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Planning in 3D

Movies in 3D are still rather rare and expensive, but at the same time, very much loved because they deliver an additional dimension to the eye and the illusion of real-world objects on the surface of a flat screen.

When talking about the fancy world of planning and control, often a lot of creativity is shown when budgeting and a lot of drama is felt when reality tends to deviate from the plan. But most of all, it all mostly happens in one dimension: the profit and loss (P&L) dimension. A full 3D planning process with detailed P&L, Balance Sheet (BS), and Cashflow (CF) statements is also still rather rare and expensive, but however much loved by private equity and financial investors for whom cash and balance sheet are the next level. There is thus a lot of interest (and gentle nudging, which private equities are known for) to obtain a full picture of the financials, and Mattsskk is luckily in the position to make this possible in a quick, affordable, and risk-free way.

Under the hood, and for all P&L transactions which are projected, the tool will automatically calculate the additional balance sheet transactions without any additional intervention by the user, except for overriding, if wanted, the standard billing and payment conditions.

This way, the full coherence between the balance sheet and P&L data is guaranteed, and allows for full reporting on projected data including the structure and evolution of balance sheet elements and cash flow, at the same level as actual data.

In the following images, we show how projected balance sheet and cash flow data can be reported, in a multi-year time frame, a yearly one, or a daily one.