Cost center overruns caught before the quarter ends
47 cost centers were over budget three months running. €2.1m a year in total.
cost centers
over budget three months runninga year
total of the overrunscost centers
checked every monthChallenge
With 220 cost centers, an overrun usually only showed up in the quarterly report. By then most of the money was already spent.
Checking every cost center by hand each month was not feasible. Small deviations that repeated month after month went unnoticed.
Solution with Arc
Every month Arc compares all 220 cost centers with their budget, straight from the postings.
If a cost center stays above budget for several months, Arc flags it to the owner, with the postings that explain the deviation.
Result
The first run showed 47 cost centers over budget three months running, €2.1m a year in total.
Owners now see deviations in the month they occur and can act before the quarter ends.
How it runs with Arc
Your ERP has the data.
Arc does the work.
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