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But why bother? What difference can Connected Planning make in your organization? You can look at the benefits in several ways:

1 Management Efficiency. Connected Planning enables standard management processes that every company must do well:Budgeting, planning, and forecastingManagement reporting and business intelligenceProfitability analysisConnecting strategy, finance, and operationsConnected Planning leverages the investment you have already made in Enterprise Resource Management, Customer Relationship Management, Supply Chain Management, Sales Force Automation, and other transactional systems.

2 Executing Strategy. As mentioned earlier, Connected Planning can help close the loop between what you want to happen in the business (and how), and what actually happened (and why):Records and documents business model assumptions, constraints, and driversConnects those models into your annual operating plans, budgets, and forecastsMonitors and alerts exceptional variances from actual to planHelps you understand the root causes of variance and plug that corporate knowledge back into the business model and strategyTies it all together with a common business language and common master data to improve visibility, focus, and alignmentGiving more stakeholder alignment.

3 Improving Performance. Connected Planning can have a material impact on the top and bottom lines, on the balance sheet, and on overall return on capital:It can improve visibility into the key drivers of value in the business.It can show the cause and effect relationship of operational metrics on financial performance.It helps you focus on the right things in the business.It can bring agility to business models and organizational structures.Giving better business decisions that are based on more timely information.

4 Reducing Risk. By improving transparency and the right access to information, managers can see for themselves where the business is and can test operational and financial models to help make the best resource deployment decisions:Global governance and compliance of data and reportingAdding a level of accountability for resultsBetter preparation for change, increased predictabilityFewer surprises through better collaboration and communication

5 Competitive Advantage. Organizations that get Connected Planning right are more nimble than those who don't.Better strategy formulation and planningLess complexity and lower costs by unifying management informationIncreased organizational flexibility (mergers and acquisitions, organizational changes)