The solution worked because it changed both the data path and the control method, rather than asking finance to manage the same fragmentation more carefully.

WorkedDid not

Data access

Automated trial balance loads

Disconnected ERP sources

Consolidation

Dynamic OneStream solution

Manual workbooks

Reporting

Nearly 50 percent less time

Spreadsheet-dependent reporting

Cash flow

Two hours

Two-day process

Riveron guided the selection and rollout of OneStream across 30 countries and more than 100 users.¹ OneStream replaced manual consolidation, reporting, and planning processes, while automated trial balance loading connected more than 45 ERP instances to near-real-time data availability.¹

The operating result was a simpler control environment. Crane eliminated consolidation workbooks and spreadsheets and reduced concerns over data inaccuracy.¹ Close time fell by three to four days, reporting effort fell by nearly 50 percent, and cash flow reporting moved from two days to two hours.¹ The important design choice was to make automation part of the close process itself.

Crane Worldwide Logistics streamlined close cycle and eliminated Excel fragmentation