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GesFin^TM CPM Suite - Features & Benefits Summary

GesFin^TM is an easy to use CPM application designed for Finance and Business users that is packed with powerful features, provides complete transparency, and enables rapid adaptability in support of both financial and operational budgeting, planning, and forecasting needs. GesFin orchestrates and automates the entire Performance Management lifecycle to include:

Business User Benefits

GesFin’s wizard-driven user interface empowers Business and Finance users with complete control of the planning process with minimal IT support. Business users now have the ability to rapidly:

Features & Benefits at a Glance

Accuracy, Agility & Flexibility

• Financial and operational modeling engine to support multi-dimensional models
• Centralized administration of dimensions, models, input templates, formulas, and workflow
• Flexible planning periods and out of box planning calendars
• Workflow orchestration to improve the planning process and data collection
• Support for attaching documents and other files
• Profitability Insight^TM Wizard for top down or bottom up KPI analysis
• What-If scenario options to create and compare multiple versions of plans
• Application data link feature to share information and figures between separate planning models
• Pre-built templates to accelerate model development (ex. Workforce Planning, CapEx, etc)
• Multi-currency and multi-language support for global operations

Transparency & Compliance

• Formula Tracer^TM to drill into numbers to see how they are derived and calculated in the
• models Robust audit tracking of all user changes and complete workflow history

Ease of use

• 100% web based “out of the box” budgeting, planning, & forecasting application
• Option to use MS Excel for data input, ad-hoc reporting, or off-line analysis
• Input template design wizard including support for lists & drop downs
• Out of the box spreading and allocation features to save time
• Function wizard to support complex formulas with no scripting
• Microsoft Office Integration to support a variety of input and output requirements

Real-time Monitoring and Reporting

• Seamlessly integrated with BI Platforms such as MicroStrategy, Microsoft, and others
• Real-time updates to models, reports and dashboards as users input data
• Real-time financial consolidation and aggregation with support for intercompany eliminations
• Excel based ad-hoc report capability for simple end user report generation
• Geographical map visualization of performance, planning, and planning workflow status
• Centralized ROLAP data model for rapid collection and analysis of financial and contextual data

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