Case Study: Saddle Creek Logistics Services achieves budget consolidation 4 weeks earlier and smarter cost-center analysis with Vena Solutions

With 4 Extra Weeks for Budget Analysis, Vena Helps Saddle Creek Manage Cost Centers More Efficiently

Saddle Creek Logistics, a leading U.S. third‑party logistics provider with 5,000 employees, 24 million sq. ft. of warehouse space and 50+ locations, struggled with a slow, error-prone budgeting cycle. Each site submitted different Excel files with inconsistent formulas and formatting, forcing finance into long weekends of manual consolidation, preventing cost‑center level budgeting and leaving little time for analysis or executive review.

By implementing Vena, Saddle Creek centralized revenue, OpEx, workforce and CapEx planning in a single database while keeping the familiar Excel interface, plus automated workflows and an audit trail to eliminate emailed spreadsheets and manual handoffs. Budgets are now consolidated four weeks earlier, teams have evenings and weekends back, and detailed cost‑center analysis drives smarter, more data‑driven decisions and closer collaboration with locations.

Saddle Creek Logistics Services

Paige Williamson

Associate Director of Fixed Assets and Systems