Design and implementation of a planning & control system

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