The IDU solution is an amazingly rich environment that is constantly evolving. It offers our users the ability to budget in a controlled decentralized manner that improves levels of ownership and shortens the entire process. Based on the the size of organization, the skill set available and the time and effort that can be dedicated to the process IDU is versatile enough to accommodate our requirements. On top of this is the reporting layer which can interface with our ERP data and bring an additional dimension of business intelligence combined with budget assumptions. For me the integration of custom excel reports, specific to my organization is critical and done exceptionally well in IDU. Payroll and headcount is also something that is managed well in IDU. The team at IDU have a good business and finance understanding and really spend time understanding the specifics of your organization to deliver a solution that is fit for purpose. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The level of detail and depth in the tool can sometimes make it seem daunting for new users to be on boarded and more time needs to be dedicated to the change management process. Some of the setup can be complex like creating reallocation cycles and some activity based budgeting setup. If you want to use this functionality you really need a resource dedicated to understanding this part of the tool well. Setting up new integrated excel report queries requires IDU assistance but once done they are easy to use. The tool is really designed for a bottom up approach so top down inputs in the budgeting are difficult to integrate if not planned well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I love that we can build reports that we want in a view that is best suited for us as a business. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The capturing of salaries is a tedious exercise Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
IDU-Concept radically simplifies the budgeting process and allows responsibility to rest with the correct people. It fundamentally changes the budgeting process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The Administrator functions are not intuitive, however if sufficient time is invested in setting up the system it does become easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The best is that it links directly to our ERP system, and that we can split the reporting into different branches and limit branch manager visibility to their own branch. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Uploading budgeted figures is a confusing process. I can thus not just adjust budgeted amounts throughout the year when updates want to be made on single items. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I like the budgeting function of IDU. Ever since using IDU, budgeting has been more efficient. It has functionalities that you can standardise to ensure consistency among departments/companies. You can have explanations of the exact details of the elements that one is budgeting for, so you have all the detail relating to budget easily accessible. Anything shortcomings in the current budgeting tool that you are using, IDU has the solution. It can integrate with our accounting system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
There is nothing that I dislike about IDU. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I like that Idu is user-friendly both financial and non-financial users can do budgets and reporting as it is easy to understand. As an administrator, I like that the imports tell you exactly where the errors are in your import files when importing the budgets so that they can be fixed timelessly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What I dislike is the changes to the cost centre structure in changes in the historic data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
accuracy and ease of budgeting across many users Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Slicing and dicing across accounts and cost centres is limited to either a cost centre view or an account view, a more dynamic selection of information would enable more robust analytics Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It's easy to use and follow, and information is organized in a way that makes sense and can give answers quickly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
So far the only challenge is referring to the training manual to check how something is done. We will upgrade to get the training videos Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Data is accurate and integrates daily with our ERP system Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It is sometimes a bit complex to understand IDU language however I am new to the administration of IDU Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.