Case Study: Dyno Nobel achieves faster budgeting and streamlined decision-making with Planful

Dyno Nobel Turns Data into Intelligence with Planful

Dyno Nobel, a global explosives manufacturer founded in 1865 and now part of Incitec Pivot, faced mounting pressure to manage budgets and financial performance across regions and thousands of SKUs. Relying on Excel led to a 5–6 month budget cycle, data integrity problems, one‑off adjustments, and frustrated managers and manufacturing teams who couldn’t trust or easily act on the numbers.

Working with CFO Solutions, Dyno Nobel implemented Planful to unify SAP finance and sales data into a single source of truth. The change eliminated manual reconciliation, accelerated budgeting (targeting a reduction from five months to about two), enabled scenario planning, and gave budget owners direct input and sign‑off—improving decision speed, accountability, and confidence in forecasts while paving the way for driver‑based forecasting.

Dyno Nobel

Brian Currie

Finance Manager