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Publishing the Financial plan
The publication of the financial plan is needed to ensure that it is a tool to guide and
motivate managers. Some aspects of the plan may also be communicated to investors
as part of revised earnings guidance or in the management discussion and analysis
in the annual accounts.
You move the profit forecast through its approval process for publication by clicking
on the Submit Forecast link in the left-hand panel. You can also submit your forecast
or plan from within Excel. The following screenshot shows the promotion work:
Analyzing the results
When a period closes and the result collated, it must then be explained through
variance analysis and partitioned out for responsible managers along various
dimensions. For example, cost center managers
 
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