Cost and Profit Visibility and Control

Get the Scoop On How Dreyer's Cut Distribution Costs

Leading manufacturers and large enterprises are renewing their focus on profit and cost management. With an integrated software solution, companies such as yours can improve financial transparency and avoid pitfalls such as unprofitable revenue streams and operational decisions that don’t drive the bottom line.

Join us on July 28 for our Webinar and find out how Nestlé Direct Store Delivery, a division of Nestlé USA, used the SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management application to cut distribution costs and speed financial processes.

Hosted by Business Finance Magazine, this Webinar will be led by Richard Barrett, senior director, line of business finance at SAP; and Dan Griggs, senior finance manager, Nestlé Direct Store Delivery. They will discuss the current and future landscape of cost and profitability management, and how the SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management application helped Nestlé DSD analyze specific distribution expenses and shine a light on profitability drivers.

Join us and find out how this application can help your organization:

• Improve visibility into customer and brand profitability
• Get clear, timely cost-to-serve data that supports go-to-market decisions across the enterprise
• Speed financial-period closing processes

Presenting:
	.	Dan Griggs Senior Finance Manager Nestlé Direct Store Delivery Nestlé Direct Store Delivery, a Division of Nestlé USA and the largest frozen DSD network in the US.  He has been the architect behind the costing solution that gives Nestlé DSD visibility to the end-to-end cost to serve for its national customer base and insights to brand profitability.  In addition to his experience in costing, Dan has led budgeting, forecasting, and reporting for the downstream operations of the DSD network for the past 4 years.  Prior to joining Nestle, he held progressive roles in Finance as part of AT&T’s Finance Leadership Program.  Dan holds an MBA from the University of California at Davis, and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis.
	.	Richard Barrett Director of Solution Marketing SAP. Richard has worked in consultancy and national and international positions in consumer marketing, insurance, and business-to-business marketing where cost and profitability reporting have been part of his commercial responsibility.
Moderated By:
		Peter Alpern Editorial Director Business Finance