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Financial planning software protects your bottom line

QAD DSCP embeds financial drivers into all supply chain planning decision making. This enables your planners to assess the impact of operational and tactical decisions on profitability, budget compliance and cash flow.

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Key Benefits of Financial Planning

Optimize Working Capital

Manage cash flow more effectively while aligning financial objectives with supply chain operations.

Minimize Risk

Minimize financial risk and avoid unexpected expediting costs.

Reduce Costs

Boost profitability and drive cost reductions by incorporating crucial financial data directly into your supply chain planning.

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Key Capabilities to Maximize Profitability, Simplify Sourcing

Decision support

QAD’s solution works with your corporate performance management methodologies to effectively share budgets and receive long term sales and supply plans.

Organizational collaboration

Your organization can leverage social media-like capabilities to comment and share details of the plans or raise risks, tasks, assumptions, and issues for stakeholder follow-up.

Performance management

Utilize analytics and machine learning to stay atop key performance indicators and metrics to align financial objectives with supply chain operations.

Scenario management

Anticipate potential performance gaps and re-plan effectively and quickly using ‘what-if’ analysis and alternative risk assessment scenarios.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the role of financial planning within supply chain planning?

Financial Planning enables supply chain operational budgets and sales and cost targets to be defined or synchronized with the finance system. It aligns plans and measures progress of revenue, profit and supply chain costs against budgets.

What are some common challenges with financial planning?

Today's supply chain landscape is marked by constant disruption. Geopolitical shifts, environmental events, and other unforeseen incidents are continually upending long-term plans, creating a significant disconnect between financial goals and operational supply chain realities. This is compounded by wildly fluctuating supply chain costs, with unpredictable freight prices, rising fuel surcharges, and increasing raw material costs making it difficult for businesses to hit their financial targets. Adding to these pressures, customer expectations are higher than ever, with demands for immediate stock availability and guaranteed on-time deliveries becoming standard for a positive experience.

How does QAD support scenario planning and "what-if" analysis?

Scenario planning is a key element of QAD DSCP, giving you an effective way to perform "what-if" analyses and make informed decisions.