Case Study: The Edinburgh Woollen Mill achieves automated, integrated budgeting and forecasting with Longview

Longview Application Replaces Cumbersome Spreadsheets with Fully Integrated Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting Process

Edinburgh Woollen Mill Group (EWM), a UK retail chain of about 300 stores and £150m in revenue, relied on manual spreadsheets for budgeting, planning and forecasting. That centralized process was time-consuming, error-prone, lacked store involvement and couldn’t easily handle complex calculations or scale with the business.

EWM implemented Longview Performance Management, configuring it to integrate store-level and head-office inputs, link to the general ledger, and automate cash‑flow, rates/rents and other complex calculations via web-based templates. The solution eliminated manual consolidation, delivered granular, accurate reporting, sped up the budget cycle and freed finance staff to spend more time analysing results.

The Edinburgh Woollen Mill

Andrew Selby

Financial Controller