At the same time, they wanted more analysis and reporting capabilities than what they could get from their financial system.

“It was important for us to find a system that wasn’t just an analysis tool. We required input from various processes, not just finance. Putting the budget into the financial system was very static and not very dynamic. For example, we didn’t want to burden the financial system with our personnel budget. We wanted to consolidate budgeting and forecasting into one system. When we chose Insight, we created conditions to connect several processes like environmental reporting and grading systems.”

– Anette Asklöf, Chief Financial Officer at Finspång Municipality

Finspång Municipality’s choice of Insera and Insight has resulted in:

• Information being available to all levels of the organization
• A common planning tool and approach
• Time savings in budgeting for administrators and budget managers
• Scalability, allowing the municipality to add new systems and reuse existing concepts, definitions, and structures in Insight

Mikaela Maglica-Carlberg, an economist, says, “With Insight, I have a consolidated and common place for forecasts and budgeting. I have the ability to manipulate information. We save time and avoid searching for information in Excel files, financial systems, etc. We simply have a better overview.”