PLAYBOOK DATA PROCESS EVERGREENING August 2013

Executive Summary Business Problem: Data issues are prevalent across key data processes in the Playbook Application. Reported inaccuracies are preventing the business from efficiently planning their Trade Promotions spend. This ongoing problem has also prevented the business from completely complying with the use of the system. 2

Proposed Solution Overhaul of the data processes of the application using best practices such as pro-active validation, relational structures and exception handlers. These are currently missing in the data handling processes in Playbook. 3

Financial Summary 4

Benefits Category$ BenefitDescription Cost Reduction Year 1 Benefit -.12% or $372,000 on Spend Budget reduction 5 Year Benefit –$1.5M Reduced Spend Reliable analytics will drive accurate decisions in cost saving decisions on Trade Spend 5

Competitive Analysis All financial applications should adhere to industry best practices, such as: – Cross System checks and balancing – Internal and external exception handling – Single version of the truth when processing financial data 6

Timeline FY1 M1M2M3M4M5M6 Deployment Porting and User Acceptance Testing 7 Analysis and Re-Design Development

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