Case study · Industry: Consumer goods
More Accurate Forecasts Across a $6 Billion Spend, With No Duplicated Effort Between Teams
The Problem
The manufacturer forecasts a $6 billion spend, and its forecasting tool was out of date:
- It couldn't measure the different factors that moved prices.
- The company needed better part availability and to de-risk its supply of every critical component.
- Each region needed to run the same queries in the same format.
What We Did
The company chose SAP Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC, embedded) with Analysis for Office as the front end. On them we built a monthly forecasting process, using BPC's calculation engine, and streamlined how finance, the buyers and risk management work together.
The Business Impact
- More accurate forecasts.
- No duplicated effort between finance, the buyers and risk management.
- A better audit trail of changes.
- Business users spend their time on analysis and adjusting the numbers, not on producing data.
- Forecasting and planning in multiple currencies.
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