Industrial Manufacturing Use Cases

Industrial-manufacturing EPM and EDM roadmaps should integrate production, supply-chain, workforce, master-data, sustainability, profitability, close, and reconciliation processes.

Primary EPM/EDM Pillar	Industry Use Case
Planning	Production-capacity planning
Planning	Demand sensing and IBP
Planning	Multi-plant rolling forecasts
Planning	CapEx planning and tracking
Planning	Plant / factory P&L reporting
Planning	Supply-chain scenario modelling
Planning	Inventory and working-capital planning
Planning	New-product introduction financial planning
Planning	Plant-level headcount and labour-cost planning
Planning	Skills and workforce-capacity modelling
Enterprise Data Management	Master-data governance for cost centres and plants
Enterprise Data Management	M&A integration and entity restructuring
Enterprise Data Management	New-product-introduction master data
Narrative Reporting	Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions tracking
Narrative Reporting	CSRD / ESRS regulatory reporting
Profitability and Cost Management	Product-level cost management
Financial Consolidation and Close	Multi-entity financial close
Account Reconciliation	Intercompany reconciliation