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Completing a full working capital assessment in under 2 weeks

 

How a leading IT Group completed a full working capital and cash release assessment in <2 weeks to support their credit rating review.

€12.1Bn
Transactions analysed
€223.9M
Validated DSO cash release
€74.2M
Validated DPO cash release
IT
IT Giant Sum Panel

 

Challenge


To support an upcoming credit rating review, the client needed to quickly assess their global working capital performance and identify improvement opportunities. The project required collecting and processing data from 3 ERP instances, 40+ subsidiaries, 1.75M+ invoices, 17,000+ customers, and 8,000+ suppliers.

 

Solution


Gardenia extracted and processed ERP data, applied AI models, and produced interactive dashboards highlighting current metrics and improvement opportunities. These dashboards allow for drill-down, validation, and data export.

 

Results


With the volume at data at hand, this project wouldn't have been possible without the Gardenia platform.

Gardenia provided the client with: 

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Global Visibility: Unified view of working capital across subsidiaries and ERPs.
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Granular Insights: Cash Conversion Cycle statistics at any level of aggregation.
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Validated Targets: Opportunities for 28% DSO and 8% DPO improvement.
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Defendable Reporting: Dynamic evidence-based reporting for stakeholders.
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Forward-looking Planning: Dashboards for ongoing financial planning.
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