Huisman Equipment & Finext: Crucial insight with OneStream XF 
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Huisman Equipment & Finext: Crucial insight

with OneStream XF

Huisman Equipment, a leading designer and manufacturer of innovative engineering solutions, has experienced significant growth over the past decade. To better understand business trends, the company chose to implement OneStream XF. With Finext's help and thanks to OneStream XF's flexible and integrated architecture, Huisman can now seamlessly align 90 percent of their project data and make better business decisions based on accurate data.

  • Guided by Finext, Huisman Equipment chose OneStream XF for better business insight.
  • OneStream is the one answer to global reporting challenges. 
  • The collaboration between Huisman and Finext refined the OneStream implementation. 
  • OneStream ensures seamless alignment and reliable data at Huisman. 
  • Together, Huisman and Finext focus on future financial planning and growth. 

Challenges in global reporting at Huisman 

Huisman Equipment used several applications worldwide for financial consolidation and reporting. "Our distributed application landscape was the main driver for finding a solution," says Daniel Wabeke, Senior Group Controller at Huisman. "We had problems with global reporting and data that didn't match." 

OneStream: A good choice thanks to Finext 

With Finext's guidance, Huisman chose OneStream Software. Arjan van Ast, Group Controller at Huisman: "As one of the early adopters of OneStream in the Netherlands, we took a risk, but with Finext's support it was a good choice." 

Implementation: A collaboration between Huisman and Finext 

With Finext as a partner, implementation began in September 2018. Joost van Kooten, Project Controller at Huisman: "We have refined the OneStream solution with Finext to collect and organize data in the right way." 

Benefits of OneStream for Huisman 

With 90 percent of project data in OneStream, and with Finext's ongoing support, Huisman can now seamlessly reconcile between systems and locations. "Before OneStream, we had to dive deep into project data in all the individual ERP systems," says van Kooten. "With the help of Finext and OneStream, we now have one voice and one truth." 

"With the help of Finext and OneStream, we now have one voice and one truth." 

Forward-looking financial planning 

Huisman is currently building financial planning into OneStream. The company plans to expand the per-project financial forecast to include a 36-month rolling forecast. "With Finext's expertise, we really focus on bringing together and correcting all the data from all the systems," Wabeke said. 

Finext and Huisman: A partnership for growth 

Finext has been Huisman's implementation partner from the very beginning. Together with Huisman's experts, we realized the vision of Huisman's management and created a platform for further professionalization and growth. 

Discover the possibilities of OneStream 

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