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Pauli Leppänen
A tool useful for areas like reporting and group consolidation
Anonymous User
​​It's a robust solution with no issues​. In my view, it is necessary to introduce another way to create reports...
It has hugely reduced the amount of time dedicated to perform the financial consolidation of the group. The group is composed by 100 companies, and... Read more →
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  • "The product is expensive, but compared to its other alternatives in the market, I feel that IBM Cognos Controller is a reasonably priced tool."

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    What do you like most about IBM Cognos Controller?
    Top Answer:The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is a properly working solution... The functionalities and package offered by the product seem to be the right fit for our company.
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    What needs improvement with IBM Cognos Controller?
    Top Answer:IFRS 16 functionality is something that is not embedded in IBM Cognos Controller. My company uses a good built-in functionality in the tool, which was made by our support partner. IBM Cognos… more »
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    Top Answer:I use the solution for reporting and group consolidation.
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    SAP BPC
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    Overview

    IBM Cognos Controller supports the close, consolidation and reporting process with the agility and affordability of a cloud-based solution. It enables finance teams to automate and accelerate the financial close with minimal IT support. It also helps finance teams deliver financial results, create informative financial and management reports and provide the chief financial officer (CFO) with an enterprise view of key financial ratios and metrics.

    The SAP Business Planning and Consolidation (SAP BPC) application delivers planning, budgeting, forecasting, and financial consolidation capabilities, so you can easily adjust plans and forecasts, speed up budget and closing cycles, and ensure compliance with financial reporting standards.

    Sample Customers
    Emirates National Oil Company
    Medtronic, Cirque du Soleil, Antarc, B&G Manufacturing, EarlySense, eBay, Ferrero, James Austin Company, Lenovo, Sagem, RAK Ceramics, Vodafone
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    Computer Software Company16%
    Energy/Utilities Company8%
    Financial Services Firm8%
    Manufacturing Company8%
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    Small Business23%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise66%
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    IBM Cognos Controller is ranked 10th in Financial Close Software with 2 reviews while SAP Business Planning and Consolidation is ranked 7th in Financial Close Software. IBM Cognos Controller is rated 7.6, while SAP Business Planning and Consolidation is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of IBM Cognos Controller writes " A tool useful for areas like reporting and group consolidation". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP Business Planning and Consolidation writes "​​It's a robust solution with no issues​. In my view, it is necessary to introduce another way to create reports apart from MS Excel". IBM Cognos Controller is most compared with LucaNet, whereas SAP Business Planning and Consolidation is most compared with CCH Tagetik, Longview Analytics, LucaNet, Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud and Adaptive Insights.

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