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Budgeting Solutions Ltd

IBM Planning Analytics (TM1) Consultancy Services

IBM Planning Analytics TM1 Consultancy Services. Budgeting Solutions offers full consultancy and support expertise for the IBM Planning Analytics solution, known as TM1. We assist in the deployment, support and training of the solution covering budgeting, forecasting, planning, reporting and any other modelling / analytical requirement.

Features

  • Assist in helping organising choose IBM Planning Analytics
  • Extensive scoping to ensure project success
  • Full implementation, support, training and go-live support
  • Consulting team are qualified accountants
  • Expertise on xP&A deployment
  • Consulting of FP&A and modelling best practices
  • Assist in data migration
  • Flexible design options and solutions tailored to requirements
  • Using an Agile methodology
  • Projects delivered on time and on budget

Benefits

  • Solution owned by business users
  • Knowledge of implementing the solution over 20 years
  • Best practice techniques for designing TM1 models
  • Accelerated time to value
  • Expert training delivered online or in-person
  • UK manned support desk
  • Designated customer success team
  • Dedicated account manager and consultant to your project
  • Consulting team are qualified accountants
  • Engagements are flexible to your requirements / needs

Pricing

£1,100 to £1,400 a unit a day

  • Education pricing available

Service documents

Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at james.salmon@budgetingsolutions.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.

Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

3 2 9 3 5 4 2 7 6 5 9 2 7 2 1

Contact

Budgeting Solutions Ltd James Salmon
Telephone: 0115 958 0405
Email: james.salmon@budgetingsolutions.co.uk

Planning

Planning service
Yes
How the planning service works
Help the organisation plan and scope the implementation of IBM Planning Analytics or assist in the model development of TM1/Planning Analytics models.
Planning service works with specific services
Yes
Hosting or software services the planning service works with
IBM Planning Analytics

Training

Training service provided
Yes
How the training service works
Budgeting Solutions provides full training for the IBM Planning Analytics solution. The training is broken out into a number of segments which are then delivered to the appropriate users for their required usage of Planning Analytics. Training can be delivered online or in-person.
Training is tied to specific services
Yes
Services the training service works with
IBM Planning Analytics

Setup and migration

Setup or migration service available
Yes
How the setup or migration service works
Budgeting Solutions work with the organisation to assess the system landscape and architecture to then work with the relevant stakeholders to migrate to the cloud or between cloud services.
Setup or migration service is for specific cloud services
Yes
List of supported services
IBM Planning Analytics

Quality assurance and performance testing

Quality assurance and performance testing service
No

Security testing

Security services
Yes
Security services type
  • Security strategy
  • Security risk management
  • Security design

Ongoing support

Ongoing support service
No

Service scope

Service constraints
N/A

User support

Email or online ticketing support
Email or online ticketing
Support response times
• Our help desk is available from 9:00am to 5:30pm, weekends and bank holidays excluded.
• Calls may be logged 24 hours a day and 7 days a week on our help desk portal.
• Calls must be logged by the customer in one of the following ways:
- Email or Telephone

Support calls will be prioritised as follows:
• Priority Level 1
Response time: 30 mins
Resolution time: 4 hours

• Priority Level 2
Response time: 1 hour
Resolution Time: 1 day

• Priority Level 3
Response Time: 1 day
Resolution time: 3 days
User can manage status and priority of support tickets
No
Phone support
Yes
Phone support availability
9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
Web chat support
Web chat
Web chat support availability
9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
Web chat support accessibility standard
WCAG 2.1 AAA
Web chat accessibility testing
We use a combination of Go To Assist and MS Teams who use the relevant assistive technologies.
Support levels
• Priority Level 1
Live system down and is severely impacting the customer's business.
The IBM application will not start. Users unable to log into the software or work productively in any way.
Response time: 30 mins
Resolution time: 4 hours
• Priority Level 2
The customer is experiencing a problem which is affecting a number of users or components. One or more users are unable to access certain functionality from one or more pc’s.
Response time: 1 hour
Resolution Time: 1 day
• Priority Level 3
The IBM application is fully operational but one feature is not functioning correctly. A specific report will not run, or an unexpected outcome occurs.
Response Time: 1 day
Resolution time: 3 days
• Priority Level 4
The IBM application is fully operational but the user requires some technical or application assistance. How do I ….? or Can it do…? queries
Response time: 2 days
Resolution time: 5 days

Resellers

Supplier type
Not a reseller

Staff security

Staff security clearance
Conforms to BS7858:2019
Government security clearance
Up to Developed Vetting (DV)

Standards and certifications

ISO/IEC 27001 certification
Yes
Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001
British Assessment Bureau
ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
01/05/2024
What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover
Anything that would be classed outside of ISO27001 and Cyber Essentials Plus
ISO 28000:2007 certification
No
CSA STAR certification
No
PCI certification
No
Cyber essentials
Yes
Cyber essentials plus
Yes
Other security certifications
No

Social Value

Social Value

Social Value

  • Fighting climate change
  • Covid-19 recovery
  • Tackling economic inequality
  • Equal opportunity
  • Wellbeing

Fighting climate change

Please refer and ask for our Social Values handbook which covers how Budgeting Solutions will achieve their social values goals.

Covid-19 recovery

Please refer and ask for our Social Values handbook which covers how Budgeting Solutions will achieve their social values goals.

Tackling economic inequality

Please refer and ask for our Social Values handbook which covers how Budgeting Solutions will achieve their social values goals.

Equal opportunity

Please refer and ask for our Social Values handbook which covers how Budgeting Solutions will achieve their social values goals.

Wellbeing

Please refer and ask for our Social Values handbook which covers how Budgeting Solutions will achieve their social values goals.

Pricing

Price
£1,100 to £1,400 a unit a day
Discount for educational organisations
Yes

Service documents

Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at james.salmon@budgetingsolutions.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.