The concept of continuous budgeting is driven by the need to make dynamic adjustments to budgets.
Firms operate in continuously changing environments and the ability to reflect change in the budgets based on changes in the environment is critical.
Budgeting and planning software facilitates this flexibility requirement.
For example ,Huntsman corporation ,a chemical company, uses budgeting and forecasting software to meet the demands of external and internal users for various snapshots of the future.
The company uses rolling monthly forecasts to recalibrate results for the balance of the year.
Huntsman’s director of corporate finance indicated that prices of raw materials (such as those for ethylene and crude oil) can change quickly, noting that the most recent three months may be quite different from what you thought they’d be four months ago.
The controller of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) made a similar observation.
CHLA uses budgeting and planning software to run various budgetary scenarios, such as assessing the impact of new Blue Cross rates on units throughout the hospital