IBM Planning Analytics as a Service
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Planning Analytics reviews of Eric Dalton
What do you like best about the product?
The speed and clarity. I can design assumptions, forecast workloads and model production impacts in minutes. Instead of guessing what a design change will do to cost or timing, I can show the results instantly. It makes engineering decisions far less emotional and far more grounded in actualo numbers.
What do you dislike about the product?
The interface still feels a bit rigid, especially for new sers. It's powerful once you understand the workflow, but the learning curve is real and when models get big, you can feel the weight, not a dealbreaker, just something you plan around.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It solves the engineering decisions without operational contex problem, something that plagues almost every design team. Planning Analytics lets me forecast production timelines, calculate cost impacts instantly, understand resource needs, compare scenarios side by side and prevent design creep from sinking margins. The benefit is simple smarter decisions made earlier, fewer surprises later. It keeps engineering aligned with reality which is exactly where it needs to be.
Streamlined Financial Reporting with IBM Planning Analytics
What do you like best about the product?
I really appreciate the Excel add-in that comes with IBM Planning Analytics because as a CPA, I work with Excel a lot and it's important to me to not have to learn a new web interface just to make a few adjustments. Being able to pull live data directly into my existing models without rebuilding them is a lifesaver. I also like that it's fast, making the process of adjusting and entering data by region or product quite smooth. It's especially beneficial during meetings because I can provide updates immediately without needing to follow up later. The automation features are incredibly valuable too, as they save us a lot of time by automating tasks like currency conversions and aggregations.
What do you dislike about the product?
So the licensing cost, it's a bit too much. It can be reduced. Also, they got it, like, in new app interface for their workspaces, which feels a bit flashy.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
IBM Planning Analytics gives us more control, stops calculation errors, and saves time with automations. It centralizes data, stopping the need for multiple spreadsheets. It automates currency conversions and aggregations, enhancing our financial reporting and handling rolling forecasts effortlessly.
Good Experience with IBM Planning Analytics
What do you like best about the product?
IBM Planning Analytics offers fast, flexible modeling, integration with other software such as Excel and a powerful analytical tool. It also supports forecasting, data integration, etc.
What do you dislike about the product?
In terms of disliking, It's requires proper training. This has very complex administration, limited number of templates, etc. Heavy reliance on Excel can also reduce the speed whlle working on big databases.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It solves disconnected, spreadsheet-driven planning by providing a fast, centralized TM1 engine for real-time forecasting and what-if analysis.
As a Data Scientist, it enables seamless integration of ML outputs, quick scenario testing, scalable multidimensional modeling, and automated data flows through APIs.
This helps me to bridge advanced analytics with enterprise planning.
As a Data Scientist, it enables seamless integration of ML outputs, quick scenario testing, scalable multidimensional modeling, and automated data flows through APIs.
This helps me to bridge advanced analytics with enterprise planning.
Reliable and Fast Budgeting Tool with Intuitive Financial Management
What do you like best about the product?
Its a reliable tool for Budget and Forecasting. Easy to login, view financial statements, administer permissions for users and and is relatively quick for speed.
What do you dislike about the product?
The pages look clunky and can look outdated, sometimes it can be hard to troubleshoot business rules and rule building in the cubes can be complex and with not many online resources available.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Doing budgeting and forecasting across multiple Business Units and incorporating some complicated accounting business rules.
Boosts Productivity with Excel Integration, But Needs More Tutorials and Monitoring Tools
What do you like best about the product?
I love this platform for its capability to integrate with Microsoft Excel and prepare reports into excel. It makes work much easier, simpler and productive by using this platform. I also love this platform as it have a very user friendly environment to work with making things less complex. The platform can also automate workflow enabling data flow more organized and free from human input. It improves efficiency by allocating resource to more productive and critical work. This platform allows product management and planning more efficient with its superb business logic integrated into the system. A more informed Decision making can be made by using this platform.
What do you dislike about the product?
I wish that there were more tutorials to assist users to this platform. I also felt the cost can be a bit lower. I also wish that there was better monitoring tools that would allow to review the whole processes with ease.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Reports are more organized using this platform. It allows better decision making. It also reduces mistakes in reporting and allows conversion of data to information faster. Teams becomes more efficient and productive by using this platform.
Exceptional Speed, Flexibility, and Integration for Enterprise Planning
What do you like best about the product?
IBM is integrating AI/ generative-AI into BI and analytics workflows. For example, the next-gen BI in Cognos is being powered by the IBM Granite foundation models.
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Offerings such as IBM Planning Analytics now include a “Planning Analytics Assistant” plus “Multivariate AI Forecasting” to support plain-language queries, predictive insights and more autonomous planning.
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Offerings such as IBM Planning Analytics now include a “Planning Analytics Assistant” plus “Multivariate AI Forecasting” to support plain-language queries, predictive insights and more autonomous planning.
What do you dislike about the product?
Setting up dashboards, modeling data, or creating visuals often requires more clicks or technical steps.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
-IBM Planning Analytics addresses complex and time-sensitive planning and forecasting needs in real time.
particularly within sales and supply chain operations. With its real-time calculations, planning cycles are significantly shortened, reducing the process from days or weeks to just a few hours. The platform’s centralized and consistent modeling improves the reliability of both sales and demand forecasts, leading to greater forecast accuracy. Organizations benefit from increased agility, allowing them to respond swiftly to market changes, supply chain disruptions, or sudden shifts in demand. Additionally, it helps optimize production and inventory levels, which in turn lowers carrying costs and improves resource utilization. The use of shared models and dashboards also fosters stronger collaboration and transparency among different departments.
particularly within sales and supply chain operations. With its real-time calculations, planning cycles are significantly shortened, reducing the process from days or weeks to just a few hours. The platform’s centralized and consistent modeling improves the reliability of both sales and demand forecasts, leading to greater forecast accuracy. Organizations benefit from increased agility, allowing them to respond swiftly to market changes, supply chain disruptions, or sudden shifts in demand. Additionally, it helps optimize production and inventory levels, which in turn lowers carrying costs and improves resource utilization. The use of shared models and dashboards also fosters stronger collaboration and transparency among different departments.
Innovative Data Integration, Needs Goal-Based Analysis Features
What do you like best about the product?
It aims to reduce processing time and incorporate variables that current business models do not take into account, while also improving how data is prepared and integrated into the models.
What do you dislike about the product?
At the moment, I don’t program the tool myself; I focus on reviewing various model outputs and comparing them against our existing manual models. A potential improvement would be to enable goal-based analysis and present results at defined intervals, along with an assessment of their stationarity.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It reduces the time needed to model various outcomes and enables the inclusion of variables that are challenging to incorporate through manual modeling processes.
IBM Planning Analytics: Driving Efficiency and Accuracy in Business Planning
What do you like best about the product?
IBM Planning Analytics stands out for its impressive blend of flexibility and performance. The integration of TM1 with a user-friendly interface enables real-time data analysis and supports quicker decision-making. I also value how easily I can create dynamic dashboards and carry out multidimensional modeling. Its automation features greatly minimize manual work, which enhances both efficiency and accuracy across planning, forecasting, and reporting tasks.
What do you dislike about the product?
One aspect where IBM Planning Analytics could see improvement is in its user interface and the complexity of the initial setup. Although the tool offers robust capabilities, newcomers may struggle to navigate and set up models effectively without sufficient training. Furthermore, performance can occasionally lag when working with particularly large datasets. Improving the platform’s user-friendliness, as well as its documentation and troubleshooting resources, would help create a smoother and more efficient experience for all users.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
IBM Planning Analytics is helping us solve several critical challenges related to budgeting, forecasting, and data consolidation. It eliminates the need for manual spreadsheet work, ensuring accuracy and consistency across departments. The platform’s real-time data integration and automation capabilities enable faster analysis and more informed decision-making. As a result, we’ve experienced improved collaboration, reduced turnaround times, and greater visibility into financial and operational performance across the organization.
TM1 Review
What do you like best about the product?
Flexibility out of the box to develop and design whatever I need for our customers. multiple ways for users to interact with data
What do you dislike about the product?
Having trouble scaling complex calculations, especially with the inability to have a native "Average" function. Hard to keep up with new functionality being rolled out to customers.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We have been able to bring multiple siloed teams and processes together to have 1 integrated solution for our Business Management team. Allowed consistent forecasting and faster insights into collected data.
infuse more AI capabilities into to streamline processes
What do you like best about the product?
Mostly forecasting and budgeting, it is quite seamless and has quite a user friendly and easy to navigate user interface
What do you dislike about the product?
It is quite a powerful tool but could be even better with full AI infusion
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It eliminates the use of multiple sources such as excel in different locations where you could use excel in one location (PAFE). This makes it easier to retrieve data and present it seamlessly without taking much time
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