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 […]
Oracle EPM Cloud delivers real-time actuals for budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning at Life Sciences company
Business Challenges Limited Analytical Capabilities – Heavy reliance on Excel workbooks to Budget, Forecast, and create Long Range Plans within the organization due to limited analytical and automation capabilities Manual and Time Consuming – Planning and Analysis processes were manually intensive and significant effort was required to maintain offline Excel models; information was not readily […]
Close process reduced by 50% at Packaging Manufacturer with Oracle EPM Cloud Financial Consolidation & Close
Business Challenges Unable to Scale – The organization recently acquired another firm, adding yet another disparate and manual system to the global consolidation process Global Presence – The various Excel models were processing 25 currency conversions with reporting in Euro and USD, contributing to a 13 business day close process Future State Goals – Aiming […]
Finance mobilization provides global Pharmaceutical Company with digital finance blueprint for leveraging cloud based solutions
Business Challenges Chart of Accounts (COA) – Existing COA not supporting business needs. Lack of numeric segment values (except Account), missing critical business views (e.g. location), no rollups in segments. ERP Environment– Limited financials & procurement functionality. Extensive manual workarounds. Multiple disparate systems. Need for Tier 1 solution w/ upcoming product launch. Reporting & Analysis – […]
Oracle ERP Cloud centralizes accounting and automates customer billing & fixed assets depreciation for Renewable Energy Company
Business Challenges Lack of Integration in Tracking Tools – The finance team tracked all portfolio transactions through QuickBooks, while all fixed assets were tracked in Excel Cumbersome Reporting – Difficult to generate Financial and Management Reports due to reporting limitations across the Chart of Accounts and various desired management views of the portfolio Scalability – […]
Non-Profit Health Center’s shift to EPM Cloud reduces Budget cycle by 40%
Business Challenge Limited Flexibility and Antiquated Process – Outdated Budget process based in Excel led to corrupted files and lack of knowledge transfer Labor Intensive Offline Planning Process – 40+ managers involved in the budgeting process led to long lead time and inconsistency in data collection Siloed Processes – Lack of integration between departments, data […]
Spend analytics reporting reduced by 130 days at global Real Estate company through automated data integration
Business Challenge Outdated Information – Spend Data was being refreshed 45 days past the Quarter close, reducing the value of the reports in strategic decision making and analysis Level of Detail – Users were unable to ‘Drill-down’ into a more granular level of detail, only able to see Vendor level detail at a high level […]
People, process, and technology improvements help $8B Auto Manufacturer decrease forecasting planning time by 45%
Business Challenge People Not Optimally Engaged – Severely depleted Finance organization, little-to-no institutional knowledge/experience with core planning processes, resources lacked end-to-end business value chain perspectives Manually Intensive Processes – Exceedingly long cycle times, planning process focused on excruciating detail, heavy focus on non-value added intercompany trading detail, disconnect between process outputs & meaningful analysis perspectives […]
Finance advisory helps Non-Profit Scientific and Educational Institution realize financial transformation
Business Challenge Non-Standard, Manually Intensive Reporting and Analysis – Organization had a proliferation of non-standard reports that were manually generated; this created limited self-serve capabilities and a lack of core analytics Siloed, Reactive Decision-Making; Lack of Holistic Enterprise View – Organization had limited ability to drive synergies throughout organization and unclear profitability by business Fragmented, […]
Business advisory helps $31B Aerospace and Defense company smoothly merge business units and increase efficiency
Business Challenge Merging Business Units – Organization was preparing for merging of multiple business units, requiring a singular interface and EPM solution across teams Disconnected Planning Applications – Planning process consisted of multiple indirect & direct planning applications that had to be manually consolidated for separate business units Inconsistent Processes – Users had differing planning […]