Global Beverage Company
Zero-based Budgeting (ZBB)
Client Profile
- Multinational beverage and retail company serving more than 270 million people.
- Company’s 350,000 employees support more than 50 bottling plants and more than 250 distribution centers spanning 18 countries.
- Annual revenues exceeded $30 Billion (USD) in 2022.
Challenges
- Lacked centralized design, methodologies and processes for FP&A planning.
- Needed to monitor and manage costs at a more granular level.
- Lacked common approach to measure key factors that drive operating expense.
Approach
- Utilized The Anaplan Way implementation methodology.
- Adhered to industry-leading Anaplan model building standards (PLANS & DISCO).
- Delivered regular model build updates to the user and stakeholders to solicit frequent feedback.
Results
- Implemented a centralized, zero-based budgeting (ZBB) process in Anaplan to better plan, monitor and manage costs.
- Identified and developed insights into key factors that influence costs within divisions, products and other categories.
- Developed purpose-driven, user-friendly and action-oriented dashboards.
