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Case Study: Stretching to new financial heights at Silafrica

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Key facts · TL;DR
Company
Silafrica
Industry
Manufacturing
Challenge
Manual consolidation and data aggregation slowed close and audits.
Headline result
Silafrica improved month-end close by 67% and eliminated $1M in reporting errors

Key results

67%
Faster month-end close
15 days to 5 days; $37,800 annual labor savings
$1M
Net profit reporting errors eliminated
8x
More frequent internal audits
every two months to four times monthly

The challenge

Silafrica's Office of the CFO was constrained by manual consolidation and data aggregation, limiting reporting accuracy, audit frequency, and the ability to inform pricing with broader data.

The solution

With implementation support from Magnatec Solutions, Silafrica standardized and automated financial processes on Prophix One as a single source of truth.

Now, we leverage a wider range of data, including costs, transportation, and other relevant factors, to inform our pricing strategy.

EK
Eric Kathurima
Head of Financial Planning & Analysis, Silafrica Group

The results, in context

Silafrica improved month-end close by 67%, from 15 days to 5 days, representing $37,800 in annual labor savings, and eliminated $1 million in net profit reporting errors. It also achieved an 8x increase in internal audit frequency, from once every two months to four times per month.

Products used

Prophix Prophix One