Securize and modernize existing reporting processes

1 Project manager/solution expert, 1 offshore solution expert, 3 offshore developers

2 days

saved on monthly closing

8 times faster

for controls before closing

3 times faster

for data collection and consolidation

CHALLENGES

A double functional challenge:

Simplify budget entry forms : SVR's Excel files, interfaced with Essbase, are excessively complex and therefore difficult to use and to maintain. Migrating all Excel reports to a new solution was considered but was costly.
Giving greater autonomy to subsidiaries in consulting their P&L by finding an alternative to the current central distribution process

A technical challenge:

To circumvent the obsolescence of the widely used Excel Add'In, and to avoid being blocked by outdated Excel versions

SOLUTION

Audit of the existing system, context analysis and recommendation of the Dodeca solution
Implementation of workshops and realization in agile mode, with micro V-cycles on detailed specifications
The reporting and budget masks developed in Excel/VBA are ported to the Dodeca SMS application, optimized and then enriched (drill2adhoc, drill-through, comment entry, workflow).
Excel reports that are not ported are used with Dodeca Add'In and without the need to migrate or adapt the VBA code

BENEFITS

Subsidiaries can access their P&L in real time.
Users benefit from a modern, ergonomic and efficient interface.
Closing control times are reduced from 4 hours to 1/2 hour. Data consolidation is 3 times faster. SVR saves 2 days on its closing process
The implementation of the DODECA solution secures and optimizes the existing system.
SVR has capitalized on the Essbase backbone, which gives full satisfaction in terms of both modeling and performance