RSA Case Study
RSA Group removes 4 months from its FP&A process

Use Cases
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Planning and budgeting
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Workforce planning
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Zero-based budgeting
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Activity-based costing
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Tax modeling
Challenges
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Tedious nine-month planning cycle with a spreadsheet-based process
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Siloed, functional fragmentation across the company
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Product proliferation at a high cost
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Issues with data quality; e.g., spending significantly more time cleaning data rather than providing insight to key stakeholders throughout the business
Solution
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Implemented connected planning on the Anaplan platform in just five weeks
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Rapidly replaced onerous spreadsheet-based processes for financial planning, expense planning, and workforce planning in contact centers
Results at a Glance
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Reduced complex planning process from nine to five months, with planned reduction to three months • Workforce planning team, experienced a 50 percent improvement in productivity
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Provided improved decision support to business users
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Better planning that improves both customer service and financial results
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Business ownership of connected plans, instead of just finance ownership