Case Study: Smollan Group shortens budgeting cycles and boosts manager productivity with IDU's idu-Concept

Smollan Group smoothes their budget cycle with idu-Concept

Smollan, an international retail solutions company with more than 20 companies and 7,000 employees servicing over 22,000 outlets, was overwhelmed by a distributed budgeting and management reporting process. Their AS/400 BPCS ERP was reliable but unfriendly to non-financial users, leaving cost‑centre managers desk‑bound and spending too much time on monthly financials. Smollan engaged IDU and its idu-Concept budgeting and reporting solution to simplify and streamline the process.

IDU implemented idu-Concept in 2001 as a complement to BPCS, adding an intuitive web front end, security‑controlled access, and a custom aggregation tool to roll up thousands of sub‑budgets. The solution made budgeting more transparent and accountable, cut budgeting cycles from months to weeks, enabled managers to download and update reports remotely, and materially increased field productivity and reporting efficiency for Smollan.

Smollan

Colleen Rose

IT Director