Case Study: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology achieves faster, more accurate planning and budgeting with Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Boosts Planning and Budgeting Efficiency by Consolidating Data in the Cloud

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) is a leading private graduate research university in Saudi Arabia with a diverse international faculty and a large endowment. The university struggled with a cumbersome, spreadsheet‑based planning and budgeting process—relying on emailed files and manual aggregation—that consumed staff time, introduced errors, reduced visibility into departmental budgets, and left little room for strategic analysis.

KAUST consolidated its planning and budgeting on Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service with implementation support from partner Inplenion, centralizing data and automating aggregation and reporting. The move cut data‑collection time from over 70% to 30%, enabled staff to spend roughly 70% of their time on monitoring and analysis, eliminated spreadsheet errors, improved data security and real‑time reporting, and streamlined the annual budgeting cycle.

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Jamie O’Brien

Manager Planning and Budgeting Operations