Case Study: So Others Might Eat achieves greater fiscal transparency and planning with Workday Adaptive Planning

SOME improves fiscal transparency and planning, and adapts to COVID-19

So Others Might Eat was struggling to keep up with growing stewardship, usability, and financial performance management needs while relying on Excel and financial system exports. Engagement among dozens of leaders also made budgeting and planning difficult. To address this, the organization adopted Workday Adaptive Planning to create a more structured FP&A process.

With Workday Adaptive Planning, So Others Might Eat rebuilt its planning process to improve fiscal transparency, resource stewardship, and mission performance. The organization reduced benefits overpayments and missed discounts by 1%, engaged 10% of employees in planning, and completed PPP program analysis in under a day. Workday Adaptive Planning also helped So Others Might Eat improve workforce, program, and COVID-19 continuity planning.

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