通过深入了解公司财务状况来优化全球教育项目的实施
公司规模
1,000+
地区
- Europe
国家
- Switzerland
产品
- IBM Planning Analytics
技术栈
- IBM Analytics solutions
实施规模
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
影响指标
- Cost Savings
- Productivity Improvements
技术
- 分析与建模 - 预测分析
适用行业
- 教育
适用功能
- 商业运营
用例
- 补货预测
服务
- 系统集成
关于客户
EF Education First Ltd. 是一家国际教育公司，成立于 1965 年，总部位于瑞士卢塞恩。该公司提供各种教育课程，从语言培训、教育旅行和学位课程到文化交流，服务于各个年龄段的人群。该公司在 50 多个国家/地区经营着约 500 所学校，拥有 15,000 名全职办公室员工、3,500 名全职教职员工和 16,500 名兼职教师、领队和导游。EF 的独特产品是海外教育课程，其中包括住宿、人员配备和其他费用，这些费用因国家/地区和时间而异。例如，来自德国的学生想在哥斯达黎加学习西班牙语，与来自中国的学生想在加利福尼亚学习英语相比，其成本和收入状况可能大不相同。
挑战
英孚教育 (EF) 在全球提供语言教学，通常让学生沉浸在另一种文化中。由于不同市场和目的地的学生人数波动很大，该公司必须管理与人员配备、住宿和教育材料相关的一系列令人眼花缭乱的成本，并为其产品定价以保持健康的利润，同时实现销售最大化。由于数千名员工影响其预算和财务计划，该公司难以确保采用一致的方法计算成本和收集数据。从历史上看，EF 一直依靠电子表格从员工那里收集和汇编财务和运营计划数据。作为一个高度分散的组织，这不是一件容易的事，而且很难确保采用标准化的方法来计算数字并制定准确的预算。
解决方案
为了转变其业务规划流程，EF 选择部署 IBM Planning Analytics，并与 IBM 顶级业务合作伙伴 Attollo AB 合作，以简化向新系统的过渡。EF 首先将该解决方案推广到一个部门，逐渐取代电子表格，直到能够在 Planning Analytics 中构建完整的损益表 (P&L)。从那时起，该解决方案已推广到其他四个部门，共有 800 名用户，并计划进一步扩展。虽然还处于早期阶段，但 EF 已经开始研究使用该解决方案进行情景建模，这将帮助公司做出比以往更好的决策。
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