
Automobile OEMCase Study
Background
This is the world’s largest manufacturer of cars and trucks. As part of an overall transformation of the company’s planning process, Client company wanted the ability to (1) more accurately and efficiently forecast future business results, (2) analyze performance measures, and (3) model the effect of changes in Strategy or strategies on business results. The project objective was to design and implement a process to accurately model and forecast the business based on operational drivers.
Approach
We guided the client through a four-step best practice model of driver based forecasting:
- Driver Tree Development
- Key Driver Identification
- Statistical Analysis
- Forecast Modeling