Financial Operating Model Redesign Analysis
Comprehensive financial operating model analysis and redesign to improve decision-making across the organisation.
Read the full storyKey Result
Improved financial visibility
Working with Global 3PL Provider
£40K
Annual savings discovered by reallocating activities across resources and relieving bottlenecks
160 hours
Saved per week through implemented Right First Time and department SLAs
80 hours
Saved per week through removal of non-value-added activities and waste
A global 3PL logistics company operating across 27 countries, with 970 warehouses had undertaken a significant investment programme to implement Oracle (ERP system) across the business.
The Challenge
The aim was to use the Oracle implementation programme to identify improvements and deliver savings against the current operating model and offset some of the cost of implementation.
Key Issues Identified
- Significant process variation across sites
- Inconsistent use of templates for data exchanges and reporting
- Heavy reliance on offline, manual activities and data manipulation
- Lack of governance in process management, with deadlines not widely understood or effectively managed
- Allocation of activities to resources based on customer accounts rather than complexity or workload volume
- Financial processes were siloed and decentralised
Our Approach
Libra was asked to focus on the weekly/monthly P&L processes that were known to be inconsistent across the UK due to acquisitional growth and poor onboarding and integration into a standard approach.
Detailed end-to-end process mapping tracking how data flowed from various internal suppliers
Methods of information delivery, timeframes, deadlines, and outputs analysis
Lean practitioner methods to ascertain potential waste saving opportunities across other finance responsibilities
Applied Standardise → Optimise → Centralise framework, exploring automation opportunities
Solutions Delivered
- Standardising weekly/monthly P&L processes with emphasis on getting it right the first time through training and coaching
- Standardising data input templates for suppliers to facilitate automated data exchange and population into output templates
- RPA (low code automation using Microsoft Power Platform) to automate extraction of information
- Rebalancing activities throughout the week to distribute the demand load on resources more evenly
- Reallocating activities across resources based on complexity rather than being driven solely by customer accounts
- Establishing a Centre of Excellence (centralised) model to take ownership of, deliver, and continuously improve best practice processing
"I was happy with what we delivered in this analysis. Our expertise in process improvement and technology gave the client confidence they could make the savings needed to help offset their investment costs and put them in a better cash position."
James Crown
Senior Consultant
Key Benefits
- Standardised weekly/monthly P&L processes to eliminate waste and variability
- Standardised data input templates for suppliers to facilitate automated data exchange
- RPA using Microsoft Power Platform to automate extraction of information and reminders
- Rebalanced activities throughout the week to distribute demand load more evenly
- Established a Centre of Excellence model to deliver and continuously improve best practice
Project Details
- Client
- Global 3PL Provider
- Industry
- Supply Chain
- Key Outcome
- Improved financial visibility
The Results
Measurable outcomes that demonstrate the impact of our partnership
£40K
Annual savings discovered by reallocating activities across resources and relieving bottlenecks
160 hours
Saved per week through implemented Right First Time and department SLAs
80 hours
Saved per week through removal of non-value-added activities and waste
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