Best Corporate Performance Management Technology combined with excellent consulting

AI-powered CPM applications for integrated business planning, budgeting, analysis, forecasting and reporting

Report, analyse, plan, forecast & consolidate with best-rated Corporate Performance Management (CPM) technology. Base your decisions and forecasts on 100% reliable, real-time and seamlessly connected data – the Single-Point-of-Truth. Our experience shows, that the best combination for project success is a highly skilled team working with pro FP&A software.

smartPM.solutions is well known for their knowledgeable, reliable and experienced consulting team with FP&A background. We implement our solutions in less than 3 month on average with 4.8/5 stars project rating. And the technology? We decided to work – and develop our modules – using different, hand-picked market-leading FP&A technologies to best meet your requirements. Just rely on our vast experience. We are looking forward to an expert talk with you >>

The smartPM Product Family: Grow with your needs, step by step

Our CPM & BI solutions have been built for integration, and easily work with other best-in-class-solutions, legacy systems and all CRM-Systems. All modules can be used stand-alone or in combination. Key benefits >>

Integrated Financial Planning

Go-to-Market & Product

Sales

Marketing

Capacity & Demand

Risk Management & Compliance

Consolidation

This is how it works:

xP&A Fireside Chat - Martin Kratky & Alexander Hein about Planning in Power BI

Planning solutions in MS Power BI with the market leading, seamless Acterys integration
Special Focus on: Supply Chain Management, Procuement Performance Management
Multidimensional Spend Analysis, Savings Analysis & Forecast, Cost Drivers, Top-Down/Bottom-Up Planning
Initiative-Tracker, Best Practice Planning Workflow, Planning Calendar
Best Practice Tips und Tricks

Higly competent consulting team

We listen carefully & follow through Very experienced consulting team with > 400 projects closed and very happy customers.

Meet our team >>

100% data reliability

Predefined but still flexible best-practice solutions easily configurable with standard Excel knowledge.

Solutions >>

Precise Analysis and Forecasts at your fingertips

Our dedicated data-science team take care of the continuous improvement of our applications, forecast quality etc.

Precise Results >>

Rapid implementation

Implementation time of Ø 3 month. Our consultants are very experienced with a sound economical & technical background.

Consulting >>

One integrated platform connecting all source systems

Latest CPM-technology and low total cost of ownership.

Integrated Planning >>

50-60% time-saving in planning processes

Our clients estimate their time and cost saving. Have a look at our references.

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Artificial Intelligence based planning

A lot of people talk about AI in planning - we apply AI. Ask for references!

AI-based planning >>

Ad-hoc decision making

Highly flexible software solutions, easily adaptable for better decision making (e.g. to tackle exogenous shocks like COVID-19)

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8 good reasons for smartPM.solutions

Highly competent consulting team

We listen carefully & follow through. Very experienced consulting team with > 500 projects closed and very happy customers.

Meet our consulting team >>

One integrated platform connecting all source systems

Latest CPM-technology and low total cost of ownership.

Integrated Planning >>

100% data reliability

Predefined but still flexible best-practice solutions easily configurable with standard Excel knowledge.

Solutions >>

50-60% time-saving in planning processes

Our clients estimate their time and cost saving. Have a look at our references.

Reference >>

Precise Analysis and Forecasts at your fingertips

Our dedicated data-science team take care of the continuous improvement of our applications, forecast quality etc.

Precise Results >>

Artificial Intelligence based planning

A lot of people talk about AI in planning - we apply AI. Ask for references!

AI-based planning >>

Rapid implementation

Implementation time of Ø 3 month. Our consultants are very experienced with a sound economical & technical background.

Consulting >>

Ad-hoc decision making

Highly flexible software solutions, easily adaptable for better decision making (e.g. to tackle exogenous shocks like COVID-19)

COVID-19 First Aid >>

Expert knowledge. Hands-on experience. Reliability.

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Client Reviews of smartPM.solutions on Raven Intel

We thank our clients for the 4,8/5 rating on Raven Intel! Hear more from our happy clients about their experience working with smartPM.solutions. On Raven Intel you can find detailed reviews how our clients rate the project scope, budget and punctuality. Have a look at smartPM.solutions overall rating score as well as an evaluation of our dedicated consulting team.

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What our clients say ...

‘Since we modernized our financial reporting system, we have received a lot of recognition from our board of directors for this We are now planning fully connected in a single system, which gives us significantly more time for value-adding activities. The next step is to have AI-based planning. We are particularly satisfied with the ‘everything is possible’ mentality of smartPM.solutions, i.e. all of our requirements are heard and implemented appropriately for our company, the availability and professional competence of all consultants are top.'

Markus Scholler

Head of Finance & Controlling, ORS Group

‘We strongly felt that this project shifted the focus of the discussion. We do no longer discuss the formulae, but recommendations to take action ... We can leverage ad-hoc analysis, and standard reports keep the team on track. Our data is always up to date, which allows for safe decision-making. We can now easily and fast create flexible ad-hoc scenarios in-house.... Company data is instantly available from anywhere. You can work at the data together and don’t have to send Excel spreadsheets back and forth. This leads to a high level of acceptance and trustworthiness.’

Arbi Araks

Head of Finance & Controlling, List GC

'The high flexibility of the software and its intuitive handling convinced all along the line. Data reliability and consistency, and thus the foundation for proper business processes give us an enormous trust for fast and consistent decision making in several planning scenarios. Overall, we profit from completely new insights in our data, explaining better than ever our business units’ status a well as their respective development. In the past, Hirtenberger used data of the previous planning period, partially adjusting the calculations in case: ‘This can not be compared to the extremely transparent procedures in future. Particularly the high expert-skill level of the whole smartPM.solutions Team, the permanent availability of the employees and last but not least their grounded economic know-how, which was not only very helpful defining the planning processes, convinced us.’

Thomas Weiler

Finance Director, Hirtenberger Group

'To cover our comprehensive Integrated Business Planning requirements (‘xFP&A’) we understood that we needed an innovative planning solution that provides the required automation and flexibility to reduce turnaround time. INNIO chose smartPM.solutions as the solution provider and implementation partner as they offered the right level of flexibility, automation and from the first interaction it felt like we spoke the same language. Several streams of our digital transformation project have been delivered in less than four months implementation time, including very detailed Revenue Service Planning, Orders and Revenue Equipment Planning/Simulation, COGS, SG&A, B/S and Cash Flow. We are relieved to see all the Excel files go and confident that we can significantly shorten the cycle time for planning and re-forecasting in the near future.’

Janos Venk

VP Group & Jenbacher Controlling

From buzzwords to business benefits: Applied AI in Integrated Business Planning (IBP)

Adopting to relevant, game-changing technologies as early as possible is crucial for sales driven companies. From our clients’ feedback to our product demos and relevant summits we know that more and more companies actually switch to AI based forecasting, some even trying to replace traditional forecasts at all. Smart AI technology does not replace Human expertise, but brings comfort, more precise results and improves efficiency.

More than 20% of our team are dedicated AI and statistic experts. By using machine learning methods, challenging patterns in the data set can be identified and where other statistical methods like Holt-Winters Triple Exponential Smothing fail, accurate forecasts can be provided. In our analysis approach more than 40 networks with different structures are tested and the best one for a solid forecast is selected automatically.

By experts for experts: The 'digital controlling competence' expert working group

New Expert Working Group ‘Digital Controlling Competence’ of the International Association of Controllers (ICV)

It is a network of scientists and FP&A experts, meeting 2-3 times a year in a 3D-conference setting. The ambition is to enrich digital competencies, investigate new technologies, tools and FP&A change approaches making companies ready for future. How? Scientists, pioneering and benchmark companies share their knowledge and experience with the interested controller community. Focus topics of the ICV Expert Group Digital Controlling Competence are …

News & Facts

"... the solution is a landmark in a Finance Transformation.”

Christian Kubitschek | Group CFO | Addiko Bank

"Their Consultants know Unit4 Prevero inside out."

Michael Magenreuter | Head of Group Controlling | Villeroy & Boch

"…This is what I call agile and helpful."

Anders Mortensen | Group Finance Project Manager | Hillebrand Group AG

"... I would recommend to ... work with smartPM.solutions. Because we really felt being in good hands there and we are still convinced that the experts sitting there really helped us."

Taner Yilmaz | Director Controlling | GWG Wuppertal

"...exceptional results regarding time to completion..."

Marcel Fäh | Group CFO | Helbling Group

“... smartPM.solutions... has built a fully functional prototype with our data ... Because of their obvious expert know how ... it was an easy decision for us ...”

Wilhelm Bayer | Head of Finance & Controlling | S-IMMO AG

“... we have found the right implementation partner and with JEDOX the right technology...”

Michael Aumann | Managing Director & Partner | myAbility Social Enterprise GmbH

“... Since our project with smartPM.solutions we save 50-60% on planning time."

Pascal Speicher | Corporate Financial Controller | Villeroy & Boch

“...smartPM.solutions has convinced us of the advantages of their new AI-based models and their forecast quality."

Ingmar Gon | Director Supply Chain Planning | Follmann Chemie Group

"...we profit from completely new insights in our data..."

Thomas Weiler | Finance Director | Hirtenberger Group

“With the help of smartPM.solutions Consultants, Hamburg Airport saves several Mio. Euro every year."

Julian Jirsak | Director Project-Portfoliomanagement | Hamburg Airport GmbH

“...Due to this data quality, the final consolidation of the DEW21 subgroup could be carried out without any problems."

Rüdiger Teusch | Head of Business Administration | DEW21 - Dortmunder Energie und Wasserversorgung GmbH

"... smartPM.solutions ... personally supervises multi-project controlling at AIT, with ... exceptionally high personal commitment, ... great PM competence and excellent technical skills..."

Gerald Karolyi | Head of Business Administration & Group Controlling | AIT GmbH

“... For me personally working with the new planning software is a lot of fun … It’s impressive."

Jean Seidel | Manager FP&A | GWG Wuppertal

“...They understood our business cases quickly and managed to help us obtain real value from the solution straight away."

Stephen Dews | CFO | Keylane

"...As early adopters we expect major benefits and strong competitive advantages for LIST GC as a result of our cooperation with smartPM..."

Arbi Araks | Head of Controlling & Finance | LIST GC

"...It was a good decision to work with smartPM.solutions: they know the CPM software inside out, easily connect source systems and manage the project in a straight-forward way.”

Markus Thun | Sales Controlling | Stadtwerke Herne AG

What our clients say

Our customers are highly satisfied (4.8/5 stars) with our excellent consulting service. The enormous economical, technical and project-related know how of our team let us stand out. We are the best for your issue. See it for yourself!

Concentrated Knowledge

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Excel as a planning tool – yes or no?

3. March 2022 News

Is Excel an appropriate tool for planning, offering the best decision support for financial controller? Results of an expert-discussion.