AVIATION · FP&A

Major international airline

A platform they owned, and hadn't yet had reason to believe in.

THE CHALLENGE

The platform was in place. Confidence in it wasn't. Before anyone would talk about broader financial planning, something had to work first.

WHAT WE DID

We started with a single, contained workstream, a well-defined problem with a clear answer, and the right place to prove the platform rather than assert it. Our consultants worked from the airline's own offices for four months, because adoption is a change management problem before it's a technical one, and neither is solved over a call. Once that first solution was live and being used, the conversation about what else finance could plan in Anaplan took care of itself.

Single Workstream

One well-defined problem, one clear answer, not a platform-wide rebuild.

Embedded Onsite

Our consultants worked from the airline's own offices for four months.

Adoption, Earned

Once the first solution was live and trusted, the rest of finance followed.

THE RESULT

4 months
Onsite with the finance team
EMBEDDED
2 years
Engagement extended from the initial scope
TRAJECTORY
25
Finance business partners planning in Anaplan by end of roadmap
REACH
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Abhishek Rungta
Senior Director, Technology Services – Arlo Technologies
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What stood out wasn't just the Anaplan expertise. It was how much they cared about our business and the way we work.

Digital Innovation Lead, Major international airline, name withheld

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