The uses of PCM extend beyond FP&A to all facets of the organization in the following ways:

1. Operations Teams

• Process Optimization: Analysing cost impact of specific processes and identify inefficiencies, improve resource utilization and enable process improvements and cost savings.
• Supply Chain Analysis: Cost and profitability analysis of supply chain activities, enabling decisions on sourcing, inventory, and logistics.

2. Sales and Marketing Teams

• Customer Profitability Analysis: Helps sales and marketing teams understand which customer segments, accounts, or geographies are most profitable, enabling better targeting and resource allocation.
• Campaign Effectiveness & Pricing Strategies: Assists in evaluating the cost versus benefit of marketing campaigns and help structure pricing strategies.

3. Product Management

Product Profitability & Portfolio Management: Analyses costs associated with product development through its lifecycle. It also provides data to prioritize investment in high-margin products and phase out underperforming ones.

4. Human Resources

• Employee Cost Analysis & Shared Service Allocations: Employee-related costs broken down by department or project, helping to identify cost drivers. It also enables allocation shared service costs across parameters defined.
• Workforce Planning: Assists in understanding the financial impact of workforce changes, such as hiring, layoffs, or restructuring.

3. Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management

• Cost-to-Serve Analysis: Determines the true cost of delivering products to customers, helping to streamline logistics and reduce inefficiencies.
• Inventory Management: Provides cost insights that help optimize inventory levels and minimize carrying costs

Apart from this there are uses of this data in Customer Service, Compliance and Risk Management and Strategy and Corporate Development. While revenues are recorded by product, customer or channel, costs are recorded in different silos. This is more so with indirect costs, overheads, shared services costs & SG&A, etc. Accurate allocation is the key to enable identifying the profit makers v profit draggers. While at a cursory look it may appear that higher sales volumes in a segment lead to more margins, deeper analysis may prove otherwise leading to a shift in production and sales strategies. At INFOLOB, we enable customers derive benefits across business areas by optimising on these and other areas by effective implementation of Oracle PCM. By integrating it with base ERP systems regardless of the technology platform or even spreadsheets, we enable leveraging EPM across business functions and getting the biggest bang for the buck. We accomplish this by

• A cross functional engagement with the business to assimilate data
• Deploying Business Domain and Technology experts in the implementation
• Defining parameters by which the output would want to be viewed
• Defining appropriate drivers and right rules for cost allocation
• Reports and Visualization for easy understanding and decision-making

Profitability and cost management are no longer confined to spreadsheets or siloed financial functions. Oracle PCM revolutionizes this domain by breaking down barriers between cost and revenue data, offering actionable insights that transform business operations. With Infolob’s expertise, organizations can unlock the full potential of Oracle PCM. From integrating it with existing ERP systems to defining customized cost drivers and delivering intuitive visualizations, we ensure that businesses leverage EPM across functions for tangible results. In a world where profitability and agility determine long-term success, Oracle PCM—empowered by INFOLOB—enables businesses to make data-driven decisions that fuel sustainable growth. Let’s redefine profitability together.