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Management sets a direction: grow revenue 5%, expand in this market.
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What nobody has decided yet is which products, which customers, and which entities
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that lands on. That translation is the planner's job, and it sits in no report.
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This is the Board FP&A Agent. It proposes the adjustment, and it writes it back to
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the plan with you in control. A plan only means something when you compare it.
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In Board, we do that for you. Open your plan and see it against last
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year's actuals, your current plan, your operational forecasts,
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and an external economic forecast all at once.
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Alongside the numbers, it explains what's behind them, like softer demand
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in one region or cost pressure limiting shipments elsewhere.
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Still, deciding how to manage such a multitude of data and
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comparisons can be overwhelming.
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The Agent lays out the gap between your plan and the model segment by
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segment with a suggested adjustment for each one.
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Below the numbers, it tells you what to check before you act, like whether the
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biggest uplift still makes sense or leans too heavy on one segment.
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When you're ready, select Send to Smart Import, and the suggested values
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move straight in your planning workflow.
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Your plan now shows the Agent's suggested quantity right next to your own
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target. Nothing changes until you select Apply Agent's
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Suggestion and save it yourself.
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Drill down to the product level to visualize the distribution of the newly
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suggested quantity by single product.
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Apply the Agent suggestions and open your P&L.
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You'll find it in the Agent adjustment layer, kept separate from what you
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submitted, ready whenever you need to check it again.
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So the plan moved, and every number the Agent touched sits in its own
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auditable layer, separate from anything a person typed.
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The planner still made the decision.
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The Agent proposed, a human approved, the plan stays auditable.
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That's why a CFO can sign off on an Agent writing back to the plan.
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To see how Board helps you decide what to change and defend it later, book a demo
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today.