Remember the old days of 2019? We thought business moved incredibly fast. Then the world turned upside down in the span of a few weeks, kicking the speed of business change into overdrive and now, there's no going back.

In 2020, companies pushed the limits of forecasting and decision-making because they had to. More than a year later, re-planning and re-forecasting has become an everyday necessity. Relying on siloed departments to create siloed plans isn't good enough anymore. C-suite leaders need insight into holistic plans and forecasts, right across the business.

This is where connected planning comes in. It brings together once-discrete planning processes, so you can plan across your entire business. It uses advanced technologies (like data science, AI, and machine learning) to improve forecast accuracy and predict changes. And, it connects directly to actuals and operations, so you see how well you're performing and adjust the plan as targets move.

With this, your teams can continuously plan and forecast whenever they need to, using current data instead of during a scheduled interval with historical data. As soon as a business input or factor changes, you can adjust your plan for that change. And rather than being limited to reviewing, for example, three scenarios for the future state, your teams could look at 10 in much less time.