PALO ALTO, CA — (Marketwired) — 03/31/15 — , the worldwide leader in and for the biggest brands and the hottest companies, today announced that , a UK-based adjustable focus eyewear company, has appointed Adaptive to deliver greater accuracy and speed in its financial planning to support the company–s global expansion. With Adaptive, Adlens is able to effectively address new complexities associated with international growth, and focus more on strategic analysis and improved decision making.
“We needed a solution that would accelerate how we utilize our data to make decisions in an international, multi-currency environment; a solution we could grow with,” said Ash Mehta, Chief Financial Officer of Adlens. “With Adaptive we can do in-depth analysis for each territory where we have a presence — whether that–s cutting the data by revenue, product, or sales channel to better understand costs and margins across different dimensions. The results of the analysis have proven to be invaluable, affording us a greater understanding of the business internationally, including where funds could be invested or costs reduced for better investment returns.”
As Adlens moved from research and development to a successful product line launch, the company opened new offices worldwide, ramped up staffing, and developed new product lines. However, the company–s growth and success introduced new complexities for developing plans and measuring performance, and it became clear that Excel was no longer suitable for its financial planning and reporting. Adaptive drastically shortened the whole planning process for Adlens, eliminating the time spent aggregating and consolidating spreadsheets, and increased the throughput of reporting from several days to just hours. As a result, Adlens has been able to analyze the productivity of its sales teams worldwide and create comprehensive plans and budgets to scale the business and make better decisions.
Consequently, the more detailed budget achieved by Adlens has helped the finance department gain greater responsibility and accountability. Not only was the Adaptive implementation completed within six weeks, but in just an hour the budget holders had grasped the essentials. The familiar and friendly user interface played a critical role in acceptance from multiple stakeholders, and has helped the business to have a more informed discussion based on real numbers.
“We–re delighted to have helped Adlens through this exciting time of international expansion,” said Ian Preston, VP Sales UK & Ireland for Adaptive Insights. “It–s especially important for companies growing and moving into new markets to have complete cloud visibility and control over their finances and business performance to ensure expansion strategies are successful and companies reap good returns on their investments.”
: .@Adlens_Ltd uses #AdaptiveInsights to support global expansion through stronger planning & strategic analysis.
Adaptive Insights is the worldwide leader in . Via its software as a service (SaaS) platform, the company offers capabilities for , , that empower finance, sales, and other business leaders with insight to drive true competitive advantage. The Adaptive Suite is sold direct or is available through Adaptive–s robust cloud CPM channel ecosystem of 200+ partners, including Accenture, Armanino, Cohn Reznick, Intacct, KPMG, McGladrey, and Plex Systems. NetSuite also offers Adaptive Insights as its NetSuite Financial Planning Module.
More than 2,500 companies in 85 countries use Adaptive Insights. These range from mid-sized companies and nonprofits to large corporations, including AAA, Boston Scientific, CORT, Konica Minolta, NetSuite, Philips, and Siemens. Adaptive Insights is headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif. For more information, visit , read our , and follow Adaptive on , , , and .
Co-founded in 2005 in Oxford, England by businessman and philanthropist James Chen, Adlens is the global leader in adjustable focus eyewear. Its highly skilled team of engineers, eyecare professionals and designers has developed a completely new category of vision correction. Adlens is a commercial business with a social soul. Vision for a Nation® is the innovative foundation partnered with Adlens that runs a charitable program, aiming to provide universal access to eyewear one nation at a time, starting in Rwanda.
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