Our Solution
Under the governance of a leading consulting firm, Ithude designed and implemented an integrated budgeting and forecasting platform based on SAP BW and SAP BPC. The solution enabled:
- Bottom-up and top-down expense planning
- Dedicated personnel planning (FTEs and associated costs)
- Sales planning by brand and SKU
- Full P&L planning through the integration of sales and expense models
- Import and extension of actuals from 17 SAP ECC systems to generate budget and forecast scenarios
- Comparative analysis tools for budget vs. actuals
- Integration with departmental reporting systems, including Big Data platforms
- Full process security, change traceability, and user-based configurability
Results Achieved
A unified budgeting and forecasting platform for the entire global group
- Harmonized planning processes across countries and functions, with automatic reconciliation of management financial statements
- Reduced consolidation, reconciliation, and reporting timelines
- Full alignment between management data and statutory reporting data
- Ability to run monthly simulations and scenario planning
- Seamless integration of data from multiple source systems
- Native integration with predictive planning solutions, using AI-driven forecasts as a baseline for operational budgeting
Technologies used
- SAP BW
- SAP Business Planning and Consolidation
- SAP Analytic Cloud
Today, the platform is a true strategic asset for the finance domain. It has been live for over 5 years, serves more than 3,000 active users, and successfully supports multiple business divisions including Oncology, Pharma, and Generics.