Multinational Logistics Company
“It
all started when the previous enterprise planning using Excel spreadsheets found
itself unable to cope with the increased company size and geographic
diversification.” “We use CP in the larger locations with their own control
departments all over the world. For example, “ our Company in Puebla, Mexico
implemented the English version in October without a hitch.” “It makes no sense
to use self made, error-prone analysis tools in one country while using a
professional application in another.” “The idea that, during our monthly
telephone conferences, all participants could call up the same report on the
internet….is fascinating.” Control “has been given a new perspective.”
Mail Order Firm
“Previously we’d spend days creating our reports; now we can do it in two
minutes.” CP ‘is highly flexible. If, for example, the bank
decided it wanted new financial performance indicators from me, they could
have it at a moments notice.
Chronograph Watch Manufacturer
Using Excel, “gathering the information was always very time consuming and
often liable to error”. The goal for CP was that “Company data had to
be analyzed quickly and easily, developments recognized early, and
consequences of managerial decisions simulated and displayed in an instant.”
After implementing CP, “we are now in the position where the information
relevant to management is provided pretty much automatically in all three
areas so that we can analyze it very quickly.”
Toy Manufacturer
Using web-enabled CP, “we can now tell very quickly which customer has
purchased which article through which sales representative in which
country…(this) allows weak points to be identified fast” “The change
we made three years ago has proved extremely worthwhile.”
Retirement Home
After implementing CP, “what used to take accounts weeks to prepare is now
ready within a few days.” “Managing all the figures of our institution
and preparing reasonable analysis in Excel used to require a lot of time and
effort and was prone to error.” “Excel spreadsheets would have become
even larger, more complex and slower anyway.” CP was implemented
“after 5 days of intensive work, the system was up and running—comprehensive
documentation included.”
Car dealership with 11 branches
Before implementing CP, “our problem was that, until figures for all 11
branches were in, we were only able to make inaccurate forecasts. With
profit margins of around 1%, this constitutes a great risk for a car
dealer.” After purchasing CP, “ the expected improvements could be
seen as soon as the product was implemented. Our intention is to use
this to make our business processes even more transparent, strengthening
individual responsibility.”
Health Insurance Company
After using CP for some time, “we can quickly and fully recognize
developments and react towards unusual (cost) increases.” The tree
structure, “offers us a very good summary of how our members and insured
persons make up a pattern.” CP “simplifies our planning processes.”
“With more than 530 recipients of information, it is impossible to use Excel
or PDF files for reporting.”
Architectural & Engineering Company
After using CP for a few months, “ the time spent on reporting was able to
be reduced by one third.” “CP provides maximum flexibility when
modeling the Company, is extremely user friendly and fully independent of
software producers and consultants as well.”
Industry Association
“CP has the flexibility of spreadsheets, with the number crunching power of
a database. CP has lead to a substantial step forward in the
management information delivery.”
· Identified a bottleneck
which was counter-intuitive
· Over 30% increase in
equipment utilization
· Over 15% increase in product
mix profitability
· A 8-100% on-time delivery
with minimal increase in inventories
· 3-30%
reduction in variable cost
· Over 20% reduction in
finished goods and G-I-P inventory
· Cut out the need to work
overtime, particularly on weekends
· Increased raw material
storage to significantly reduce production costs
· Significantly reduced the
cost of a debottle-necking project, met objective
· Manufacturing
capacity increased 5-40% with no additional investment
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