2. Oracle Enterprise Planning and Budgeting May 21, 2004 Mike Hipps Principal Sales Consultant North American Sales © 2003, 2004 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved. Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation. The following is intended to outline our general product direction and is intended for information purposes only. The development, release and timing of any features or functionality remains at the sole discretion of Oracle. This presentation is not a commitment to deliver any material, code or functionality.

3. Financial Operational External Statistical Oracle Enterprise Planning and Budgeting An application for planning, budgeting, reporting, and analysis  Scalable and web-based  Sophisticated data modeling and multi-dimensional analysis  Tailored for customer’s own business processes  Builds on Oracle Financial Analyzer (OFA) and Oracle Sales Analyzer (OSA)  Extends OFA and OSA functionality to include business process flows, exception alerts, enhanced reporting, allocations rules, and many out of the box calculations  Part of Oracle’s Corporate Performance Management solution Tune Plans Tune Plans Stay Informed Stay Informed Develop Plans Develop Plans

4. Enterprise Planning and Budgeting Understand the business better Control the planning process Tune plans to improve results

5. Understand the Business Better Capabilities Share common definition of the business drivers and models Integrate operational and financial data from any source to increase visibility into the organization Analyze history, probe cause and effect, and spot trends Share common definition of the business drivers and models Integrate operational and financial data from any source to increase visibility into the organization Analyze history, probe cause and effect, and spot trends Understand the business better

6. Understand the Business Better Business Benefits  Start with a clear definition of the objectives and plans  Consistency, control, and auditability for the business processes  Communicate clearly through a common language  Every view of the business is enriched with relevant information  Give people visibility only to the information they need  Business logic built in to manage the information flow

7.   Standard reports and graphs   Ad hoc analysis   Sharing of drivers, models, and calculations   Integration of data from multiple sources   Business calculation templates   Analysis of trends and variances   Access to key reports through the company portal   Briefing books Understand the Business Better Key Features

8. Control the Planning Process Capabilities Manage the planning, budgeting, forecasting, and monitoring processes Define the rules, tasks, and schedules Achieve consensus when looking forward Manage the planning, budgeting, forecasting, and monitoring processes Define the rules, tasks, and schedules Achieve consensus when looking forward Understand the business better Control the planning process

9. Control the Planning Process Business Benefits  Business processes are transparent, repeatable, and automated  Reduce cycle time for planning and budgeting  Planning process can drive budgetary control and respond to strategic applications  Allow a holistic view of the organization  Enforce corporate control while allowing decentralization

10. Control the Planning Process Key Features  Business processes clearly defined  Data model, business rules, tasks, and schedule  Automation of processes  Enforced corporate standards  Local extensions  Modeling across functions and throughout the organization  Targets and plans related to strategy  Linking of processes

11. Monitor the consolidated impact on results on an ongoing basis Use responsibility hierarchies and data security to hold people accountable Update forecasts as results come in to improve agility Monitor the consolidated impact on results on an ongoing basis Use responsibility hierarchies and data security to hold people accountable Update forecasts as results come in to improve agility Understand the business better Align strategy with business opportunity Tune plans to improve results Tune Plans to Improve Results Capabilities

12. Tune Plans to Improve Results Business Benefits  Review ongoing business against plan  Process is more collaborative and business is more agile  Hold individuals accountable for performance management  The right information to the right people  Accelerate the entry of revised data  Assist decision-making with what-if scenarios

13. Tune Plans to Improve Results Key Features  Automatic monitoring reports  Automatic exception alerts  Responsibility hierarchies  User-based data security  Automatic generation and distribution of worksheets  Multiple what-if scenarios  Rolling forecasts  Budgeting and planning support

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