Enterprise Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service is a match for the way you run your business. The solution strikes the ideal balance between providing built-in best practices while maintaining high configurability. It’s the best of both worlds in a single solution. Some planning tools strive for simplicity. Others strive for flexibility. This solution accomplishes both by providing an innovative configuration framework that can be used out-of-the-box or further enriched for your unique requirements – all while maintaining the ease and upgradability of a cloud-based planning solution.

Unlike other planning solutions, the out-of-box planning content is not just an unsupported ’starter template’ from an ‘app store’. Instead, it’s an innovative new ‘framework’ that can be tailored to your specific needs. Do you think your planning processes are too unique for out-of-box planning content? It’s not an ‘all or nothing’ decision with the Oracle Enterprise Planning Cloud. Take advantage of configuration ‘mash-ups’ that allow you to combine configured processes with pre-built planning components from Oracle. The library of pre-built planning components such as models, dashboards, reports, KPIs and planning accelerators continues to grow. Only use the components that you prefer, but keep an eye out for new useful components that come available with each new release.

Be Up and Running in No Time

The best practice planning processes are designed to be up and running with minimal effort, and are easy to maintain as your business planning needs evolve. This is accomplished through simple-to-use wizards. Instead, of needing to have deep understanding of the product, you simply answer business questions in the step-by-step wizards. This allows even a technology novice to design complex planning processes. The configurable planning framework provides immediate value by getting you up and running quickly with a targeted planning process. Then, it allows you to enhance and mature your planning processes over time. Instead of long implementations, you can establish quick success and mature your planning process in a more agile manner – building on the success of each new process that you enable. 

Integration and Hybrid Cloud Deployment

Well-designed planning processes are not isolated ‘data islands’. Instead, they rely on the other operational and financial systems from around the enterprise. Some of these systems will reside on-premises while others may be in the cloud. The Oracle Enterprise Planning Cloud is architected to thrive within hybrid cloud deployments. For example, the solution includes a range of data management options that allow you to pick the right tool for the job. In some cases, basic flat-file imports may be your tool of choice. These are quick and easy, and anyone can do it. In other cases, you may prefer more highly automated data transformation and load processes from source systems (onpremises or in the cloud). Finally, you may prefer certified adapters or the ability to configure rich integration using the secure RESTful API. In all cases, the Oracle Enterprise Planning Cloud has the right tool for the job.

The solution also supports single sign-on (SSO) and reporting across other on-premises enterprise performance planning systems – such as Oracle Hyperion Planning, Hyperion Financial Management, etc. This allows you to leverage your investment in existing financial systems while still realizing the benefits of a cloud-based planning solution.