Planning X-Steam: Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service (PBCS) Solution
MindStream Analytics has developed a unique approach and methodology to help you rapidly deploy Oracle Enterprise Performance Management for your core financial and/or operational planning needs. Our first offering is Planning X-Stream! This methodology combines MindStream's extensive Planning and Budgeting implementation experience with a unique set of tools and templates that reduce the amount of time and effort needed to deploy Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service.
Scope: To ensure the most effective implementation, this Planning X-Stream service offering provides a set of structured templates to be completed by you as part of the implementation. The templates, in conjunction with the Planning and budgeting Cloud Service, will guide you through the process of integrating your information into the Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service solution. The templates outline all the required information for the application dimensionalities including:
- Legal Entity
- Natural Account
- Time Period
- Costs Center
- Version
- Geography
- Scenario (Budget, Actual, Forecast)
- Year
Approach: MindStream will support you while you complete the implementation templates. Once the templates have been completed; MindStream will integrate the information provided by you into our application template. The completed solution will be available to you on your Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service pod. One of our Oracle Hyperion specialized consultants will review the solution with you and answer any questions you may have about the solution. Our consultant will continue to support you through your User Acceptance Testing and go-live activities. Post go-live, MindStream will continue to provide on going functional and technical remote support for your cloud Planning application.
Key Deliveries Include:
- Enterprise Class Oracle Planning / Budget Software
- Cloud-based deployment
- Complete Planning application implementation
- Post Go-Live Application Administration support
- Single, budget-able monthly fee
- Rapid time to value for your organization
- Reduced implementation risk
- Lower implementation cost as compared to traditional implementation methodologies
Key Solution Features:
| Function | Standard | Professional | Elite |
| Price (user/month): | 650 | 1000 | 1400 |
| Minimum Users | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Oracle PBCS Licenses Included | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Planning Implementation | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Remote Application Support | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Flat File Data Upload | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Dimensions | 6 | 9 | 10 |
| Reports Included | 5 | 7 | 10 |
| Scenarios | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Business Rules | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Task Lists | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Workflow Approval | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Automated Data Feeds | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Allocation Logic | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Automated Meta Data Feeds | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Driver Based Calculations | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Multi-Currency | 0 | Out of Box | Custom |
How We Are Different
MindStream Analytics is focused on the Oracle Hyperion platform of products, and we have the expertise that others turn to lead successful Hyperion implementations. MindStream's senior leader is the OAUG Hyperion SIG domain lead. In addition to our consulting expertise, we were among the first to offer exclusive Hyperion hosting and managed services solutions. We are experts at the design, build, test, train and support of the Oracle Hyperion suite of products. Combined, we know how to best optimize your investment in Oracle Hyperion products and can provide your business with tightly integrated, comprehensive, superior services throughout your ownership experience. Planning X-Stream is another way that MindStream enables its clients to employ better decisions, faster.
Partner SpotLight
Oracle
Oracle has the most comprehensive suite of integrated, global business applications that enable organizations to make better decisions, reduce cost..
Our Company
MindStream Analytics' senior staff was there at the birth of Business Intelligence. We have been part of building Business Intelligence nationally from its humble niche product status to the ubiquitous analytic tool that it is today. MindStream consultants are well versed in reporting and information management and are ready to help you leverage the power of multiple tier-1vendors. From Oracle Hyperion to IBM Cognos, we can help you select and integrate the right tools for you to better understand your information. MindStream Analytics has experience across a wide variety of industries: Business Services, Consumer Products, Energy, Financial Services, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Transportation , and Telecommunication. We have the depth and breadth of experience to help you deliver actionable information to users.
Whether you need an enterprise wide Oracle BI Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) rollout, an Oracle BI Apps rollout, or an IBM Cognos ReportNet rollout, MindStream Analytics is here to help you succeed.
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