Varicent released compelling market research today. The study confirms revenue plan quality directly dictates enterprise revenue performance. Statistical analysis shows plan design is more important than seller experience. Also, plan design is more important than market trends, past growth, or company size.
When revenue goals are missed, the executive team blames sales execution. But for large organizations, poor planning leads to significant revenue performance losses. In fact, many firms have misplanning costs that exceed their total annual revenue growth. Because of this, companies lose millions from poor early design decisions.
Impact on Revenue Plan and Perspectives of Executives
Modern enterprises update core planning frameworks to improve overall results. Furthermore, modern artificial intelligence changes the way management looks at past market choices. AI tools assist in overall revenue performance by translating historical data into plans. And companies that use AI planning tools achieve targets in a much shorter time than their peers.
“For years, SPM has focused on helping companies execute their revenue plans more efficiently. This research shows how true transformation comes from improving planning itself,” said Marc Altshuller, CEO, Varicent. “With AI, companies can finally learn from past decisions, improve how they plan, and turn those learnings into durable competitive advantage. The future of SPM is more than managing performance. It’s designing for it.”
Varicent identified key statistics regarding operational planning and revenue performance:
- Only 4% of enterprise businesses track which past planning choices succeeded.
- A full 96% of organizations lack systems to apply historical lessons to future strategies.
- Companies using artificial intelligence in revenue planning are 46% more likely to exceed targets.
- Quality leaders in revenue planning outperform their industry peers by 58%.
- Three of four revenue leaders say their plan structure guides their sales team’s daily decision-making.
Varicent built a five-dimensional revenue assessment framework to support enterprise leadership. This framework allows executives to continuously analyze revenue performance indicators in changing markets. The report also includes perspectives from 1,055 senior sales and finance leaders. All of the executives surveyed operate B2B companies with $100 million or more in annual sales. Ultimately, this framework enables corporate decision-makers to protect baseline revenue performance by proactively adjusting plans.
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News Source: Businesswire.com
