Case Study: Alcoa achieves 4x faster global demand planning with Workday

Alcoa increases global demand planning efficiency by 4x

Alcoa, the global aluminum manufacturer, was struggling with slow, manual demand planning and sales forecasting across teams on six continents. Its spreadsheet-based process took too long, required repeated file updates and reviews, and created delays in manual data entry and analysis. Alcoa turned to Workday to help streamline forecasting and improve control over working capital.

Workday implemented a flexible solution that centralized and simplified global demand planning and forecasting. As a result, Alcoa cut forecast processing time in half, saved teams two days of manual data entry each month, improved control over working capital, and achieved a 4x increase in demand-planning efficiency.

Alcoa

Roberto Martin Garcia

Global Director of Supply Chain and Commercial Operations