Sporting Good Manufacturer: Anaplan for Demand Planning, Supply Planning & Reporting Case Study
Click here to learn more! Rapidly growing American sporting goods manufacturer with a global portfolio of leading category brand names focused on protection, performance and recovery. Business Challenges Antiquated S&OP process lacked scalability – the organization has grown quickly through organic growth and M&A, the planning SKUs have the potential to triple in the next […]
Oracle SCM Cloud Drives Growth and Operational Efficiency at Automotive Services Company
Business Challenges Decentralized, Multiple ERP Systems – multiple active ERP systems due to growth & acquisitions, creating maintenance & scalability challenges Inconsistent Business Processes – with end-of-life solutions, homegrown technologies, and other platforms, users are not aligned to best practices and fit-to-modern approaches Manually Intensive Solution – heavy dependency on third-party support due to lack […]
Hachette Book Group Expands Oracle Footprint with SCM Cloud Implementation
Business Challenges Lack of visibilities, efficiencies and silo business processes Limited auditing and ad-hoc ability Double-keying every AP invoice No AP invoice to PO matching capability Lack of system driven material management while work order rolled up costing and product grouping for COGS Solution Oracle SCM Cloud: Direct Procurement Inventory Manufacturing Cost Management Oracle Financials […]
Global Restaurant Group reduces IT reliance by integrating retail and strategic planning with Oracle EPM Cloud
Business Challenges Outdated Systems – Needed to “Lift and Shift” their current on premise Hyperion Planning application to Oracle EPM Cloud Inefficient Processes – Financial processes for their Annual Budget and Quarterly Forecasts were inefficient Solution Migrated Hyperion Planning application to Oracle EPM Cloud – Enabled two environments (Dev/QA and Product) via EPM Cloud for […]
Leading US Used-car Retailer reduces actuals processing time to 30 minutes with Oracle Cloud
Business Challenges Multiple On-Premise Tools to Support Planning Process – Used a mixed environment of on-premise planning tools and Excel to complete Annual Budgeting, Quarterly Forecast and Long-Range Planning Multiple Hierarchies – Legacy environment utilized a custom built GL Data Mart as the source for data and hierarchies which posed numerous challenges to the FP&A […]
Program and Change Management helps $10B+ refreshment services company reduce manual effort during invoice creation, collections and cash application
Business Challenges Geographic Disbursement – Geographically dispersed brick and motor facilities support their local customers and each perform their own AR activities. Antiquated Current Systems – The current system required significant manual intervention throughout the invoice creation, collections and cash application processes. Process Variations – Due to the geographic disbursement and level of manual effort […]
Enterprise planning cloud solution enables better decision making at large Foodservice Procurement company
Business Challenges Reliance on Microsoft Excel – Planning and reporting process heavily relied on large Excel files Manually Intensive Reporting – Process to input data, run calculations, validate results, and create reports was manually intensive and error-prone Time Consuming Consolidation – The consolidation process left little to no time for value-added analysis Solution Integrated and […]
Detailed store-level planning drives visibility and accountability at $3B Convenience Store operator
Business Challenges Intensive and Time Consuming Planning Process – Excel planning environment gave limited ability to perform value-added analysis High Risk for Error – Multiple distribution and consolidation cycles throughout the budget process left Cumberland vulnerable No Store Level Planning – Lacked the ability to conduct store level detailed planning Solution Driver-Based Planning, Variance Thresholds, […]
Planning and budgeting solution enables scenario modeling and improves reporting at $30B wholesale distributor
Business Challenges Data Accuracy – Error-prone financial planning process resulted from manual inputting of sales and volume data into Excel and Smart View Labor Intensive Data Validation – Spent a large amount of time validating and reconciling data Sub-Optimal On-Premise Solution – On-premise Hyperion reporting environment resulted in various pitfalls for a variety of reasons, […]