Case Study: DyStar achieves streamlined global planning and a faster close with Jedox

Faster planning across 50 global offices with 80+ different currencies

DyStar, a 150‑year‑old global manufacturer of textile dyes, faced a scaling crisis: Excel‑based planning and reporting could not handle large, multi‑currency data flows across 50+ offices, offered no writeback or online simulations, and required time‑consuming manual consolidation and report changes. Controllers needed a unified, fast, and governed solution that preserved Excel ease‑of‑use while supporting over 80 currencies and high data volumes.

By implementing Jedox with connectors to SAP BW/BI and SEM‑BCS, DyStar built centralized P&Ls with actuals and plans, instant global consolidations, web‑based data capture, real‑time drill‑down and online simulations—controlled by Finance and supported by IT. The result was sub‑second refreshes, faster closes, reduced Excel risk with an audit trail, pragmatic low‑cost rollout, dynamic consolidated reporting, and significant long‑term savings.

DyStar

Thomas Seeler

Head of Corporate Controlling