ARI Armaturen

What was your starting point?

Our aim was to combine our Excel-based planning and consolidation in an integrated system. We wanted to set up central data structures and no longer to merge the data subsequently at several different locations. This principle was to be implemented in both areas – we wanted to integrate planning and consolidation in a single solution so that we could finally put local planning into practice.

What were the highlights?

With the solution, we have been able largely to automate our management reporting. We no longer need to prepare the data. This has made us far more efficient in our reporting, with extra time to spend on analyses. The highlight in the implementation was CP Consultant Arne Kottmann’s expert guidance – however user-friendly a program may be, you’ll still need to learn the ropes at the start.

What lessons have you learned?

I’d advise anyone to have a good look beforehand at the structures to be created in a digitisation project. How are the different structures in, say, Corporate Planner and the CP-Suite connected? Internal processes and accounting rules should also be subjected to scrutiny with a view to automating them as far as possible.

About ARI-Armaturen Albert Richter GmbH & Co. KG

ARI is a leading multinational supplier of heavy-duty valves for the control, isolation, safety and steam trapping of liquid and gaseous media. Its portfolio includes over 20,000 products in more than 200,000 variants.