MULTIPLANEX is a software application that provides a COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION for performing financial planning, bacause it allows you to have:
1. Understandable models 2. Reliable results 3. Automatic documentation of the plan 4. Library of reusable models 5. Auditability 6. Independence from authors 7. Higher productivity
MULTIPLANEX can be used to solve following problems:
1. Financial planning 2. Assessment of the value of a company and estimation of the value of common stock 3. Budget formulation and control
1.2 What are its main features ?
MultiPlanEx is a powerful PC software developed by BoraSystems that helps you forecast financial statements. MultiPlanEx is not a spreadsheet add-on. Its main features are:
1. Easy and transparent modeling, writing statements like: Sales = Volume * Price 2. Easy report generation (cash flow, balance, income statement, etc.) 3. Automatic sensitivity analysis 4. Risk analysis (Monte Carlo) with IRR, NPV and VAR calculations 5. Automatic generation of project documentation report.
And, additionally:
- Data import/export from/to .xls spreadsheet files - On-line in-context help (MultiPlanEx does not have a user manual!) - Built-in self-learning course - Bilingual English/Spanish
MultiPlanEx will help you better formulate your projects or financial problems, in order to make better decisions today to prevent some situations to ocurr in the future.
MultiPlanEx has the following relevant characteristics:
1. Equations of models are written in common language:
For example: Sales = Price * Volume
2. MultiPlanEx generates series of values for independent variables through predefined rules.
3. MultiPlanEx perfoms risk analysis applying the Montecarlo technique, using various probability distribution functions (uniform, triangular, discrete, normal, etc.).
4. MultiPlanEx calculates the probability of obtaining specific results, i.e. probability of cash balance in certain period being less than a given la level.
5. MultiPlanEx performs automatic sensitivity analysis generating results for every possible combination of values for decision variables (as defined by the user). Moreover, MultiPlanEx can determine the best or worst scenarios.
6. MultiPlanEx has a report generating capability that allows you to easyily define new reports. It also allows you to consolidate periods of reports. Thus, by only clicking twice, a 120-month report can be converted into a compact 10-year report.
7. MultiPlanEx generates graphs with one click.
8. MultiPlanEx automatically generates the project’s documentation and enables to include additional explanations about variables and equations.
9. MultiPlanEx generates a project file for each work session and allows you to see the complete history of the development of the case.
1.3 What are its main benefits ?
1. Sensitivity analysis: MultiPlanEx allows to simultaneously analyze up to 12 variables.
2. Risk analysis: using the Montecarlo technique, the risk of a plan can be measured quantitatively thus improving the quality of decision making.
3. Easy use and reliable results: due to its features of automatically generating documentation and easy understanding of models, it facilitates team work. Third parties can check whether a plan has been appropriately formulated and whether the results are correct.
4. Reusability: transparency of models and ever updated documentation allow for model reusability and prevent organizations from depending on authors to introduce changes.
5. Auditing: MultiPlanEx feature of keeping track of the plan´s history facilitates auditing.
6. Productivity increase: MultiPlanEx allows the user to concentrate on modeling and analysis instead of spendig time programming or checking results.
2. MultiPlanEx Versions
2.1 Capacities
MultiPlanEx capacities are enough to formulate complex financial cases:
Horizon 520 periods Number of independent variables 250 Number of dependent variables 500 Number of constants 200 Number of models 50 Number of equations 500 Number of reports 50 Number of report lines 2.000 Number of analyzed data flows 30 (sensitivity or risk analysis) Number of alternatives 100.000 (sensitivity analysis)
2.2 Versions
MultiPlanEx is available in seven versions, with similar funcionality but with capacity and usage limitations that are specific to each one. They are: 1. FREE Free version for testing. 15-day license. Sensitivity and risk analysis can be performed simultaneously on three flows. Models cannot have more than 100 statements.
2. HOME Free full-functional version for students and home. 60-day license. Non-commercial use. Sensitivity and risk analysis can be performed simultaneously on three flows. Models cannot have more than 100 statements.
3. PRO Professional version, only available by purchase of a user license. Sensitivity and risk analysis can be performed simultaneously on six flows. Models can have up to 500 statements.
4. STAR Advanced version similar to PRO, plus: sensitivity analysis can be performed simultaneously on 12 flows, risk analysis can be performed simultaneously on 18 flows, and variables can be subject to constraints.
5. EDU Version available to universities, to be utilized exclusively in academic activities. Functionality is similar to the PRO version. It is licensed at a special academic price.
6. VIEW Free version similar to PRO, available to anyone who wants to see and analyze a plan that has already been developed. The structure of the plan cannot be altered. Modifications are not saved. 30-day license.
The complete text of the user license agreement can be found on INTRODUCTION section of each software.
3. Requirements
MultiPlanEx runs on Windows® 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista/7 and requires a PC with at least 256 MB RAM and 400 MHZ CPU.