Organizations typically depend on planning and performance management (PPM) to help operations run smoothly and, ultimately, grow and compete in the marketplace. However, many suffer from a variety of symptoms that interfere with their ability to achieve success.

At BDO, we can work with you to find easy-to-use, cost-effective and scalable solutions that are owned by business users and require minimal support. Our team will help you address the various business challenges your organization faces, including the following examples:

• Budgeting and forecasting takes too long

• Driver-based planning is desired, but too complicated

• Compiling and disseminating reports takes too long

• Not enough analysis is performed and opportunities are lost

• Better visibility into the overall health of the organization is required

PPM is not software, but rather a set of management and analytic processes that helps drive performance and achieve goals:

• Strategic and operational goal development — Planning, budgeting, forecasting

• Measurement of progress against goals — Monitoring and financial reporting

• Analysis of performance — Analysis

• Performance improvement interventions — Taking action, decision-making, adjustments

Why is PPM important?

Organizations should ask the following questions:

1. Are we measuring the right things?

2. Can budgeting processes be automated?

3. Can management decision-making be improved?

4. Can analysis and monitoring be improved?

5. Can projects and costs be managed better?

6. Can members and clients be served better?

7. Are we fulfilling our mission and strategy?

Why BDO?

We understand business and can help you meet your corporate objectives. Our knowledgeable professionals offer superior client service with a unique approach that includes cost-effective and easy-to-use systems.

At BDO, we help empower business users to avoid relying on their information technology (IT) departments for implementation, but rather for support as needed. Since our team bases its success on your user involvement and ownership, we ensure that our solutions are easily implemented, maintained, and leveraged to incorporate best practices for business optimization.

How we can help

BDO delivers Corporate Performance Management (CPM) and Business Intelligence (BI) solutions, with top honours in the industry for ease of use and customer satisfaction. BI and CPM applications are often integrated to drive further value in the planning and performance management processes in organizations. Our collaborative approach helps businesses likes yours identify the solution that best addresses their needs.

Whether you are facing financial reporting, consolidations, translations, management reporting, operational reporting, analysis, planning, budgeting, forecasting or scenario management challenges, BDO can help provide a clear view on past organizational performance while enabling your organization to assess its strategic and operational performance for the future.

Book a free assessment with BDO Solutions today.

Contact us

Les Wright, CMAlwright@bdo.ca519 589 0782

Sonia Edmonds, CGAsedmonds@bdo.ca416 996 8305

www.bdo.ca

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