Case Study: Invacare achieves faster, error-free monthly closes and 9-month ROI with SAS Financial Management

Invacare speeds the monthly close with SAS® Financial Management

Invacare, an Ohio-based manufacturer and distributor of home and long‑term care products with $1.7 billion in revenue, had grown by acquisition into 34 separate ERP systems. That fragmentation made the month‑end close extremely laborious: more than 100 spreadsheets were emailed worldwide, numbers often conflicted, and finance staff spent most of their time compiling data amid late‑night crisis calls.

Invacare implemented SAS Financial Management to consolidate planning, budgeting, reporting and financials, gaining better integration and control. Within nine months the company recouped its investment; month‑end closes became faster and more reliable, errors declined, and finance staff now spend the majority of their time analyzing results rather than collecting them—prompting Invacare to extend SAS for master data management next.

Invacare

Greg Rossiter

Director of Global Business Information