Planning Software for Manufacturing

Planning Maestro® is a strategic FP&A asset that redefines

how manufacturers budget, forecast, analyze and report.

Whether making your first move away from spreadsheets or implementing corporate performance management, Planning Maestro will work for your manufacturing organization. You’ll get an accurate line of sight into your business, speed decision-making and continually deliver the financial intelligence your leadership needs to make faster, more confident decisions.

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Easy-to-use what-if scenario capabilities allow you to change assumptions and immediately see the impact on your revenue, expenses, and cash flow. For example:

If suppliers raise the cost of key material, how much do we need to adjust our unit price to maintain the right level of margins?
Can we meet our production schedule if demand for our low cost product doubles?
Do we have the cash flow to launch a product, open a plant, or acquire equipment?

WITH PLANNING MAESTRO YOU CAN

Produce variable revenue plans and forecasts

Create detailed plans with various revenue streams based on key drivers (average selling price, volume, etc.)
Adjust and forecast revenue solely by changing drivers

Calculate and analyze production costs

Apply allocation basis (labor hours, machine hours, production units) to ensure accurate cost of sales/goods sold

Use drivers to streamline planning

Generate driver-based reports to analyze key business measures and metrics, such as dollars, units, gallons, volume, trucks, etc.
Compare and analyze results to prior year outcomes

Conduct product and customer profitability analysis

Analyze information from multiple viewpoints, including divisions, product classes, account line-items, or customers

Assess resource availability

Manage inventory levels such as raw materials, work in process, and finished goods
Plan labor needs, incorporating overtime, premium and shift differentials for accurate costing
Forecast headcount based on Production Hours derived from Revenue

Streamline consolidation and reporting

Centralize data from plants, divisions, and cost centers with automatic consolidation
Use responsibility reporting to bring accountability to plant and division managers

Planning Maestro makes intelligent financial planning and analytics available to organizations across the manufacturing sector. Whether you are looking for a solution to help drive efficiencies, reduce costs, or boost performance, Planning Maestro will work for your organization.