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 […]
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Business Challenge Limited Flexibility and Antiquated Process – Outdated Budget process based in Excel led to corrupted files and lack of knowledge transfer Labor Intensive Offline Planning Process – 40+ managers involved in the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 […]
Mobilization and roadmap helps $1b not-for-profit charity set foundation for integrated business planning
Business Challenge Disparate, Siloed Systems – Existing business planning calendar was disjointed and misaligned Time Consuming and Labor Intensive Activities – Corporate Plan was disconnected from other planning activities, required excessive effort to complete, and often superseded other activities Lack of Agility – Organization lacked flexibility in budget plans and re-allocating resources Limited and Inconsistent […]
Cloud solution transforms resource planning, budgeting and close process at Pharmaceutical Technology firm
Business Challenges Limited Planning Solution – As a rapidly growing organization, previous budgeting and management reporting process was not well suited for continued scalability and lacked the robustness to support ever-growing needs Manual Process Steps – Existing processes were manually intensive and required significant time to consolidate and complete Limited Analytical Insights – Due to […]
Cloud solution standardizes enterprise-wide clinical trial forecasting and increases accuracy at multinational pharmaceuticals company
Business Challenges Enterprise Gap – In-flight finance transformation initiative had a gap with respect to clinical trials forecasting; major need to quickly create cloud-based application to fill capability gap Siloed Business Processes – Knowledge of forecasting methodologies siloed and not consistent across the enterprise Poor User Experience – Difficulties with user experience in current solutions […]
P&L, workforce planning and shared cost allocations help $3B+ Insurance company achieve faster budgeting and reporting
Business Challenges Disconnected P&L and Workforce Planning (M&A) – Planning was a decentralized process with a combination of Excel spreadsheets and siloed data entry stemming from dozens of acquisitions Excessive Consolidation & Reporting Time – Herculean effort to produce manual reconciliations, consolidations, and reporting in legacy Cognos system Manual Allocations – Manual allocation process required […]
Connected data enables better reporting and forecasting at $1.6B construction products technology company
Business Challenges M&A Tracking – Manual Excel templates were not keeping pace with M&A activity; FP&A riddled with version, performance and data consistency issues and took large amounts of effort and time to validate and coordinate Disconnected Planning, Backwards Looking – Planning across the organization was decentralized, requiring extensive manual reconciliation and consolidation efforts and […]
Cloud solution enables Not-for-Profit Higher Ed to simplify and accelerate Demand, Workforce, and Operational and Financial Planning
Business Challenges System Scalability to Accommodate Massive Growth – Unlocking the online market, the university saw student enrollment growth of 433% over a 5-year period and as a result experienced challenges with outdated systems and processes. Lack of Data Transparency and Collaboration – Disparate systems and data sets created a silo-ed structure in which collaboration […]
Improved forecasting and predictive modeling saves 1,500 labor hours per year at $31B Aerospace and Defense company
Business Challenges Time Consuming Process – The organization’s cash management process required data sourcing from various offline source systems Manually Intensive – Complex web of disconnected offline spreadsheets and calculations that required manual processes to check for forecasting accuracy No Insight into Key Drivers – Despite spending a great deal of time in data gathering […]
Shift to cloud optimizes performance at $3B Health Insurance Provider
Business Challenges Limited Flexibility and Scalability – Current environment did not allow for real time ad hoc analyses across all products, states and funding sources Inefficient Allocations Process – Required to execute multiple cycles during month-end with a run-time of three to four hours; regulatory and industry reporting both involved separate labor intensive processes Inadequate […]