Case Study: Sports Apparel & Footwear Industry Leader achieves real-time forecasting with deFacto Global

Sports Apparel & Footwear Industry Leader shifts from annual to real-time forecasting with deFacto Global

A major global sports apparel and footwear enterprise faced a challenge with its outdated and inflexible financial planning infrastructure, which could not keep pace with dynamic market demands. Seeking to streamline budgeting and forecasting while enhancing analytics, the company's CFO chose deFacto to replace its legacy Hyperion system, attracted by deFacto's seamless integration with Microsoft D365 F&O.

By implementing its solution, deFacto enabled a unified chart of accounts, automated calculations, and enhanced workflow management. This transformation allowed the customer to shift from annual to real-time forecasting, expand its budgeting horizon to five years, and significantly improve self-service reporting. The results from deFacto empowered more agile decision-making and strengthened the alignment between financial planning and operational execution.