Case Study: Catalytic Solutions, Inc. achieves faster, more accurate financial planning and reporting with KCI Computing's CONTROL

CSI Produces Cleaner, More Efficient Financial Management Processes

Catalytic Solutions Inc, a global developer and manufacturer of advanced catalytic coating solutions, was struggling with a spreadsheet-heavy financial planning, analysis and reporting process that had become slow, error-prone and hard to audit as the business scaled. To replace its labor-intensive Excel model and improve speed, flexibility and traceability, the company turned to KCI Computing and its CONTROL performance management software.

KCI Computing implemented CONTROL, linking it to Catalytic’s Microsoft ERP to automate planning, reporting and financial-statement production, document processes and provide a clear audit trail. As a result, Catalytic Solutions Inc cut multi-year revenue forecasting from ~30 days to 3 days, reduced financial close time by 10% within weeks (with a target of 50% reduction), and shortened routine data-request response time from about two hours to roughly 10 minutes, while enabling real-time drill-downs and faster, more confident executive decision‑making.

Catalytic Solutions Inc

Kevin McDonnell

Senior Vice President and Chief Finance Officer