Financial planning in pharma industry: Tillots Pharma Case Study
Part of the Japanese Zeria Group, Tillotts Pharma is a fast-growing international specialty pharma company founded in 1963. Tillotts has more than 300 employees at its headquarters near Basel, Switzerland, and around the world. Its products, including in-licensed products, are marketed in more than 65 countries globally. Tillotts and its affiliates around Europe comprise eight companies with total revenues in 2019 of CHF 176.4 million.
Pharma needs to leverage diverse, highly granular data, with products typically sold in multiple countries in different doses, packaging and so on. Tillotts also sells to affiliates, and eliminations for financial statements are quite specific. So to be gathering Excel files from emails was not only time consuming and limiting, but prone to error and causing delays in financial reporting.
CCH Tagetik CPM Solutions
Tillotts Pharma has strategically integrated CCH Tagetik CPM Solutions within its operations to enhance efficiency and accuracy in financial management. This robust suite of tools includes CCH Tagetik Consolidation, which streamlines the consolidation of financial data across the eight European companies under Tillotts Pharma, ensuring consistency and transparency. Additionally, CCH Tagetik Lease Accounting for IFRS 16 provides a specialized module essential for adhering to the latest international accounting standards, thereby supporting compliance. Moreover, CCH Tagetik Budgeting and Planning facilitates a comprehensive approach to budgeting, project management, accruals, headcount, and cost-centre reporting, enabling Tillotts to maintain a competitive edge. The integration of these solutions has also enhanced sales reporting accuracy and efficiency, allowing Tillotts to make more informed strategic decisions based on reliable data analytics. The CCH Tagetik Analytic Information Hub acts as a centralized performance engine, transforming and centralizing data to provide insightful analysis and timely reporting, which are crucial for maintaining agility in a fast-paced pharmaceutical market.
Main advantages Tillotts Pharma gains with the implementation of CCH Tagetik CPM solutions
Automated reporting and analysis
Tillotts Pharma's automation of reporting and analysis with CCH Tagetik enhances their financial management. CCH Tagetik software allows the automatic creation of detailed reports and analysis, reducing manual effort and errors, leading to more accurate data for strategic decisions. Automation supports a dynamic financial strategy, enabling quick adaptation to market changes and providing the management team with timely financial insights, crucial for staying competitive.
Flexible planning
By utilizing CCH Tagetik Budgeting and Planning Software, Tillotts can swiftly modify financial plans and forecasts in response to fluctuating market dynamics. Consequently, this has enabled the company to safeguarding its financial health and strategic interests. Furthermore, this robust planning capability ensures that Tillotts remains agile, capable of proactively addressing potential disruptions and optimizing resource allocation to support sustained growth and competitiveness.
Fine-tuned drug lifecycles
The CCH Tagetik Analytic Information Hub significantly enhances the management of drug lifecycles by enabling detailed reports and precise data collection on projects and sales. This allows Tillotts to understand product lifecycles better, dissect sales patterns, anticipate market needs, and allocate resources efficiently. As a result, they foster environments for innovation, improve operational efficiency, and align strategies with market trends for sustainable growth and meticulous lifecycle management.
Ad hoc reports within days
By leveraging the capabilities of CCH Tagetik Budgeting and Planning Software, Tillotts Pharma has remarkably cut its budget cycle by four weeks, achieving greater agility and precision. Quick ad hoc forecasts enable rapid response to market changes, enhancing decision-making with current data. This agility helps refine financial strategies, maintaining a competitive edge in the pharmaceutical industry.
Ready for IFRS 16
CCH Tagetik Lease Accounting for IFRS 16 ensure that compliance with this international standard is seamlessly integrated into day-to-day operations. The user-friendly solutions minimize workflow disruption and reduce the learning curve for new employees, improving efficiency and accuracy in reporting. This consistency is essential for meeting regulatory standards with IFRS 16 and enhances Tillotts' transparency and credibility with stakeholders, supporting strategic objectives.
Reduce time-consuming work in Excel
By switching from manually consolidating Excel files to the CCH Tagetik Analytic Information Hub, Tillotts has centralized its data management, significantly improving the efficiency of its financial processes. This centralized system integrates and transforms data, allowing for more accurate and timely analysis and reporting, enhancing strategic decision-making. Consequently, the organization no longer relies on outdated methodical processes that hinder productivity; It also reduces employee workload, freeing up resources for strategic initiatives.