JEDOX SUCCESS STORY · AUTOMOTIVE
Single source of truth drives integrated business planning forward at D’Ieteren Automotive
D’Ieteren Automotive, a diversified Belgian automotive group, replaced siloed, Excel-based planning with Jedox to create a single source of truth for integrated business planning. Working with NX Partners, it connected group finance with retail, aftersales, IT and HR, saving more than 240 mandays a year.
240+
mandays saved per year
90-120
mandays saved on quarterly forecast preparation
3-4 days
saved per month by the central team
About D’Ieteren Automotive
D’Ieteren Automotive is a diversified Belgian automotive group operating across vehicle distribution, retail and maintenance, with financial services and advanced mobility offerings. It runs both B2B and B2C business models, and five to six different ERP systems have served the needs of its various operations. Group Finance oversees planning and budgeting across the business.
Challenge
Planning in silos and spreadsheets
D’Ieteren Automotive operates across vehicle distribution, retail, maintenance, financial services and advanced mobility. Its departments planned in silos, and Group Finance relied on Excel for planning and budgeting.
Five to six different ERP systems served the various business needs, and consolidating across B2B and B2C business models was difficult. As Nicolas Bleret, Head of Controlling & Consolidation, put it, the system setup made forecasting and budgeting time-consuming, and analysis was limited with no drill-down capability.
Solution
One platform for integrated planning
In 2023 the group selected an enterprise performance management platform to support integrated business planning across all departments. Its criteria were fit across multiple business functions, flexibility for differing departmental needs, Office 365 integration and the ability to break down silos. Jedox was chosen for its flexibility, Office 365 integration and familiar Excel interface, with NX Partners as system integrator, having worked with D’Ieteren before.
Phase 1 migrated the group reporting model to Jedox, automating much of the creation of financial plans and budgets at a granularity Excel could not match, and giving all departments one shared data foundation.
Phase 2 onboarded retail, aftersales, IT and HR, with each implementation designed to connect to the others rather than run separately.
“The challenge isn’t just technical—it’s cultural.”
Nicolas Bleret
Head of Controlling & Consolidation
Outcome
More than 240 mandays saved yearly
The central finance team now saves 3-4 days a month, and quarterly forecast preparation saves a further 90-120 mandays across business units, giving total recurring savings of more than 240 mandays a year. Between 50 and 60 people now use Jedox.
Planning is better aligned across business units, consolidation reflects cross-functional dependencies, drill-down analysis is stronger, and time has been freed for analysis. Teams work from shared data with harmonised definitions.
Next steps include lifetime product and customer profitability analysis, scenario modelling for investments in emerging mobility, and dynamic resource allocation across business units. Bleret identifies three success factors: system capabilities, redesigned processes and a cultural shift towards collaborative decision-making.
Analysis capabilities were limited, without any drill-down functionality.
Nicolas Bleret, Head of Controlling & Consolidation
Jedox in use at D’Ieteren Automotive
- Integrated business planning
- Group reporting model
- Office 365 integration
- Excel interface
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