The best laid plans

Silvon Software has release a new Web-based planning application that will be sold and marketed under the company's Stratum suite of enterprise performance management solutions.

The company says the new application, called Stratum iPlanner, is designed to allow businesses to:

• easily create sales plans and budgets;

• adjust system-generated demand forecasts, safety stocks and lead times;

• tailor plans, budgets and forecasts on an ongoing basis to reflect changing business conditions, key events and other variables that can impact both operational and financial performance;

• communicate detailed plans, calculations and assumptions across the enterprise to support collaborative planning initiatives and;

• empower users to track the progress of plans, budgets and forecasts.