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, […]