What is Corporate Performance Management (CPM) ?

Corporate performance management (CPM) or business performance management (BPM) is a set of management and analytic processes that enable the performance of an organisation to be managed with a view to achieving one or more pre-selected goals. The following products are a selection of CPM products that may benefit your organization.

IBM Cognos C7 (formerly Clarity 7 and Clarity 6)

IBM Cognos C7 (formerly Clarity 7 and Clarity 6) is comprehensive, unified corporate performance management software that integrates financial budgeting, planning, consolidations, analytics, scorecards and dashboards within a single, application. Although web-based, it provides an Excel look and feel to make the application intuitively easy to use. Unlike other products that are merged versions of independently developed applications, C7 was built from the ground up as a unified solution – every component designed to fit seamlessly into the next. C7 is installed in one operation and upgrades are straightforward – there is no need to synchronize versions of individual modules.

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IBM Cognos FSR – The Leading Solution to Address External Reporting Processes

IBM Cognos FSR is essential for finance departments dealing with increasingly complex statutory and regulatory reporting requirements, IBM Cognos FSR is the only enterprise software that automates the external reporting process (e.g., Annual Reports) by linking the report to the source data, enabling auto-generation of the latest version of the report. IBM Cognos FSR is unique because it is the only external reporting software that reduces compliance risks while simultaneously reducing the cost of compliance.

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Microsoft FRx®

Microsoft FRx is a complete financial reporting and analysis application that assists organizations with improving decision making and productivity with little or no IT involvement. FRx provides easy to understand reports that make financial analysis and tracking clearer, helping to eliminate errors, ensure data integrity and optimize the general ledger system so the books close faster each month.

With Microsoft FRx, gaining control over the financial and reporting process has never been easier.

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Microsoft® Forecaster

Microsoft Forecaster is a web-based budgeting and planning solution that enables organizations to budget more efficiently and accurately.

With integration available between Microsoft® FRx® and the general ledger, a minimal learning curve, helpful wizards and intuitive planning screens system wide, Microsoft Forecaster helps frontline managers with building budgets based on their specific objectives and first-hand knowledge of market conditions.  The process is automated and streamlined, keeping all users updated on the latest budget developments with e-mail notifications, a centralized bulletin board and global planning instructions.

Preventing fiscal surprises is just one of the many things that Microsoft® Forecaster can do.

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Microsoft® PerformancePoint® Services for SharePoint®

Microsoft PerformancePoint Services for SharePoint is an integrated performance management and business intelligence application designed to solve today's business intelligence challenges using data analysis solutions that quickly move beyond the numbers into "what's happening?" and "how can we improve?" With integrated monitoring, analysis and planning solutions, dashboards, scorecards and reporting capabilities, Microsoft PerformancePoint Services enables decision makers to navigate competitive business environments without wrestling with technology.

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