Integrated Reporting Models

Quite often, reports and analyses will be required that are a function of data found within different models.  For example to generate an accurate cash forecast, data will need to be collected from both the Value Chain and Strategy Improvement models.  These contain financial figures on a P&L basis, which may not necessarily reflect when cash actually flows in and out of the organization.  To calculate this, the Cash Flow Model will need to use customer and supplier payment profiles.

This requires them to be intelligently combined and presented in a way that allows management to assess:

• Changes to customer orders and payment terms
• Changes to specific supplier price and payments terms
• Planning a mix of suppliers for the same bought-in materials/services
• The timing of when external resources are bought in
• The impact of change in financing arrangements

Where hierarchies are involved, the reporting model should reflect the structure at a fixed point in time; the current structure; or a structure based on any combination of attributes.

In order to acquire data they should be linked to the source data held in one or more data models, which can also include the output of another reporting model.  This enables data to automatically flow between models so that plans and results are always up to date.

CorPeuM Benefit

The way CorPeuM models data is intuitive.  Data models capture information in the same format and level of detail as in the original transaction systems.  Reporting models then summarize and combine this data to generate reports and analyses that reflect what users require.  As requirements change, the original data models do not need to be updated.