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Automated, Accurate and Actionable Reporting Empowers Teams to Make Decisions with Confidence

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Company Size
200-1,000
Region
  • America
Country
  • United States
Product
  • Planning Maestro
  • Dynamics GP
Tech Stack
  • Cloud Computing
  • Data Integration
Implementation Scale
  • Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
  • Cost Savings
  • Productivity Improvements
Technology Category
  • Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration
  • Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms
Applicable Industries
  • Education
  • Healthcare & Hospitals
Services
  • Data Science Services
  • System Integration
About The Customer
The Children’s Institute of Pittsburgh is a nonprofit organization dedicated to children with special needs and their families in Western Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The organization serves more than 6,000 children each year at seven campuses across Western Pennsylvania. The passionate team at The Children’s Institute is dedicated to helping children reach their full potential through educational services, autism services, outpatient physical and behavioral health services, early intervention, and child and family services. The organization had recently expanded from one company to five, adding complexity to their financial management.
The Challenge
The Children’s Institute of Pittsburgh, a nonprofit organization serving children with special needs and their families, was facing challenges with their financial reporting and budgeting processes. The organization had recently expanded from one company to five, adding complexity to their financial management. They needed to separate out the financials into five separate entities but also perform reporting at a consolidated level for their financial statements and audit purposes. They were using Planning Maestro strictly for budgeting and Dynamics GP for running pre-existing hard-coded reports, which was a time-consuming and difficult process. The organization was not fully utilizing the capabilities of Planning Maestro, and the manual processes in Excel were prone to inaccuracies and errors.
The Solution
The Children’s Institute of Pittsburgh expanded their use of Planning Maestro for their annual budgeting and planning and started using the cloud platform’s robust reporting capabilities. They used the solution’s spread methods, revenue calculations, and allocations capabilities to bring a new level of detail and accuracy to a complicated budgeting process. The organization also started using Planning Maestro’s advanced reporting capabilities to easily combine data from each of the five entities to create specific reports for each business unit. They were able to generate key reports, such as the total cost of running the Day School, at both the entity and consolidated levels. The organization is also working towards running complex and detail-rich reports solely out of Planning Maestro.
Operational Impact
  • The Children’s Institute of Pittsburgh was able to bring a new level of detail and accuracy to a complicated budgeting process.
  • The organization was able to easily combine data from each of the five entities to create specific reports for each business unit.
  • The organization was able to generate key reports, such as the total cost of running the Day School, at both the entity and consolidated levels.
  • The organization is working towards running complex and detail-rich reports solely out of Planning Maestro.
Quantitative Benefit
  • The organization was able to serve more than 6,000 children each year at seven campuses across Western Pennsylvania.
  • The organization was able to improve the efficiency and accuracy of their budgeting and reporting processes.
  • The organization was able to reduce the time and effort required for financial management.

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