The BARC Score highlights the crucial role of integrated planning and analytics (IP&A) in navigating the increased market dynamics and complexity, emphasizing the need for corporate management to adapt through efficient planning, forecasting, and decision support. It underlines the importance of comprehensive corporate performance management (CPM) that includes planning, forecasting, analytics, and business intelligence (BI) to enable well-founded decisions and operational agility. The report evaluates leading IP&A software vendors based on various criteria, including their portfolio capabilities, architecture, and customer feedback. It stresses that successful IP&A initiatives require more than just front-end tools.

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