-built modules to satisfy critical analytic and reporting needs of finance organizations. These include:

• Tracking of gross margin and fixed costs, including allocation mechanisms for budgeting purposes.
• Profit and loss (P&L) target setting, which includes initialization and simulation procedures to support processing of multi-year operating plans linked to both budgeted and actual metrics.
• A Variance Analysis Tool to determine margin contribution variance under different scenarios.
• Balance sheet and cash flow analysis that provides insight into balance sheet ratios, financial position and working capital availability.
• Supports capital expenditure simulations to reveal the impact investment choices on the P&L, balance sheet and cash flow.

Capabilities of Commercial Planning Modules

The solution includes commercial analysis and planning modules that complement the financial planning capabilities. These modules are highly configurable, allowing companies significant flexibility to design and integrate tracking mechanisms that provide the most insight into their business. They include:

• Customer Profitability & Planning uses key performance indicators to track performance by customer and can be consolidated to help sales teams refine their plans and target profitable opportunities.
• Trade deal analytics that support budget planning and trade negotiations by tracking off-invoice discounts and year-end premiums.
• Salesforce Target supports performance incentives by synthesizing volume, price and invoice discounts by salesforce.
  
  

eTraining - 01 Background

01 Background

eTraining - 03 GrossMargin Scenario 1

03 GrossMargin Scenario 1

eTraining - 04 GrossMargin Volume Amendments

04 GrossMargin Volume Amendments

eTraining - 05 GrossMargin Price Amendments

05 GrossMargin Price Amendments

eTraining - 07 FixedCosts Massive Initialization

07 FixedCosts Massive Initialization

eTraining - 08 FixedCosts Distribution Matrix

08 FixedCosts Distribution Matrix

eTraining - 09 FixedCosts TopDown

09 FixedCosts TopDown

eTraining - 11 Forecast Background Chart

11 Forecast Background Chart

eTraining - 12 Forecast Amendments Tasklist Workflow

12 Forecast Amendments Tasklist Workflow

eTraining - 13 Forecast Chart Analysis

13 Forecast Chart Analysis

eTraining - 14 Report Overview

14 Report Overview