Simple Cash flows, Income statements, Expense and Sales Forecasting

1234Cast is a secure, browser-based service that enables users to manage their budgets. 1234Cast exists to bring people together on a single, living version of a budget, instead of sending multiple copies of Excel spreadsheets out to people each time it changes. No more trying to figure out whats wrong with the budget and desperately generating manual reports for management meetings.

Eliminating the Pain of Budgeting & Forecasting

Problem
You?
How 1234Cast Helps
Are you doing your budgets with spreadsheets ? Yes No more spreadsheets
Are these spreadsheets difficult to work with ? Yes Easy, pre-configured budget entry with automatic calculations
Are you having a hard time emailing them around and then tracking the various updates and versions ? Yes All your data is stored in one place, accessible from anywhere
Are you finding that your budget spreadsheets are getting far too large to practically work with them ? Yes A scalable budget store that never slows down
Do your people need intensive training just to do their budgets ? Yes Online integrated self help
Are you struggling to consolidate budgets from various departments ? Yes Roll-ups happen automatically
Lack of detailed reports or drill-down capability ? Yes Extensive pre-configured reports
No what-if and rolling forecasts ? Yes Integrated scenario planning coupled with the ability to update forecasts monthly or quarterly

 

The Economics of using 1234Cast

Benefit
1234Cast Other Software
Consumer-like Interface
Yes Very complex and difficult to learn
Pay for Actual Usage
Yes Its often is underutilized, or worse, sits on the shelf, unused ?
No CapEx Approval
Yes Requires large capital outlay and the associated red-tape in the buying process
Faster Time to Deploy Yes You wait months for a "new" piece of software in your company to be deployed ?
No Server Costs
Yes Hardware is expensive
No Database Costs
Yes Databases need some time and money to implement
No Storage & Backup Costs
Yes Backing up and ensuring longevity of data is a pain.
Mobile Support
Yes You need to buy additional expensive modules and hardware
Frequent Innovation
Yes "its in the next release", but that next release takes forever for IT to roll-out
Lower Integeration Costs
Yes Like mobility, you need to buy additional expensive modules and hardware
No Upgrade Costs Yes The upgrade cost can equal the original cost of the software
Upgrades while you Sleep Yes Upgrades take months with significant cost, time and planning
No Implementation Costs Yes You have to pay someone a lot of money to install and configure
Minimal Training Required Yes Your budget and patience is stretched to the limit by the lengthy training process
No Maintenance Fees Yes The maintenance fee is a substantial ongoing and painful cost
Lower IT Staffing Costs Yes You need to add an extra techie to manage it or add to the already overloaded IT department
Lower Energy/Carbon Footprint Yes You add many servers and expand the server room impacting how much power you burn
Overal End-User Experience Yes Typically unsatisfactory