Case Study: Sydney Opera House achieves faster, more reliable budgeting and forecasting with Professional Advantage’s Infor BI

Sydney Opera House replaces 150 workbooks with Professional Advantage in 3 months

The Sydney Opera House faced significant challenges managing its complex financial and production planning processes using hundreds of disconnected Excel spreadsheets. This led to issues with version control, accuracy, and system stability, making budgeting, forecasting, and tracking productions highly inefficient and risky. To address this, the organization enlisted vendor Professional Advantage to implement an Infor BI business intelligence solution.

Professional Advantage implemented the Infor BI platform, first replacing the budgeting and forecasting system and then the complex "ETHEL" production planning model. The solution provided a single, reliable source of real-time data, introduced improved processes, and saved significant time in management and reporting. The Sydney Opera House achieved greater confidence in its financial data, enabled real-time forecasts for all users, and freed finance staff to focus on value-add activities.

Sydney Opera House