Client Cases

BAT’s journey to automating the short-term cash flow forecasting process

Similar to other companies using an Excel spreadsheet for their daily cash position and short-term cash flow forecast, British American Tobacco (BAT) had a small team focusing on short term cash flow forecasting for over 200 business units. Since most of the processes (AP, AR, treasury deals, bank statements) were already in SAP ECC, cash management relevant data was underutilised. Therefore, the tobacco company decided to engage into a short-term cash flow forecasting automation process project. Cash Flow Analyser together with several standard and bespoke Fiori apps were selected as the preferred option for daily cash position and short-term forecast.