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Conglomerate
Conglomerate EPM Solutions

Conglomerate refers to an enterprise group engaged in two or more distinct industries. Such groups can be categorized into related conglomerate and unrelated conglomerate. Related conglomerate operate in industries that share certain correlations, while unrelated conglomerate operate across largely disconnected sectors with no significant synergies.Implementing a diversified business strategy offers multiple advantages. Externally, it helps spread operational risks and access new growth opportunities. Internally, diversification enables more efficient utilization of underutilized resources and maximizes economies of scope—allowing multiple business units to share corporate resources, particularly surplus assets and capabilities.

Industry Pain Points
01
Information Asymmetry in the Budgeting Process
In conglomerates, the variety and complexity of business segments exacerbate information asymmetry between subsidiaries and functional departments. During budget formulation, top management often struggles to obtain accurate operational data and forecasts from subordinate units. This can lead to budgetary gaming—such as overstating needs or underreporting revenue—which distorts the authenticity and effectiveness of budgets.
02
Difficulty in Adjusting Budgets During Execution
The dispersed nature and wide geographical distribution of business units in conglomerate pose significant challenges to monitoring and adjusting budget execution. Ensuring accuracy and timeliness, identifying and correcting deviations promptly, and adapting budgets flexibly to market and operational changes remain major pain points.
03
Incomplete Performance and Incentive Mechanisms
Given the diversity and complexity of business segments, designing fair and effective budget-based performance indicators and incentives is another key challenge. Without scientifically sound and equitable evaluation mechanisms linked to budget performance, employee buy-in and engagement may decrease, undermining the overall effectiveness of budget management.
Services & Solutions
  • Flexible Predictive Modeling Solution Based on What-If Multi-Scenario Analysis

  • Budget Modeling Solution for Diversified Industrial Groups: Unified Yet Adaptive

  • Rolling Budget Solution for Process Control and Forward Prediction

  • Budget Execution Control via Two-Way Integration with Execution Control Service Center

  • Budget Consolidation Under Multiple Standards: Management, Equity, and SASAC Reporting

  • Ad-Hoc Query Solution for Multi-Org, Multi-Scenario, Multi-Version Comparisons

  • Intelligent Graphical Analysis for Business Decision Support

Flexible Predictive Modeling Solution Based on What-If Multi-Scenario Analysis
This solution enables the group and its subsidiaries to forecast operational and financial performance under various scenarios. It further assesses the impact of potential countermeasures on business outcomes and financial status.

During annual budget forecasting, three scenarios—optimistic, baseline, and pessimistic—are typically defined, along with a dynamic current forecast. When internal or external changes affect key drivers (e.g., sales volume, price, material costs, freight), companies can adjust these values in real time. The system automatically calculates changes in product mix, regional structure, net profit margin, investment return, and other KPIs based on built-in business logic.
Budget Modeling Solution for Diversified Industrial Groups: Unified Yet Adaptive
Group-level budget models emphasize “group-wide consistency, unit-specific flexibility, focused attention, and balanced control.”

The group’s unified budget templates ensure standardized content, format, and logic to facilitate consolidation and analysis. Business-specific templates reflect unique operational needs and control requirements while maintaining data links to group-level forms.
Rolling Budget Solution for Process Control and Forward Prediction
Rolling budgets are tools for forecasting—not performance evaluation. They support ongoing management by complementing static budgets and improving full-year operational visibility.

To ensure controlled and accurate spending, budget limits are gradually released as operations progress. Rolling budgets are updated monthly under a “near-precise, far-rough” principle. Most budget items can be managed using rolling forecast data. Expenses highly correlated with revenue may use separate control rules.

Rolling budgets combine actuals from past months and forecasts for future periods. Actuals are synced automatically via integration with operational/financial systems; forecasts are updated based on manual adjustments to key drivers and built-in rolling logic.
Budget Execution Control via Two-Way Integration with Execution Control Service Center
Intcube EPM’s Execution Control Service Center manages pre-, in-, and post-process control over expenses, project costs, procurement, payments, and other outflows.

Through two-way integration with third-party systems, it provides early warnings for budget overruns and reflects execution results in real time within Intcube EPM reports. Users can drill down to individual transaction levels to identify variances.

Custom control strategies, alerts, and approval workflows enable end-to-end oversight and analysis of expenditures.
Budget Consolidation Under Multiple Standards: Management, Equity, and SASAC Reporting
Group manufacturing companies typically prepare budgets using management reporting standards. Some also need equity-based consolidated reports for external purposes—generating two reports from one set of data. Consolidation requires adjustments and eliminations, especially for internal transactions and receivables/payables.

Intcube EPM supports three consolidation methods:
1.Direct elimination of intercompany items via intermediate worksheets at group level.
2.Bulk adjustment and elimination entries that are automatically offset by the system.
3.Automated reconciliation and elimination based on matched internal transactions.
Ad-Hoc Query Solution for Multi-Org, Multi-Scenario, Multi-Version Comparisons
Budget managers often need to freely compare data across organizations, scenarios, and versions—e.g., against prior actuals, annual targets, or earlier rolling forecasts. Pre-formatted forms cannot fully support such analysis.

Intcube EPM’s Ad-Hoc Query allows managers to create custom analysis or input forms, meeting personalized needs of financial staff. This function can also be extended to department managers for multidimensional analysis of dedicated costs.
Intelligent Graphical Analysis for Business Decision Support
Intcube EPM supports multiple analytical modes: self-service ad-hoc queries, ledger-style summaries, drill-through execution reports, and more. It combines intelligent graphics with multi-dimensional analysis, layered drilling, and proactive alerts.

This enables group-wide analysis of operational, profitability, growth, and control capabilities, as well as topic-specific analysis (investment, operations, finance, sales, production, procurement).

The system also supports automated graphical report generation, periodic updates of budget execution alerts, and scheduled export/email delivery to relevant personnel.
  • Flexible Predictive Modeling Solution Based on What-If Multi-Scenario Analysis

    This solution enables the group and its subsidiaries to forecast operational and financial performance under various scenarios. It further assesses the impact of potential countermeasures on business outcomes and financial status.

    During annual budget forecasting, three scenarios—optimistic, baseline, and pessimistic—are typically defined, along with a dynamic current forecast. When internal or external changes affect key drivers (e.g., sales volume, price, material costs, freight), companies can adjust these values in real time. The system automatically calculates changes in product mix, regional structure, net profit margin, investment return, and other KPIs based on built-in business logic.
  • Budget Modeling Solution for Diversified Industrial Groups: Unified Yet Adaptive

    Group-level budget models emphasize “group-wide consistency, unit-specific flexibility, focused attention, and balanced control.”

    The group’s unified budget templates ensure standardized content, format, and logic to facilitate consolidation and analysis. Business-specific templates reflect unique operational needs and control requirements while maintaining data links to group-level forms.
  • Rolling Budget Solution for Process Control and Forward Prediction

    Rolling budgets are tools for forecasting—not performance evaluation. They support ongoing management by complementing static budgets and improving full-year operational visibility.

    To ensure controlled and accurate spending, budget limits are gradually released as operations progress. Rolling budgets are updated monthly under a “near-precise, far-rough” principle. Most budget items can be managed using rolling forecast data. Expenses highly correlated with revenue may use separate control rules.

    Rolling budgets combine actuals from past months and forecasts for future periods. Actuals are synced automatically via integration with operational/financial systems; forecasts are updated based on manual adjustments to key drivers and built-in rolling logic.
  • Budget Execution Control via Two-Way Integration with Execution Control Service Center

    Intcube EPM’s Execution Control Service Center manages pre-, in-, and post-process control over expenses, project costs, procurement, payments, and other outflows.

    Through two-way integration with third-party systems, it provides early warnings for budget overruns and reflects execution results in real time within Intcube EPM reports. Users can drill down to individual transaction levels to identify variances.

    Custom control strategies, alerts, and approval workflows enable end-to-end oversight and analysis of expenditures.
  • Budget Consolidation Under Multiple Standards: Management, Equity, and SASAC Reporting

    Group manufacturing companies typically prepare budgets using management reporting standards. Some also need equity-based consolidated reports for external purposes—generating two reports from one set of data. Consolidation requires adjustments and eliminations, especially for internal transactions and receivables/payables.

    Intcube EPM supports three consolidation methods:
    1.Direct elimination of intercompany items via intermediate worksheets at group level.
    2.Bulk adjustment and elimination entries that are automatically offset by the system.
    3.Automated reconciliation and elimination based on matched internal transactions.
  • Ad-Hoc Query Solution for Multi-Org, Multi-Scenario, Multi-Version Comparisons

    Budget managers often need to freely compare data across organizations, scenarios, and versions—e.g., against prior actuals, annual targets, or earlier rolling forecasts. Pre-formatted forms cannot fully support such analysis.

    Intcube EPM’s Ad-Hoc Query allows managers to create custom analysis or input forms, meeting personalized needs of financial staff. This function can also be extended to department managers for multidimensional analysis of dedicated costs.
  • Intelligent Graphical Analysis for Business Decision Support

    Intcube EPM supports multiple analytical modes: self-service ad-hoc queries, ledger-style summaries, drill-through execution reports, and more. It combines intelligent graphics with multi-dimensional analysis, layered drilling, and proactive alerts.

    This enables group-wide analysis of operational, profitability, growth, and control capabilities, as well as topic-specific analysis (investment, operations, finance, sales, production, procurement).

    The system also supports automated graphical report generation, periodic updates of budget execution alerts, and scheduled export/email delivery to relevant personnel.
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