Corporate Planning in Grocery Retail
Client
Large food retailer
Client problems
Implementation period
Integration
Low-quality planning and lack of detail
SAP
weeks
12
Description of the Client's situation:
Before implementing Spreadym, the client used Excel for forecasting, planning, and reporting.
The model was not integrated with SAP, and departmental plans were gathered manually.
The finance department spent about a week consolidating all data into the final report.
Manual calculation of revenue forecasts for operating stores.
Manual data export from SAP and manual data collection from departments.
Manual allocation of funds to logistics centers.
Manual calculation of revenue and costs for planned stores.
Before Spreadym
Results of Spreadym implementation:
Automatic and regular data exchange with SAP.
Automated calculation of revenue and expenses for new store openings.
Dynamic revenue forecasting that factors in seasonality, store lifecycle, and inflation.
After Spreadym
Matrix for automatic allocation of projected retail revenue.
