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Understanding Forecasting
This post was inspired by a tweet I received after posting a recent Anaplan article last week, (SFDC vs Anaplan) outlining the differences between how Anaplan and salesforce.com perform sales forecasting. I'd like to genuinely thank that consultant, (who shall remain nameless), for inspiring me to outline how mis-understood forecasting sales and financial information is, especially in the CRM community and around how people think salesforce.com does it.
R.I.P. Budgeting
I recently found an article that talks about budgeting. I could not resist commenting as I think this has gone the way of the Dodo. Here's the original article from Fred Wilson, a VC in NYC who we follow. He writes great articles and blog posts and is well worth reading.
One Slice or Two?
It's a cheesy title, (excuse the pun) I know, but it got you to read this far.
Anaplan Launches Forecast 360 for salesforce.com users
So here it is folks, the first Anaplan App of many to come: Anaplan Forecast 360° for salesforce.com users.. We officially launched the App today.
What happened to ‘What-if?’
I’ve been seeing an increase in blog & twitter traffic around SaaS Business Intelligence (BI), predicative analytics, and better decision making lately. And it’s great that we’re making strides in information presentation and consumption. What’s missing though, to me, is a corresponding uptick in information contribution and modeling.
