Simulation & Planning
Tools to build live, multi-dimensional models using real-time data and ML
Aera Decision Cloud™ includes Simulation & Planning tools that allow you to embed what-if analysis, simulation, and planning capability into Aera Skills™ – with no coding or in-depth technical knowledge required. With our AI platform for Decision Intelligence and automation, your team has flexible ways to build plans and run scenarios – automating time-consuming manual processes while giving you access to the most up-to-date data and ML models available.
Manage uncertainty by incorporating scenarios to model the impact of macro- and micro-economic events, as well as recovery strategies. You can perform what-if analysis based on adjustments to your drivers and assumptions, and create scenarios on the fly from within the Aera UI.
Benefits
- Seamlessly integrated with Aera Cortex™: Source data directly from Aera Cortex using Derive Measure to bring in ML forecasting results at any level of granularity. Scenario modeling with Aera Cortex auto-generates time series forecasts and creates touchless plans by consulting dozens of algorithms to assemble optimal models.
- Visualized scenarios: Process Builder allows embedding of a grid, the visual representation of a model’s data and calculation engine, within an interface with which users can interact. You can connect these visual grids to processes to automate your decision making.
- Bridge the planning and execution gap: Build your own Aera Skills with Simulation & Planning to connect planning outputs with inputs of other Skills and operational decisions.
Features
- Intuitive UI and formulas that require no coding or technical knowledge to use.
- Real-time access to the harmonized Decision Data Model™ allowing you to use live data, measures, and KPIs – models stay in sync with the underlying master data.
- Models and grids are automatically generated within the UI – no coding required, and no more SQL for table creation, resulting in less technical debt and reduced script maintenance.