arcplan Announces arcplan Excel Analytics Product

arcplan News : arcplan Announces arcplan Excel Analytics Product to Extend Process-Driven Analytics to the Microsoft Office Desktop

• SOA-driven spreadsheet solutions for extending federated query, analysis and write-back to the Microsoft Office Desktop
• Combines world’s most pervasive front-end with arcplan’s powerful data-driven analysis
• Enables users to update underlying applications via familiar Excel environment

Langenfeld, Germany. December 13, 2007 – arcplan, a global provider of Business Performance Management solutions, leveraging its unique Process-Driven analytics software, today announced the launch of arcplan Excel Analytics for Microsoft Office. The product seamlessly integrates performance management data from scores of different applications with the Microsoft Office desktop. The new product facilitates efficiency and productivity by providing business users, analysts, IT staff and managers with powerful query and analysis tools within their familiar working environment. The product is now available globally.

arcplan Excel® Analytics enhances corporate performance management (CPM) solutions and infrastructure with SOA-driven spreadsheet solutions that permit business users, analysts, IT staff and managers to retain the applications they are familiar with and depend on while at the same time allowing companies to regain control over their CPM environments and to establish truly integrated performance management processes. Too often, time-consuming manual tasks are needed to fill gaps in process automation such as the manual review of multiple systems, the inability to drill-down to source system data and the inability to collect and consolidate information. Managers have attempted to manage such issues and exceptions by relying on spreadsheet environments to get their job done. However, the heavy use of spreadsheet environments alone may lead to data inaccuracies and inconsistencies, inefficiencies due to the lack of workflow control, inadequate data security, subsequently impacting the quality of the overall performance management infrastructure and initiatives.

arcplan Excel® Analytics permits Microsoft Office users to retain the Excel® applications they are familiar with and depend on, while at the same providing a company with a means to truly integrate their spreadsheet environments into their CPM environment and processes. arcplan Excel® Analytics does so by providing seamless integration of arcplan application content and functionality with Microsoft Excel®, Word and PowerPoint®, effectively extending arcplan Process-Driven Analytics to the Microsoft Office desktop.

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