Case Study: Casella Waste Systems achieves faster, more accurate budgeting & forecasting with Longview Solutions

Solid Waste Company Simplifies Budgeting and Forecasting Systems to Accelerate Efficient Decision-Making Processes

Casella Waste Systems, a Vermont-based integrated waste-management company with 2,800 employees and about $500M in revenue, outgrew its spreadsheet-based budgeting and forecasting processes. As the business expanded across multiple units and locations, massive, hard-to-manage Excel files and manual consolidations into the J.D. Edwards GL made budget cycles long and error-prone, prevented timely what‑if analysis, and strained accounting staff while still requiring highly granular revenue and cost forecasts by commodity and recovery program.

Casella implemented the Longview Performance Management application, configuring flexible models for budgeting, cash flow, rolling revenue forecasts, drivers, expenses and balance sheets to match their workflows. The automated solution shortened budget and forecast cycles, eliminated cumbersome spreadsheets, enabled rapid what‑if modeling and drill‑down reporting, and freed roughly 130 users to focus on analysis and decision support rather than manual data entry.

Casella Waste Systems

Chris Scherer

Director, Forecasting, Budgeting & Operations Support