Mercur Business Control supports Hellmann Worldwide Logistics to plan and monitor performance around the world. More than 600 users access the system to enter budgets and forecast or to run reports and analyse their business performance.
Automated processes, especially for data uploads, are indispensable tools. They enable the central controlling department to create an accurate picture of performance on all levels of the Group.
Hellmann Worldwide Logistics has been a loyal and satisfied customer of Mercur Solutions for more than three decades. During this period Hellmann has grown steadily, to become a leading global supplier of logistics services. Growth inevitably means changing and increasing demands for planning, budgeting, reporting and analysis.
Yesterday’s efficient and comprehensive solution cannot support tomorrow’s new requirement.
Mercur successfully managed this process through constant development and technical innovation in every new generation. All the requirements for supporting more and more users as well as larger data volumes have been met.
Today Mercur Business Control is used by Hellmann offices around the world as well as by the central departments at the group headquarters in Osnabrück, Germany.
An increasing number of organizations deploy specialized applications for performance management. Nevertheless, according to industry researchers Gartner, 50% to 60% of large enterprises still use spreadsheets for planning and budgeting.
But at Hellmann they understood the value of a common solution for planning, budgeting and reporting and implemented an early version of Mercur already in the 1980’s.
Mercur is the main tool for Hellmann’s budgeting, reporting and analysis. Every monthly reporting cycle is started by updating the system with actuals from various ERP systems. This is done through Mercur’s built in data integration tools, which eliminates the need for all manual data entry.
Mercur then automatically handles the necessary currency conversions, eliminations, , and aggregations to present a complete and unified picture of the Hellmann Group’s performance. In other words, Mercur is the main source of information regarding business performance for Hellmann’s management and financial controllers as well as for business managers based all over the world – in total more than 600 users!
The main challenges during the setup and implementation of Mercur came from the decentralized organizational structure. The matrix organisation, Hellmann has, generates a lot of different responsibilities, means a great number of aggregated hierarchies.
Mercur offered solutions for all the requirements with only a minimum of customization. The controllers at local subsidiaries are able to run their P&L and other reports at any time, independent of the central controlling department at the head office.
Mercur also allows the users to connect to the system during the budgeting cycle to input their plans. Hellmann’s budget forms contain all the reference information and calculations that the users need to complete their budgets on time and without compromising on the quality of information.
Central controlling can manage the process through Mercur’s Work Process Control function, which gives an overview of how the work is moving forward.
Hellmann benefits from Mercur for its performance management processes in many ways but most important are:
Less time spent for planning cycles
Fast and flexible delivery of reports
Improved analysis and decisions based on numbers that everyone trusts
Elimination of manual work through integration with general ledger & other systems
Enhanced cooperation with, and ownership by, business managers throughout the world
Removal of administrative bottlenecks when the organization grows
Increased strategic value of the financial control function
Mercur’s continuous development is driven to a large extent by our customers’ own ideas and requirements. As one of Mercur’s largest and most demanding clients, Hellmann plays an especially important role in this process.
A Solution Review Team consisting of representatives from Hellmann’s controlling department and Mercur’s consulting and development departments meets at least once a year to exchange ideas and discuss improvements and new functionality for the future.
This symbiotic relationship fits well with the spirit of both companies.
Applications: Mercur Business Control Number of users: more than 700Processes covered: Annual Budgeting and monthly, Reporting and Analysis
Highlights: Despite the scope of the application, Mercur is managed day-to- day entirely by the financial control department. No consultancy is needed. The controllers can create and modify the reports they want after a short training course.
About the company: Hellmann was founded in 1871 by Carl Heinrich Hellmann. For almost 150 years, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics has been offering individual solutions for all kinds of transportation. From a medium-sized service provider with few branches in Germany, the family-owned company has developed into a global player with annual group sales of around EUR 2.53 billion. Today, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics is represented in 56 countries with 263 branches. Through the network, the company has access to 489 offices in 173 countries. The company attaches particular importance to long-term relationships with customers, partners and employees and thus gives logistics a face - personal, close and reliable. This resonates well with how Mercur defines a successful customer partnership – long lasting and based on mutual trust.
Turnover: 2,53 billion Euro Number of employees: 10 601Business activity: Hellmann is a full-service logistics provider whose core competencies include the product areas Air, Sea, Road & Rail and Contract Logistics. The extensive portfolio also includes industry and IT solutions as well as offers in the areas of recycling, training and insurance.
Bättre noggrannhet hos Stena Bulk med Mercur för rapportering, analys, budget och prognos.
Mercur är lätt att anpassa och gör så att vi sparar mycket tid vid t.ex. löneanalys som tidigare genomfördes i Excel.
Taxi Stockholm använder Mercur Business Control för sin rapportering såväl som för budget och prognos.
Mercur Solutions är ett privatägt svenskt programvaruföretag som levererar och implementera lösningar för verksamhetsstyrning och beslutsstöd. Vi har funnits i snart 50 år och är marknadsledande med vår egenutvecklade standardapplikation Mercur Business Control®, för budget, prognos, rapportering, analys och målstyrning.
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