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Case Study
Restructuring of the commercial area at automotive supplier group
Optimization of plant controlling
Company Details
- Automotive division of a large corporation
- Manufacturer of spare parts for the automotive and motorcycle industry
- Revenue €11.3b worldwide; revenue Europe > €1b with approximately 1,000 employees at 18 sites
Situation and Challenge
- Reorganisation of the European corporate structure
- Below-average performance of European production plants compared to the Group
- Lack of cost transparency (no uniform accounting and reporting, production controlling down)
Objective ans Tasks
- •Establishment of a finance team and filling the position of commercial director as well as several employees in the area of finance
- Creation of cost transparency, reorganization of production controlling (Saxony plant)
Measures and Procedures
- Walk-through of commercial processes to identify potential for improvement and deviations between locations
- Analysis of SAP (MM, SD, FI/CO) and partial takeover of customizing (Saxony plant)
- Documentation of processes and preparation for the onboarding of new employees
Results and Achievements
- Reporting with meaningful figures to the shareholders on time again
- Production controlling revised and documented in the first plant (Saxony plant, SAP)
- Personnel concept with job descriptions for the financial sector
- Robust budget planning for FY 2023 prepared and approved by the shareholder
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