{"id":782,"date":"2011-02-11T16:49:11","date_gmt":"2011-02-11T14:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.invest-aura.com\/"},"modified":"2018-04-16T11:53:34","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T09:53:34","slug":"adaptive-planning","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.investaura.co\/wordpress\/services\/performance-management-solutions\/adaptive-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"Adaptive Insights Enterprise Performance Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you still use Microsoft Excel for Budgeting, Business Planning or Performance Management? Microsoft Excel was good for the job 10-15 years ago, but Excel also has its limits, and you probably have come across many of them already. In particular, Excel is not a database!<\/p>\n<p>Today, very powerful, easy-to-use, and affordable solutions are available on the market that can set you apart and truly help improve your company&#8217;s performance. If you are a Financial Planning Manager at a mid-size or large company, and still use Excel for Budgeting and Forecasting, then you&#8217;ve got quite a bit of catch up to do. And most likely you know that.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4hpSNgh5V7Y\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Investaura consultants use Adaptive Planning, the Budgeting, Forecasting and Reporting software from\u00a0<a title=\"Adaptive Planning\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adaptiveinsights.com\" target=\"_blank\">Adaptive Insights Inc<\/a>, the\u00a0world leader in on-demand Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) solutions for companies of all sizes, including telecom operators.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Business Planning and Budgeting\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.invest-aura.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Application.png?resize=620%2C417\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"417\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>Using Adaptive Planning, Investaura has developed a telecom-specific budgeting system that can also be used as a 5-10 year business plan solution. \u00a0This system can easily and quickly be customised to individual telecom operators.<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.investaura.co\/contact\/\">contact us<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<p>Further reading:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.investaura.co\/solutions\/budgeting-and-forecasting\/\">Budgeting, Business Planning and Service Costing in a box: the first easy-to-use solution in a post-Excel world<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you still use Microsoft Excel for Budgeting, Business Planning or Performance Management? 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