Red Cross Responds to Spreadsheet Emergency With Adaptive Planning

The American Red Cross in Greater New York Chapter helps nine million people prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies. American Red Cross wanted to increase the efficiency and flexibility of the budgeting process and minimize opportunities for human error in budgeting activities. The challenge was to expand budgeting capabilities to enable long-range forecasting. The Greater New York Chapter began to look for a budgeting solution that could easily share data with its Great Plains accounting system. The chapter's requirements also included ease of use, flexibility and affordability. With Adaptive Planning, the Greater New York Chapter has moved its annual budgeting process and mid-year forecast online.