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Cash Prediction and Procurement Prediction

Smart, integrated forecasting of your KPI metrics

Shape your future with intelligent IT systems

The Cash Prediction and Procurement Prediction solutions developed by PwC and Celonis enable you to monitor current business processes and obtain a forecast of the future course of your key figures (e.g. sales volume or purchasing volume). You choose which data may be useful to get analysed in detail. The use cases are wide-ranging – from classic sales and revenue forecasts to liquidity forecasts and customer-specific forecasts, a variety of analyses is possible.

Benefits

30%

Efficiency increase

Detect emerging fluctuations or bottlenecks at an early stage and monitor processes in real time.

2x

Quicker overview

With a dashboard, you have a quicker overview of your financial key figures and you create transparency about the future development of your business.

<70%

Quality improvement

Achieve an increase of up to 70% in the quality of forecasts.

Possible sequence of a process mining and forecasting project

Our analyses are designed so that we can quickly achieve initial results with your data. Customised adaptations can be taken into account on request.

01Preparation

  • Coordination of the relevant process and data basis
  • Discussion of the goals of the analysis and possible questions that get answered in the analysis as well as currently available forecasting processes and instruments

In the Spotlight

Cash Prediction

With Cash Prediction you have the possibility to visualise your cash flows of different foreign currencies and get a prediction for the future development directly in Celonis. Knowing how much foreign currency is needed at what time, better decisions can be made and exchange rate risks can be better mitigated.

Procurement Prediction

With Procurement Prediction you have the possibility to create forecasts for purchasing directly in your process mining software. You can forecast which materials and material classes you will need in the future. Based on this information, you can control supplier delivery behaviour and negotiate prices in advance to get the best possible prices.

What are other use cases?

  • Sales Forecast
  • Optimisation of warehousing
  • Predictive Maintenance

Pricing

Client size S

Small business

  • < 2,000 Employees
  • Forecast on a daily or monthly basis
  • Customised to your requirements
  • Interactive cloud solution 24/7
from € 16,600

per year

Client size M

Medium-sized companies

  • 2,000 - 10,000 Employees
  • Forecast on a daily or monthly basis
  • Customised to your requirements
  • Interactive cloud solution 24/7
from € 20,500

per year

Client size L

Large business

  • > 10.000 Employees
  • Forecast on a daily or monthly basis
  • Customised to your requirements
  • Interactive cloud solution 24/7
from € 34,100

per year

FAQs

What is process mining?

Process mining brings transparency to your complex digital business processes. IT systems such as Cash and Procurement Prediction support you in analysing and evaluating your processes in the operational area. Every activity carried out in the system leaves a digital footprint. With process mining, this data stored in the individual process steps is compiled into a comprehensive process picture: How often do certain processes take place? What are the throughput times? Process mining also makes transparent information contained in the data records that is otherwise difficult to retrieve. Such a process recording and representation cannot be realised manually to this extent.

How far ahead can forecasts for the future be made?

This always depends on the amount and structure of data you have available for this purpose. The more data available, the more precise and long-term predictions can be made. It also depends on whether the data is based on, for example, weekly or monthly information.

Can external factors also be included in the analysis?

Yes, this is possible – and we even recommend it. For example, it can make sense to integrate the IFO Business Climate Index or sector-specific key figures. With its data you can improve the quality of the forecast.

Can an existing Celonis Cloud version be used?

Yes, if Celonis is already in use, the Celonis instance can be used directly by the customer.

Can analytics and dashboards be customised?

We already provide a set of standard analyses. Customer-specific analyses, as well as adaptations of existing key figures are possible and can be taken into account in the project after coordination.

For which processes is forecasting suitable?

In principle, all processes and data can be used for a forecast. However, some parameters have to be considered, such as the amount of data or the frequency of generation. We would be happy to take a look at this in individual cases.

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