{"id":6654,"date":"2022-03-02T13:51:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T12:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bdg.io\/ch\/?p=6654"},"modified":"2025-05-14T09:15:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T07:15:08","slug":"integrated-financial-planning-for-smes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bdg.io\/ch\/en\/integrated-financial-planning-for-smes\/","title":{"rendered":"Integrated financial planning for SMEs"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6654\" class=\"elementor elementor-6654 elementor-4188\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5eca39c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5eca39c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fc16b8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5fc16b8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8b93f7 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b8b93f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>INTEGRATED<br \/>FINANCIAL PLANNING<br \/>FOR SME\u2019S<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4b810a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b4b810a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>How to make your management sustainable and agile<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4f5c70 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d4f5c70\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93da2f4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"93da2f4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1562fea elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1562fea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A  new era for the CFO<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fba291 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0fba291\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The days when CFOs were just \u2018number crunchers\u2019 are over. Today, they are expected to have an entrepreneurial mindset, strategic impetus and the ability to react quickly to short-term market changes. The demands have increased, especially in medium-sized companies: Margin pressure, a shortage of skilled labour, supply chain problems and geopolitical uncertainties make precise financial management a matter of business survival. Integrated financial and profit planning shows the way here.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb01274 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"bb01274\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/insights.bdg.io\/integrated-financial-planning-for-sme\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read the Whitepaper<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f7ddae e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5f7ddae\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31200bf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"31200bf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48fb344 elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"48fb344\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/bdg.io\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/PNL-scaled-1-1024x589.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-16088\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bdg.io\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/PNL-scaled-1-1024x589.png 1024w, https:\/\/bdg.io\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/PNL-scaled-1-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/bdg.io\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/PNL-scaled-1-150x86.png 150w, https:\/\/bdg.io\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/PNL-scaled-1-768x442.png 768w, https:\/\/bdg.io\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/PNL-scaled-1-1536x883.png 1536w, https:\/\/bdg.io\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/PNL-scaled-1-2048x1178.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14df2cd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"14df2cd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f09cee elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2f09cee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is integrated financial planning?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b56a6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b56a6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Integrated financial planning combines income statement, balance sheet and liquidity planning in a logical system. The aim is to visualise interactions between business development, financing and liquidity at an early stage and to make reliable decisions on this basis.<\/p>\n<p>Typical components of integrated financial planning are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Profit planning (P&amp;L):<\/strong> Focus on sales, costs, gross profit, EBIT, etc.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Balance sheet planning:<\/strong> capital commitment, depreciation and amortisation, working capital<\/li>\n<li><strong>Liquidity planning:<\/strong> cash flows, financing balances, cash management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Isolated consideration of individual planning elements such as the P&amp;L is common in practice, but is not effective: integrated financial planning helps to be prepared for possible times of crisis and also to convince stakeholders. A holistic approach is essential.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c32d6be e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c32d6be\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cf4e3c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4cf4e3c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c227ae9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c227ae9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"background-color: #fff; padding: 0px; position: relative;\">Read the whole whitepaper now<br \/><\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4d9207 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b4d9207\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8230; and learn more about the benefits of digitised, integrated financial planning:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Less planning effort<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Faster decision-making<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Reduction of planning errors<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80a935e elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"80a935e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/insights.bdg.io\/integrated-financial-planning-for-sme\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read the Whitepaper<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa5ae33 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"aa5ae33\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfb053e elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dfb053e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"470\" height=\"447\" src=\"https:\/\/bdg.io\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/bdg_success_story_lesen-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-13978\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bdg.io\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/bdg_success_story_lesen-2.jpg 470w, https:\/\/bdg.io\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/bdg_success_story_lesen-2-300x285.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bdg.io\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/bdg_success_story_lesen-2-150x143.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With digitisation, the demands on medium-sized businesses are growing. Those who do not want to be left behind must be flexible and react quickly and precisely to economic developments. 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