Operating expense (OpEx) planning

Manage the cost curve with in-depth OpEx insights. Drive stronger margins.

Gain transparency, accountability, and control of every expense across your enterprise with intelligent OpEx planning that aligns operational and strategic plans.

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Operating expense planning dashboard displaying category status, budget forecasts, and variances. Includes bar charts, review progress, and alerts for categories like salaries, marketing, and travel.

Strategic OpEx planning that maximizes efficiency and impact

Uncover your hidden cost drivers, automate forecasts, and optimize spend with AI-infused planning that helps you improve budgeting, forecasting, and uncover deeper insights.

Enable early detection of opportunities and risks

Identify trends and cost deviations in real time, so your finance team can correct early, reallocate resources, and adjust forecasts to maximize your profits.

Drive faster, more accurate forecasting

Automate your data integration, variance analysis, and forecast generation to reduce your cycle times and improve forecast accuracy, even in volatile business environments.

Experience dynamic expense scenario modeling

Enable interactive scenario planning across the business so your team can assess the impact of macroeconomic factors and respond with greater confidence.

Integrated Financial Planning application

Accelerate time to value and improve engagement with out-of-the-box capabilities designed for OpEx planning.

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Reimagine how you plan and control OpEx for confident decision-making

Scenario modeling and “what-if” analysis

Model and perform your sensitivity analyses on financial impact from changes in headcount, inflation, pricing, and cost strategies — across multiple dimensions — in minutes instead of days.

Driver-based planning

Generate dynamic forecasts tied to real business drivers like sales volume or headcount, and support methods like zero-based budgeting for stronger alignment with your business goals.

Cross-enterprise collaboration

Empower your budget owners of different functions to contribute, adjust, and align plans in real-time for visibility to metrics and KPIs, fostering transparency and accountability.