What Analyst are Saying
Analyst Articles 2011
Sales and operations planning (S&OP) isn’t new to the chemical industry.
July 2011, by Paul Lord, Gartner Group
Over 90% of companies have a formal process to make decisions for over two-thirds of their business operations. But the industry’s S&OP process maturation hasn’t kept pace with increases in competition
Sales and Operations Planning Technology Landscape
July 2011, by Noha Tohamy & William McNeill, Gartner Group
Long-term, integrated, business planning applications—Most notable in this category are vendors like Jonova. Unlike tactical S&OP application vendors, this group focuses on analyzing the long-term effect of strategic alternatives on finance, R&D, operations, and sales and marketing. For example, what are the effects of the decision to manufacture in Brazil versus China on profit margins, service levels, and tax structure? The strength of this category stems from the ability to conduct simulation-based, what-if analysis to quantify the long-term financial, strategic, and supply chain effects associated with various product, channel, and customer portfolios
Business Intelligence, Analytics and Performance Management Market and Vendor Guide Cross-Reference Tool
June 2011, by Paul Lord, Gartner Group
Research: This cross-reference tool is designed to accompany “Market Share: All Software Markets, Worldwide, 2010,” which includes the BI, analytics and performance management vendor market share.
Market Trends: Business Intelligence, Worldwide, 2011-2014
June 2011, by Dan Sommer & James Richardson, Gartner Group
Research: Stack centricity, business-focused buying and an increase in the number of people using business intelligence software are the major themes shaping the market until 2014. We look at what these trends mean for providers of business intelligence solutions across the globe.
Cool Vendors in Analytics, BI and Performance Management
June 2011, by Bill Gassman, James Richardson, Andreas Bitterer, John Hagerty, Rita L. Sallam & Neil Chandler, Gartner Group
Gartner Cool Vendors in Analytics, BI and Performance Management Report. Why Cool: The larger and more complex the enterprise, the harder it is to establish targets and allocate resources across multiple functions and business units, some of which have conflicting objectives. Jonova enables enterprises to model all their plans (financial, R&D, operations, sales and marketing, and strategic) in a single coordinated application. Jonova combines enterprise wide planning, profitability modeling and optimization (driver- and activity-based management) and strategy management (score carding and key performance indicator [KPI] reporting). Jonova enables the comprehensive measurement of plans at all levels combined with both KPIs (such as costs, profitability, ROI and customer/portfolio metrics) and key risk indicators (such as capacity risk, revenue risk, and customer or portfolio optimization risks). Jonova’s integrated processes streamline the overall management of planning and reporting, and eliminate disconnects that break the alignment from operational activity to strategy and financial outcomes. Benefits include:
Option Explorer by Jonova
June 2011, Capterra.com
Jonova has the most powerful Integrated Business Planning software available today.
Ad hoc Analysis
Ad hoc Query
Ad hoc Reporting
Budgeting & Forecasting
Customizable Fields
Customizable Functionality
Customizable Reports
Dashboards
Data Import/Export
Forecasting
KPI’s
Multi-Currency
Multi-Language
Multiple Views
Predictive Analytics
Profitability Optimization
Qualitative Analysis
Quantitative Analysis
Reporting
Risk Management
Scenario Planning
Strategic Planning
A Chemicals Formula for S&OP Success
June 2011, by Paul Lord, Gartner Group
Although 29% of chemical companies are satisfied with their sales and operations planning (S&OP) process, over 70% are still limited to balancing supply with demand. Here we share some insights and stories on three important steps to transforming your S&OP process to focusing on profitability and demand … Increased credibility with business and financial stakeholders also prepares an S&OP process to include advanced activities like risk analysis and network modeling as it advances toward the orchestration phase. Companies that achieve this level can consider adding products from vendors like Jonova for long-term, integrated business planning.
Sustainable Business Systems, Part 3: Differentiating Sustainable Solutions by Functional Domain
October 2010, by Stephen Stokes, Gartner Group
Research: Maximized sustainable corporate performance requires not just information enabled business process but clear linkages between key sustainable business functions and related value-adding activities.
Solutions for Profitability Modeling and Optimization Prove to Be Strategic for Finance Groups
October 2010, by Neil Chandler, Gartner Group
Jonova combines enterprise wide planning, PM&O (driver- and activity- … to support overhead cost planning and profitability analysis. Jonova enables the rapid construction of models to support … Large European and U.S. enterprises should consider Jonova, particularly if they have complex organizational structures and …
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