Use Cases

• Financial Planning

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• Operational Planning

Challenge

• Inability to deliver data analytics to match the fast rate of business change

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• Existing servers could not handle vast quantities of data

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• Unable to collate data feeds from disparate systems

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• Non-standardized modeling practices across thirty different build sites

Solution

• Replaced spreadsheets with a single data model on Anaplan

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• Wide range of new reporting capabilities for weekly financial, monthly operational and quarterly strategic level meetings

Results at a Glance

•  Single, always up-to-date data source enables accurate regional and national sales predictions

• Team trained in three days and self-sufficient in building plans and models in three weeks. Single data model for entire organisation implemented in three months

• Real-time reports at the required level of granularity drives strategic planning

• Long-range forecast extended from one to fifteen years to enable strategic land asset management

•  Cloud-based process connects Operations and Finance teams for higher levels of accuracy, collaboration, and productivity

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