CHALLENGES
We selected Pigment as our central planning platform at SBI to:
- Accompany the group’s growth
- Structure both our financial and operational steering.
The objective was clear: move away from fragmented tools and converge toward a single, reliable environment capable of supporting fast and enlightened decision-making.
Beyond finance, we now use Pigment to orchestrate several key processes and maintain a real-time operational view.
SOLUTION
1. Restructuring performance-management processes
- Redesigned our budget-building process using Pigment
- Introduced a monthly rolling forecast
- Centralized all OPEX within Pigment for a complete, real-time P&L view
2. Operational planning in Pigment
- Short-term planning of team time allocation
- Build and monitor a capacity plan
- Conduct profitability and activity-tracking analyses
3. Long-term strategic projections
- Developed a full multiyear business-plan application — enabling simulation of various growth, investment and organizational scenarios.
BENEFITS
Today, Pigment is a cornerstone of SBI’s performance management. The platform provides an integrated view, increased responsiveness and strong simulation capabilities — empowering the Group to sustain its growth and strengthen the quality of its strategic decisions.
- Modernized budgeting and forecasting: Operational forecasts (in particular team time) are now consolidated, valorized and automatically integrated — delivering a continuous, up-to-date view of performance and anticipated outcomes.
- Enhanced cost and performance control: With all OPEX centralized in Pigment, we now maintain a full, reliable and perpetually updated P&L.
- Real-time operational visibility: Pigment supports multiple critical processes beyond finance, offering an immediate, holistic view of workload, utilization and performance.
- Strategic, long-term decision support: Pigment has become a fundamental decision-support tool for SBI’s leadership, enabling robust scenario modeling to guide growth strategy.

