Lesieur喜欢更顺利的年度预算和每月结帐

Lesieur is a ubiquitous, beloved presence in kitchens and on dining tables in France. Marketing an extensive range of vegetable oils and condiments to consumers, restaurants, and food-processors, the company – founded in 1908 and now part of the Avril Group – is the French market leader in edible oils. To serve its loyal customers while controlling costs and maximizing profitability, Lesieur needs accurate budgeting and rapid financial closing capabilities, backed by the ability to perform multi-dimensional financial analysis. The company’s old finance tools were outdated and cumbersome to use, which delayed decision-makers’ access to information and tied up skilled analysts in low-value data preparation. In addition, the need to manually update calculation scripts in the old tool consumed valuable time that could otherwise have been dedicated to deeper analysis. “When I joined the company, I saw a significant opportunity to look deeper into all the financial data we had available,” recalls Emmanuelle Poulain, Head of Management Control at Lesieur. “But the existing tool was too time-consuming to meet our ambitions. We wanted a fast, flexible, and efficient platform for financial planning and analysis.”

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Rapid development and confident deployment

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During consultation with the group IT function, Emmanuelle Poulain pushed for an alternative to the on-premises finance solution used by other Avril Group companies. “I wanted a cloud-based platform that we could put in place rapidly and without a major integration project,” she recalls. “A friend had recommended Anaplan, and I quickly felt comfortable with both Anaplan and its partner, Micropole.” Following a study showing the likely time and efficiency gains from Anaplan, Emmanuelle Poulain secured approval and worked with Micropole to achieve a five-month rollout of the solution, in time for Lesieur to complete its March 2021 annual financial closing. “We were so confident in Anaplan that we didn’t feel the need to run that first financial closing in parallel on our old solution,” says Emmanuelle Poulain. “One key success factor was the strong partnership we forged with Micropole. They are relaxed, open people who understand our needs and continue to support us as we build our Anaplan skills.”

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Comprehensive, multidimensional financial analysis

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Anaplan leverages data from Lesieur’s SAP ERP system to present a comprehensive, real-time view of the company’s consolidated financial position. Lesieur’s finance team now uses Anaplan to create the annual budget and revise it twice a year based on updated performance figures. The team also uses Anaplan for monthly financial closing, related P&L reporting, and variance analysis. “Anaplan enables us to analyze planned versus actual performance on a monthly basis, by sales network, by product, by customer, and more,” says Emmanuelle Poulain. “We can essentially compare anything against anything, whether we’re looking at costs or profitability, and analyze it at a granular level.” The new solution has empowered more people throughout Lesieur with data, which has democratized analysis and decision-making. “Anaplan makes it fast and easy for us to push accurate, actionable information to the whole organization,” says Emmanuelle Poulain. “Previously, most of our time was spent producing data, but now we can focus on analyzing it and enriching it with commentaries. In this way, our finance team contributes significantly to the development of the business.”

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Saving time and effort for finance specialists

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With formula-driven, real-time calculations in Anaplan replacing the cumbersome, inflexible scripting of its previous solution, Lesieur is enjoying significant gains in performance, efficiency, and job satisfaction for finance employees. “With Anaplan, we’re saving around 20% of the time previously required for monthly closing, Emmanuelle Poulain estimates. “The outcome is even more impressive for budgeting, where we’re saving between 30 and 40% of time in a budgeting process that takes several weeks. The positive impact of the Anaplan solution has been very quick to see.”

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Lesieur在法国的厨房和餐桌上无处不在，深受喜爱。该公司成立于1908年，现在是艾薇儿集团的一部分，是法国食用油市场的领导者，向消费者、餐厅和食品加工商销售广泛的植物油和调味品。为了在控制成本和最大化盈利的同时服务于忠诚的客户，Lesieur需要准确的预算和快速的财务结算能力，并具有执行多维财务分析的能力。该公司的旧财务工具过时且使用不便，这延误了决策者获取信息的时间，并将熟练的分析师束缚在低价值数据的准备工作中。此外，在旧工具中手动更新计算脚本的需求消耗了宝贵的时间，否则这些时间本可以用于更深入的分析。Lesieur的管理控制主管Emmanuelle Poulain回忆道:“当我加入公司时，我看到了一个重要的机会，可以更深入地研究我们现有的所有财务数据。“但现有的工具过于耗时，无法满足我们的雄心。我们想要一个快速、灵活、高效的财务规划和分析平台。”

快速开发，自信部署

在与集团IT部门协商期间，Emmanuelle Poulain推动了其他公司使用的现场融资解决方案的替代方案。她回忆道:“我想要一个基于云的平台，我们可以迅速到位，而不需要进行重大的集成项目。”一位朋友向我推荐了anplan，我很快就对anplan及其合作伙伴Micropole感到满意。”在一项研究显示Anaplan可能带来的时间和效率收益后，Emmanuelle Poulain获得了批准，并与Micropole合作实现了解决方案的五个月推出，及时使Lesieur完成2021年3月的年度财务结算。Emmanuelle Poulain说:“我们对Anaplan非常有信心，我们觉得没有必要在我们的旧解决方案上并行运行第一次财务关闭。”“一个关键的成功因素是我们与Micropole建立了牢固的伙伴关系。他们是轻松、开放的人，理解我们的需求，在我们培养Anaplan技能的过程中继续支持我们。”

全面、多维的财务分析

anplan利用Lesieur的SAP ERP系统的数据，提供公司综合财务状况的全面、实时视图。Lesieur的财务团队现在使用Anaplan来创建年度预算，并根据最新的业绩数据每年修改两次。团队还使用Anaplan进行每月财务结算、相关损益表报告和方差分析。Emmanuelle Poulain说:“anplan使我们能够每月根据销售网络、产品、客户等分析计划和实际业绩。”“我们基本上可以将任何东西与任何东西进行比较，无论是考虑成本还是盈利能力，并在粒度层面上进行分析。”新的解决方案为整个Lesieur地区的更多人提供了数据，实现了分析和决策的民主化。Emmanuelle Poulain说:“anplan使我们能够快速方便地向整个组织推送准确、可操作的信息。”“以前，我们的大部分时间都花在制作数据上，但现在我们可以专注于分析数据，并通过评论来丰富数据。通过这种方式，我们的财务团队为业务的发展做出了重大贡献。”

为财务专家节省时间和精力

随着公式驱动的anplan实时计算取代了之前解决方案中繁琐、不灵活的脚本，Lesieur在性能、效率和财务员工的工作满意度方面取得了显著的进步。Emmanuelle Poulain估计，有了Anaplan，我们可以节省大约20%的月结算时间。“这个结果在预算方面更令人印象深刻，我们在需要几周时间的预算过程中节省了30%到40%的时间。anplan解决方案的积极影响很快就显现出来。”