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Budgeting and Forecasting
Microsoft FRx Forecaster is an integrated budgeting solution designed to help your business create and execute accurate, easy to manage budgets. With FRx Forecaster you gain more control of the budgeting process, ensuring that you meet business goals efficiently. Forecaster is an additional module of Microsoft Dynamics GP (Great Plains), designed for larger and more sophisticated budgeting needs.
Setting realistic financial expectations requires valid data and current assumptions that are closely aligned with a sound business plan. FRx Forecaster allows front-line managers to build budgets that are based on their specific objectives and first-hand knowledge of market conditions. The result is improved accuracy and a higher level of commitment to the budget. As the business climate changes, managers can also respond more effectively by adjusting forecasts and budgets.
Benefits of working with Microsoft FRx Forecaster as your budgeting solution:
- Working with a shared application allows collaboration and is easier than sending Microsoft Excel spreadsheets back and forth
- Forecaster Workflow creates a more efficient budgeting process by using e-mail notifications when budgeting milestones have been achieved
- Forecaster reporting combines with FRx Reporting to provide more flexible and effective feedback than other standard reporting packages or simple spreadsheets
- Forecaster sub-ledger detail, including Human Resources information, Revenue calculations, Line Item details or Capital information, all provide optional supporting details for summary GL budget amounts
- Forecaster ExpressLink integration with Dynamics GP allows quick and straightforward integration with other systems
- Data entry can be accomplished using several methods including data import templates, quick keys for manual entries, and user defined spread methods, calculations and allocations
- Application access can be accomplished using server client or an intranet web browser connection
- ‘What if’ analysis facilitates comparison of various budget-to-actual scenarios
- Forecaster can be configured to provide each user a unique data entry view to the shared budget, eliminating line items not relevant to them
- Forecaster reporting’s ‘Edit Mode’ allows users to edit budget data from within the report itself, saving the user from toggling back and forth between data entry and report views
- Excel Add-In that allows quick import or export of data, which really makes it easier to get data into the system
Microsoft FRx Forecaster provides workflow collaboration, flexible subsidiary detail and effective reporting feedback for your budgeting needs. FRx Forecaster is a key differentiator for Microsoft Dynamics GP, providing a functional advantage over other ERP solutions.
Contact Crestwood Associates, your Chicago, Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana source for Dynamics GP budgeting and forecasting solutions.
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