Case Study: Denny’s achieves faster, more granular financial planning and reporting with Workday

Data, insight, and relevance reporting for America’s favorite diner

Denny’s needed better financial planning and analysis to improve reporting, forecasting, and scenario modeling. With Workday, the diner sought more timely, relevant data and greater visibility into supplier and project-level planning, along with faster monthly and board reporting.

Workday implemented OfficeConnect and related FP&A capabilities to streamline reporting and give cost center owners self-service dashboards and reports. As a result, Denny’s increased yearly forecasts by 1225%, cut annual budget cycle time by 60%, and reduced scenario generation from 3 days to just hours while producing 5 times more what-if scenarios.

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