JEDOX SUCCESS STORY · FOOD & BEVERAGE
3x more frequent forecasting, 10x faster scenario analysis, and accelerated budgeting processes
PJP Investments Group runs more than 130 Papa Johns restaurants across the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Jordan. Its Excel-based budgeting had become slow and error-prone, so it moved to Jedox and now forecasts three times as often, with scenario analysis ten times faster.
3x
more frequent forecasting (quarterly to monthly)
10x
faster scenario analysis
~5 min
to set up sales forecasts for all stores
About Papa Johns
PJP Investments Group LLC holds the Papa John’s Pizza International licence for the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Jordan. Owned by Levant Capital, a private equity firm based in Dubai, it operates more than 130 Papa Johns restaurants and opens up to 20 new stores each year. Its FP&A team supports budgeting, reporting and forecasting across the business.
Challenge
An Excel file that tripled
PJP Investments Group, owned by Dubai-based private equity firm Levant Capital, holds the Papa John’s Pizza International licence for the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Jordan, operating over 130 restaurants and opening up to 20 new stores each year.
Budgeting and reporting ran in Excel. As the business grew, the file tripled in size and became slow, prone to crashing and error-prone. Inconsistent naming and categorisation made accurate analysis difficult, and the FP&A team struggled to keep up.
Solution
Controlled, collaborative planning
Rather than buying server capacity to keep Excel running, PJP chose the Jedox EPM platform, whose Excel-like experience eased adoption.
Finance controls each department’s access, so HR, Operations and other teams can contribute their own data without altering core formulas. This collaborative, controlled model also improved cross-functional visibility, with real-time comparisons and insights.
3x more frequent forecasting, 10x faster scenario analysis, and accelerated budgeting processes
Papa Johns
Outcome
Forecasting three times as often
PJP has moved from quarterly to monthly forecasting, three times as often as before. Sales forecasts for all stores take about five minutes to set up, and full-year, multi-scenario forecasts take days instead of weeks, making scenario analysis ten times faster.
Finance has a clearer view of financial performance, and the FP&A team spends less time fixing spreadsheets and more time on strategic analysis.
PJP plans to expand its visualisations and use AI capabilities for long-term forecasting.
Jedox in use at Papa Johns
- EPM platform
- Budgeting and forecasting
- Scenario planning
- Excel-like interface
- Role-based access and collaboration
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