The Greenfield Group

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The Greenfield Group Limited is a wholly-owned enterprise based in the UK. The Greenfield Group Limited comprises Elmac Technologies, the global flame arrester specialists; KnitMesh Technologies, world leaders in the manufacture and marketing of knitted mesh components; and La Cafetière, the hot drinks specialists who have established an international café culture brand in Europe and North America. With annual revenue of £20 million, The Greenfield Group Limited has more than 200 employees and oversees operations in the UK, the Netherlands, the USA, South Africa and China.

The Greenfield Group’s Finance team benefits from greater automation helping save time and reducing manual intervention

Managing three separate and unique businesses on Excel spreadsheets increasingly became more difficult for the finance team. As the company became more complex through acquisitions, keeping all the formulas and links accurate became nearly impossible. Due to the global nature of the business, the organisation operates using four different currencies, the British pound, the US dollar, the South African rand, and the euro in The Netherlands.

Challenges

Managing three separate and unique businesses on Excel spreadsheets across 7 statutory entities in a matrix organisation
Planning in multiple global currencies
Collaborating with budget owners during the annual budget process

Solutions

Implemented the solution in less than 8 weeks
Budget contributors can log-in and see only the information relevant to them
Saved tremendous time previously spent consolidating information and error checking

“Adaptive Planning stood out because we could implement it quickly, it was affordable and the functionality had a lot of depth to meet our organisational planning needs. Based on the demonstration and talking with the implementation partner, Clear Plan, we were convinced that this was a great product that we should try.”

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