Dynamics Day 2016 - financial budgeting and forecasting with Kepion
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Kepion is a Seattle-based company founded in 2009 that focuses on providing web-based budgeting and forecasting software on the Microsoft platform. Their software aims to help financial analysts by automating spreadsheet-based planning processes, allowing data to be centrally stored and consolidated in real-time for reporting and analysis, reducing the estimated 80% of time typically spent on data collection and management of spreadsheets. Key benefits highlighted include flexibility, ease of use, rapid delivery and deployment, automated workflows, and low total cost of ownership through integration with Microsoft products and reducing planning cycle times.
Dynamics Day 2016 - financial budgeting and forecasting with Kepion
- 1. Financial Budgeting and Forecasting Ben Johnson, Hugh Rogers
- 2. Spreadsheet Chaos The problem with Spreadsheet Planning
- 3. Historic data are manually copied from data file extracts to spreadsheets. Data references and calculations are managed individually. One or multiple versions of spreadsheets are emailed out for review. Data from spreadsheets are manually linked together for reporting and analysis. Over 80% of time, financial analysts spend on data collection and spreadsheet management
- 5. Founded 2009 in Seattle 100% Focused on budgeting & forecasting Microsoft Platform 50+ Customers globally Gold Microsoft Partner Plan forwardLook backwards Single Data Environment Web-based Planning Automated Workflow Process Real-time Aggregation About Kepion
- 6. Flexible Easy to Learn Rapid Delivery Automate Planning Processes Low TCO Microsoft Integration Microsoft Look & Feel Configure to your requirements iteratively Intuitive dashboards and navigation 1/2 of the time of traditional planning software Generate ROI by streamlining and automating. Reduce your time from consolidating and analysing data. Focus them on action Significantly lower license and pre-sales costs Works on premise or Azure and integrates well with Microsoft Reduce the risks of adoption post-go live “The speed at which changes can be implemented allows IT to focus on user requirements instead of technical coding… which, in turn, brings value to the business” Melanie Britenstine, Global BI Manager, Energizer Holdings Some benefits you can expect
- 7. • Deep dive into howKepion can work for you • Investigate howyou use Kepion as a catalyst for re-engineeringyour planningprocesses