Case Study: Coca‑Cola Bottling Company Consolidated achieves 55% revenue growth and 90% faster financial consolidation with Vena Solutions

Vena Powers Coca-Cola's Finance and Operations Teams Through 55% Revenue Growth

Coca‑Cola Consolidated, the largest Coca‑Cola bottler in the U.S. with 76 distribution centers, 17,000 employees and $4.8B in revenue, faced slow, error‑prone planning driven by disconnected offline spreadsheets and an outdated mainframe. FP&A was spending more time aggregating and verifying disparate files than analyzing results, creating version control, data integrity and decision‑making challenges across regional and corporate stakeholders.

After evaluating several vendors, the company implemented Vena’s Excel‑native planning platform with OLAP integration to SAP, automating data consolidation and centralizing cross‑functional planning for about 180 users. Consolidation time fell by 90% (from 1.5 days to one hour), the team expanded Vena use across budgeting, operational, HR and sales planning, and finance became a strategic partner—helping support 55% revenue growth from $3.1B to $4.8B while improving user adoption and analytic capability.

Coca-Cola Bottling Company Consolidated

Matt Blickley

Senior Director, Financial Planning & Analysis