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I looked at several products in the marketplace when evaluating budgeting software. Most of the products were okay in calculating payroll taxes. However, Budget Maestro was very accommodating in calculating payroll taxes, and I liked the price point. I’m the only person in my organization that uses Budget Maestro. It beats Excel. Before I had 38 worksheets in Excel and these were linked together. I spent more time verifying my numbers with the different worksheet tabs. With Budget Maestro, I know what the big picture is. 
Jeff Simon
Director of Finance
Pel Supply Company |
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Planning Maestro is a nice product, we’re doing well with it. We actually like the way the account groups were set up in Planning Maestro so much, we are going to modify our ACCPAC accounting system to match.
Greg Doyle
AVP and Controller
McLean Budden |
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Excel was a nightmare. It seemed impossible to avoid the formula errors! Now with Budget Maestro, we know our budgets are accurate. I am very thankful that we invested in Budget Maestro. This is the right tool for the job! I wouldn't put it off. I would make the investment and get away from 'spreadsheets'. The ROI was obvious. We've been a customer for close to 5 years and I can't imagine not using it.
Brent West
Treasurer
Mathews Brothers |
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With Planning Maestro, we now have much better data. We can get to a level of precision and accuracy unheard of with other tools.
Ken Davis
CFO
Davis Beverage Group |
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Reporting in Excel was always a challenge; we couldn't really have different scenarios of the data. With Planning Maestro we can easily combine period ending balances to create different versions of the data and then blend that information into various financial and operational reports. For us, that's very powerful!
Lee Kexel
Budget Analyst
Riggs, Counselman, Michaels & Downes
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With Planning Maestro we budget for two separate companies, a distribution company and production company. We use Planning Maestro to develop a pro-forma for plant expansion with several different scenarios. We have been able to crank out a complete pro-forma for a new plant in about two days - whereas previously it would have taken us weeks in Excel.
Ken Davis
CFO
Davis Beverage Group
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We use Planning Maestro to compile budgets, compare actual results to budget and to reforecast. The tool has definitely helped us to achieve greater insight into the business that we didn't see previously using Excel. Now when our sales department forecasts changes in the volumes, up or down, we can easily see the repercussions on profitability and cash flow.
Brian Joyce
Divisional Controller
Stoneway Concrete |
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With Budget Maestro, I can trust the information in the budget. It's clear we picked the right solution for our budgeting and forecasting needs.
Brent West, Jr.
Treasurer
Mathew Brothers Company
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I just received your voicemail for follow up on our support issue. We were able to restore the budget files and fix the issue we were having by utilizing the direction of your support team. The gentleman (Robert) was very friendly and knowledgeable and, overall, this first experience with a support issue outside of the initial year of implementation was a very good one. Thank you for your help as well in regards to this issue.
Traci Darin
Controller / Logistics Auditor
ClearTrack Information Network, Inc |
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