Case Study: Alcoa speeds up demand planning and improves capital control with Workday

Alcoa speeds up demand planning and improves control of capital

Alcoa needed better demand planning and stronger control over capital, with improved visibility into sales, inventory, accounts receivable, and accounts payable. Using Workday Adaptive Planning, Alcoa aimed to create a single source of truth for forecasting and reporting across its global operations.

Workday helped Alcoa consolidate its global demand forecast into one system, giving the team more time for reporting, analysis, and what-if scenario planning. The results included a 50% reduction in planning and reporting cycle times, cycle time for a new scenario dropping from 4 days to 1.5 days, a 4x improvement in demand planning efficiency, and 50% shorter processing time.

Alcoa