Cost Reporting

Background

• Management of the different business units needed help to take the right management decisions by creating transparency about the process and product profitability thanks to the utilization of proven methodologies
• Very limited set of relevant financial indicators to help manage the business 
• Limited ownership of the business with respect to the costing model 
• Tool currently used for costing is not supported anymore

Approach

• Gather business requirements
• Create the functional design

    - Simplify the costing model

    - Create prototype in dedicated tool

    - Define the management reports and KPI’s

• Create the technical design
• Build the model in SAS ABM

Outcome

• Accurately reflect the reality in cost allocation by providing the total cost of ownership (TCO) and unit costs of the products
• Support performance management by providing operational costing data on national & regional level
• Allow for benchmarking at regional level
• Support the chargeback of costs to the BU’s