Business Name Change Announcement
Tartan Solutions, Inc. Evolves to PlaidCloud, Inc. We are excited to announce that Tartan Solutions, Inc. has officially changed its name to PlaidCloud, Inc., reflecting our company’s continued evolution and growth in the marketplace. This strategic rebranding represents our forward-thinking approach while honoring the foundational values that have guided us since our inception. While our […]
Stacked Margin Analysis: Unlocking True Enterprise Profitability with PlaidCloud
In complex global enterprises, understanding true profitability is no easy task. Products often move through multiple components, sub-assemblies, and intercompany transfers across legal entities, each with their own ERP systems. Traditional profitability analysis typically focuses on the final sale margin, overlooking internal margins created throughout the value chain. Having a true enterprise profitability platform that […]
Using Bill of Materials (BOM) Cost Forecasting to Drive Profitability
This post explores how PlaidCloud helps companies drive profitability with Bill of Materials (BOM) Cost Forecasting. By streamlining the Bill of Materials (BOM) cost forecasting process with real-time data integration, advanced analytics, and actionable insights, you can navigate cost volatility, improve margins, and unlock long-term value. In today’s rapidly changing global market, managing product costs […]
The Power of Granular Precision
Using transaction level data to optimize profitability Enterprise profitability analysis has traditionally relied on highly summarized financial data, offering a broad but often incomplete view of performance. Today, a seismic shift is underway, driven by transaction level data and advanced technologies like data lakes and PlaidCloud’s allocation engine. This blog post explores how granular precision […]
Don’t Let Multiple, Disparate ERPs Disrupt Your Profitability Analysis
Enterprise profitability analysis is a critical function, but it becomes exponentially more challenging when organizations rely on multiple ERP’s (Enterprise Resource Planning systems) such as SAP (ECC, S/4HANA), Oracle, Infor, NetSuite, Epicor, and others. These systems, while powerful, often operate in silos, creating fragmented data landscapes that obscure a unified view of profitability. Without a […]
The ABCs of Better Costing: Why PlaidCloud Outperforms Alteryx
For CFOs: Why the General Ledger Isn’t Enough One of the most persistent challenges is the lack of actionable insight within the general ledger. While traditional financial systems capture high-level transactions, they often obscure the root causes of cost variability — leaving key questions unanswered: Which activities are driving cost overruns? Which products or customers […]
PlaidCloud Forms Strategic Partnership with Sage Intacct and Earns REST/XML Integration Certification
[May 15, 2025] – PlaidCloud, a leader in advanced data integration and analytics, is proud to announce a new strategic partnership with Sage Intacct, a top-tier cloud financial management platform. This collaboration empowers businesses to simplify, automate, and scale their financial operations by combining the power of PlaidCloud’s integration tools with Sage Intacct’s robust ERP […]
PlaidCloud: An Activity-Based Costing Solution that Unlocks Business Efficiency
Give Your Business Deeper Insight Into True Cost Drivers In a world where margins matter, precise cost management is essential for staying competitive. Activity-Based Costing (ABC) is a powerful accounting method that gives businesses deeper insight into their true cost drivers. Unlike traditional costing, which lumps expenses together, ABC allocates costs based on specific activities […]
PlaidCloud Year End Updates Going Into 2025
As we near the end of the year, 2024 has been a great year for pushing forward both innovation and resilience of PlaidCloud to make it the go-to tool for financial operations and analysis. Major Scalability Gains This year we moved customers from a shared environment to completely isolated workspaces, enabling more control of resources […]
PlaidCloud to Attend TPMinds Canada May 7-8, 2024 in Toronto
PlaidCloud is set to attend TPMinds Canada May 7-8, 2024. TPMinds is the leading forum for transfer pricing professionals shaping the landscape in Canada and beyond. PlaidCloud will join transfer pricing leaders to understand the nuances of transfer pricing reforms impacting MNEs. Attendees will walk through the recent transfer pricing court cases, and explore best […]