Simplify Your Budgeting Process
Save time and reduce errors by automating budgeting — without leaving the familiar Excel® spreadsheets you already use.
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Finance Teams Simplify Budgeting and Planning with Vivid
VividCPM Budgeting streamlines your planning process — from consolidating input and version management, to scenarios and dynamic forecasting — without relying on IT or asking managers to learn new tools. It’s fast to configure and built to work the way your team already does: in Excel.
Integration & Flexibility
Vivid connects budgeting and planning directly to your ERP, keeping templates, inputs, and consolidations unified and accurate.
Performance & Automation
Vivid gives finance complete ownership of budgeting and planning, with the tool to budget accurately at the level of detail.
Self-Service Reporting & Control
Vivid provides contributors and their managers the tooling needed to increase collaboration while keeping the process simple and controlled.
Scalability & Future-Readiness
Vivid grows with your organization, adapting to new scenarios, structures, and entities without slowing the budgeting proces
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Simplicity
Budget models sprawl across disconnected spreadsheets, or, you spend heavily on services to configure a system that’s rigid and hard to adapt as the business changes.
Budgeting is a natural and easy extension of reporting that reduces change by using the input templates you are already using.
Accuracy
Manual data entry and spreadsheet formulas increase the risk of errors – and automation often stops short of producing proforma statements.
Data flows directly from your ERP into templates, every input is auditable, and proforma statements are automatically generated.
Control
Permissions are unclear, inputs occur offline, and audit trails are limited or missing.
Role-based controls manage every input, audit logs capture all changes, and sensitive data stays protected.
Speed
Distribution, collection, and consolidation require email, manual updates, and reconciliation can be very slow.
Distribution and consolidation run automatically, inputs refresh instantly, and your team moves from administration to analysis.
Forecasting
Most tools struggle with multi-entity forecasting – and tooling tends to be rigid – so manual work in Excel becomes a necessity.
Unlimited scenarios live in one sheet, comparisons stay accurate, and rolling forecasts update effortlessly.
Collaboration
Managers work from isolated spreadsheets, history is difficult to access, and reviews take longer.
Managers view history, drill into details, and submit inputs in a shared governed environment that keeps everyone aligned.
Scalability
Adding new entities, departments, or ERP structures often requires rebuilding models and/or reworking templates.
Vivid uses a semantic layer to manage change so it adapts more easily as your company needs evolve.
Real Results from the Building Supply Industry
How Bloedorn Lumber Reduced Reporting and Budgeting Time by 80% with Vivid Reports
“With Vivid, we’ve automated hours of manual work each week. Our CEO and CFO now spend less time consolidating data and more time making strategic decisions. Best of all, we didn’t have to change our reports—Vivid just made them faster and better.”
– Mark Marlatt, Bloedorn Lumber.
Great Software Isn’t Enough. You Need a Team That Has Your Back
Vivid’s Support Stands Out — and the Data Proves It.
There’s a simple way to measure what it feels like to work with a vendor: after every interaction, ask yourself—was it easy to get my issue handled?
That’s what the Customer Effort Score (CES) asks. It’s a tougher test than measuring satisfaction because it penalizes friction anywhere in the process—waiting, repeating, or being passed around. Vivid scores 6.97 out of 7—well above benchmarks. In plain terms, customers tell us: every interaction feels easy.
Frequently Ask Questions
What does Vivid simplify in the budgeting process?
Vivid removes manual steps by connecting your ERP directly to governed Excel templates, collecting inputs centrally, and automating consolidation. Teams prepare, update, and review budgets significantly faster.
Can finance teams manage budgeting without IT?
Yes. Finance owns template creation, updates, distribution, and consolidation directly in Excel, with governance and consistency handled in the background.
How fast can we go live with budgeting and planning?
Most teams become productive within days, because Vivid reuses your existing Excel templates and centralizes them for automation. Full rollout often completes in less than two weeks.
Can we keep our current Excel models?
Yes. Vivid elevates Excel with governance, consistency, and automation that work with your existing templates, so your team continues to work in the tool they know.
How much time can Vivid save during budgeting cycles
Many organizations reduce budgeting cycles by about eighty percent, because distribution, collection, reconciliation, and consolidation run automatically.
How does Vivid help with multi-entity and multi-department budgeting
Vivid handles complex structures with shared definitions, central governance, and automatic consolidation, so all inputs roll up cleanly into the final budget.
How do managers enter budgets and review their history?
Managers enter budgets through governed Excel templates that include historical data, supporting schedules, and drilldown capability. This improves accuracy and simplifies reviews.
Does Vivid allow collaborative workflows?
Yes. Templates distribute automatically, inputs save to a central model, and reviewers can monitor progress by department, division, or entity in real time.
How does Vivid manage permissions and security?
Role-based permissions control who can view, edit, or approve data in each segment, department, division, or entity. Audit logs capture every change.
Can we manage multiple scenarios without copying spreadsheets?
Yes. Vivid supports unlimited scenarios, all in one template, with consistent definitions and real-time comparisons that stay accurate.
Does Vivid support rolling forecasts?
Yes. Vivid blends actuals, plan, and forecast into a continuous forecasting model that updates easily and keeps leaders aligned.
Can Vivid support long-term and multi-year planning?
Yes. Vivid includes multi-year planning, multi-period assumptions, and governed structures that support extended strategy and workforce planning.
Make budgeting easier for your entire organization.
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