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S&OP Planning

From sales volumes to financial outcomes, IDU connects the plan.

Plan and forecast sales at a detailed level, linking customer, product, and volume-based inputs directly to revenue, cost, and financial outcomes.

How S&OP runs in IDU

Sales, finance, and operations working from the same numbers.

A governed planning environment connected to your ERP.

Sales
Actuals
Finance
Operations
The shift

From disconnected sales planning to financial alignment.

4plans

Disconnected. Sales forecasts sit outside the financial plan, with volumes, pricing, and revenue translated manually. Operational impact is only visible after the fact.

1plan

Connected. Sales volumes, pricing, and revenue are planned together, with financial and operational impact calculated automatically and aligned to the broader plan.

SALES
ACTUALS
FINANCE
OPERATIONS

Plan at the level your business operates.

Sales teams plan by customer, product, region, or any combination of these. Planning can be done at unit level, aligned to how the business operates.

DEMANDSALESProduct A$2.4MProduct B$1.8MProduct C$1.2MProduct D$0.9MQ3 DEMAND · $6.3M

Built on actual performance.

IDU integrates with your sales ledger, using historical actuals as the foundation for planning and forecasting.

DEMAND × SUPPLY · APR–SEPDEMANDSUPPLYAPRMAYJUNJUL!AUGSEPGAP5 PERIODS MATCHED · 1 GAP FLAGGED

Financial impact calculated automatically.

Revenue, cost, and margin are calculated as part of the plan, with changes in volume or pricing reflected immediately.

P&LREVENUE$0.0M+12%MARGIN0%+3ppOPEX$0K−2%NET INCOME$0.0M+18%RECONCILED · LIVE

Connected to operations where required.

For manufacturing environments, sales volumes can be translated into production requirements using bill of materials data.

S&OP CYCLE · Q3 PLAN$6.3MDEMAND96%SUPPLY$1.8M NIFINANCEREVIEWEXECAPPROVED

One plan. Immediate financial visibility. No manual translation.

What IDU changes

Sales planning that finance, ops, and sales share end-to-end.

Sales inputs, captured at the source

Sales teams plan at the level the business operates, by customer, product, or region, with volumes and pricing captured directly in the model. Inputs sit within the plan, not in a separate workbook.

Financial impact calculated automatically

Revenue, margin, and cost are calculated as part of the plan, with changes reflected immediately.

Version control built-in

Manage multiple versions of your sales plan in parallel. Compare revenue, cost, and margin across scenarios, with full visibility of changes and outcomes.

Audit trail across the cycle

Every input, adjustment, and submission is tracked and attributed. Finance has full visibility of how the plan evolved, with a complete audit trail.

IDU eliminated manual collation and gave us a single, reliable source of truth for our budgets.
Finance Manager, Sanlam
For the first time we have been able to include more people in the budgeting process, increasing involvement and transparency.
Zandi EksteenAccountant, Momentum

One S&OP cycle, one source, one set of decisions.

Bring sales, finance, and operations onto one plan, with volumes, revenue, and cost aligned from the start.