We are a personnel service provider and are looking for a planning and reporting solution. We offer corresponding software and also handle payroll accounting (outsourcing). Planning is carried out at the profit or cost center level. Currently, internal allocations are not mapped in the planning tool. The existing older planning and reporting tool is to be replaced. Other evaluations are otherwise carried out using MS Office (Access, Excel). The software we are looking for should map business intelligence and serve our corporate planning.
We have the following requirements for the software:
- Configurability
- Customizable masks and views g
- Customizable workflows m
- Configuration by customers g
- Financial planning
- Bottom-up and, if necessary, top-down planning, simulations and scenarios if necessary g
- Planning functionalities and simulations g
- Integrated risk management functionalities g
- Integrated P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow planning n
- Consolidation (management consolidation) m
- Operational planning
- Resource/capacity planning m
- Project management/planning n
- Project controlling g
- Product data m
- Simulations/analyses/AI
- Support for simulations and scenarios g
- AI/predictive analytics functions n
- Automated distribution of values (linear, previous year, key) g
- Time series analysis n
- Key figure analysis n
- Reporting
- Creation of custom reports / report generator m
- Graphical representation via diagrams/charts/graphics possible m
- Dashboards m
- Standard reports m
- Ad hoc evaluations m
- Drill-down functionality g
- Comment function m
- Output in MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, .pdf m
- Zero cell suppression m
- Filtering and sorting possible/Top x function g
- Overall reports (integration of multiple reports into a single PDF) g
- Workflows
- Planning workflows including status checks g
- Automatic creation and provision of reports n
- Regular reports sent by email to selected distribution lists (scheduled distribution) n
- Approval processes g
- Creation of own workflows by specialist department (e.g., Controlling) g
- Automated process planning, e.g., via ETL processes or similar, e.g., creation of mapping tables, job execution immediately and according to schedule m
- Communication
- Automatic information flow, automated notifications n
- Comment functionality m
- Direct communication channels, e.g., chat functionality n
- Forum / knowledge database n
- Collaboration functionalities n
- Historization
- Change log m
- Audit compliance m
- General functionalities and functional requirements
- Multi-user capability m
- Multi-client capability n
- Foreign language capability n
- Foreign currency/multi-currency capability n
- Easy administration by specialist department (<> IT, e.g., controlling) m
- Temporary storage possible when entering data g
- Automated data backups, LOG files m
- Role and user management, operation
- Search functions / full-text search n
- Web interface n
- Easy-to-administer user management m
- Role-based assignment of rights m
- User authorizations based on organizational hierarchy m
- Intuitive usability m
- Planning forms for data entry m
- Excel add-in m
- App capability g
- Company design/integration of logos g
- Integration of links (e.g., guidelines, processes, etc.) g
- User interface available in German g
- AutoSave g
- Software and IT support
- SingleSignOn g
- GDPR-compliant m
- Standard connectors g
- Interfaces to SAP ERP and, in particular, MS Excel, ideally via an add-in m
- Interface to MS Dynamics g
- Cross-platform interfaces – should be easy to integrate into the existing system environment and be able to connect to various data sources m
- Regular updates and upgrades
- System availability and adequate system speed (no downtime)
- Support available during implementation and throughout the year within a reasonable time frame
- Sustainable and future-proof solution
- Training courses (admin training, user training)
- Windows and Linux compatible
- Database and data storage
- Cloud-based g
- MS SQL
- MySQL g
- Oracle
- Database independent n
Requirement type
m: mandatory g: would be good n: nice to have
Approximately 20-50 users are expected at software workstations.