Aimplan is a cloud-based solution that enhances Microsoft Power BI with capabilities for planning, forecasting, and financial reporting, enabling organizations to streamline their budgeting processes and improve data-driven decision-making. By integrating seamlessly with existing Power BI data models, Aimplan reduces manual tasks and enhances collaboration across departments, resulting in faster and more accurate financial planning.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Product
Problem
Microsoft Power BI lacks native capabilities for planning, forecasting, and budgeting, creating a gap for organizations that want to integrate these functions directly within their existing BI environment. Traditional planning tools often require separate data integration processes, leading to inefficiencies and data silos.
Solution
Aimplan is a cloud-based SaaS platform that extends Microsoft Power BI with comprehensive planning, budgeting, and forecasting functionalities. By seamlessly embedding within Power BI, Aimplan allows users to leverage existing data models and business logic for financial planning and analysis (FP&A). The platform streamlines forecasting processes, enables scenario planning, and enhances collaboration across departments, resulting in faster planning cycles and data-driven insights. Aimplan integrates with various ERP systems and data sources, automating data loads and eliminating manual data gathering.
Target Audience
Aimplan targets organizations already using Microsoft Power BI that need to extend their capabilities to include planning, budgeting, and forecasting, particularly finance professionals and FP&A teams.
Features
- Seamless integration with Microsoft Power BI, leveraging existing data models and DAX measures
- Comprehensive planning capabilities including sales and demand planning, cost center and workforce planning, integrated financial planning, and project planning
- Data write-back functionality, allowing users to enter data directly within Power BI
- Integration with 170+ data sources including Business Central, Dynamics F&SCM, Dynamics AX, and various data warehouses
- Role-based security and data access controls, managed within Aimplan and Power BI
- Embedding capabilities within Microsoft Teams and SharePoint for enhanced collaboration
- Full data access, ensuring users can access and extract data from Aimplan for use in other systems