Having already implemented BOARD to provide integrated self service Business Intelligence (reporting, analysis, drill down, dashboards, etc.), Mitsubishi’s LES Division realized that they needed to apply a similarly integrated, easy to use approach to Budgeting, Planning and Forecasting.
BOARD provided Mitsubishi Electric with a fully integrated, flexible, scalable and easy to use system which is reliable and synchronized daily with all relevant core business systems, such as SAP, CRM and other external data sources. This has enabled deep, cross business insight with rapid data integration. BOARD has ensured that Mitsubishi’s planning process is accurate and timely and centered around existing business processes, utilizing BOARD’s built in write-back and workflow functionality. As a consequence valuable knowledge and information is easily shared and updated, lending support to better, more informed decision making.
The implementation and continued expansion of the BOARD toolkit has delivered a multitude of different business benefits to Mitsubishi Electric, including:
- Streamlining of the sales analysis and mark down planning processes from days to minutes
- Quickening the delivery of information to management, Ensuring flexibility and rapid management of new requirements
- Freeing up the time of the IT department and allowing them to deliver more value add projects
- Allowing users to focus on their true roles of analysis and management instead of data maintenance