The director waited three weeks after month end for the numbers
Starting position
Controlling assembled the monthly report by hand from SAP exports and bank statements. By the time it was ready, the decisions had been made without it.
Data sources
- SAP FI/CO through the official interface
- Corporate accounts through a banking API
- Budgets from existing spreadsheets
First module
A management cockpit in read-only mode — revenue, cost, performance against plan and the cash position on one screen.
What changed
Leadership can see where things stand at any point in the month. Controlling stopped assembling the report and started explaining the variances.
Piloted at one plant, then extended to the rest