Anaplan Accelerator: P&L Planning (APP)

Accordion’s Accelerated P&L Planning (APP) Anaplan Accelerator is a fully built P&L planning solution based on best practices: driver-based forecasts, historical trending, insightful analytics, and comparative reporting.

• Driver-based revenue planning model
• Ability to plan by Product, Product Line, Service, and Service Line
• Trend units based on historical data (trailing x months + adjustment %)
• Ability to load price and cost by product
• Adjust and topside sales at the business unit or corporate level

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• Plan employee costs by person, position, or both
• Make use of key assumptions such as benefits, tax, and merit rates to build out an accurate personnel forecast
• Integrate HR roster and payroll data for a quick yearly projection
• Plan for departmental moves, attrition, and new hires

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• Promote accountability by deriving expenses based on configurable drivers
• Reduce manual planning input and use historical data trends to populate forecasts
• Overlay, adjust, or input directly to GL accounts to supplement a driver-based plan

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• View the P&L at a high level and drill down for more detail
• Understand year-over-year performance and variances
• Analyze key business metrics and KPIs
• Create easily accessible departmental P&Ls for standard consumption
• Monitor real-time, high level work flow to understand where departments are at in the their planning process

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In addition to the “P&L Planning (APP)” accelerator featured above, Accordion offers a variety of “Anaplan Accelerators” prebuilt to expedite your deployment process, improve ROI, and reduce implementation risk. Explore them: