Cost Benchmarking for Financial Institutions

The new Analytical Cornerstone 4.0 cost benchmarking tool gives financial institutions invaluable insights and market intelligence that can be used for investment management and analysis, market research and analysis, and risk assessment.

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Investment Management & Analysis

Run complex financial reports on more than 4,000 machines and nearly 2,000 pulp, paper, packaging and wood products mills worldwide. Evaluate companies for potential investment opportunities by comparing the cost positions of individual mills in defined markets.

• Cash Cost Reports: compare manufacturing costs across machines and mills in defined markets to determine the cost positions of specific mills and machines; use this information to analyze their risk of closure.
• Total Cost Reports: create reports that include all mill costs, such as Capital Cost, SG&A Cost, and Cash Cost; produce a total cost picture that illustrates how mills and machines compare with their peers. Use these reports to determine the profitability of specific mills and machines in the market.
• Financial Simulations: work with all cost variables, as well as the price of finished products, to gain a more complete understanding of mill and machine profitability. Quickly and easily understand the cost drivers of specific mills and machines and their relative success in the marketplace.
• Capital Charge Reports: view capacity values, capital expenditure figures and book values for individual machines at specific mills. Better understand how capital investments impact the profitability of mills in defined markets.
• Mill Investment Summary: view nearly all capital investments made within the last 20 years by various mills operating around the globe; compare capital expenditures across the entire market and see the impact those investments have made on those mills.

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Market Research & Analysis

Better understand specific markets and their drivers, as well as mill-level costs based on specific grades/products produced on a local, regional or global basis.

• Clearly see the implications of mill cost to effectively determine a company’s competitive position relative to others on a cost curve.
• Assess market strengths and vulnerabilities by running different scenarios based on fluctuations in exchange rates, capacity, consumption, prices, and more.

Risk Assessment

• Quickly assess individual mills and machines at risk of closure due to high costs and other factors.
• Analyze risk and opportunities for debtor-in-possession (DiP) financing by looking at cost positions and cost drivers of specific mills and markets; better understand whether a mill will be able to follow through on its plan to return to solvency by looking at its cost structure to determine if necessary changes are possible and realistic given the mills current situation.

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