The Potato Company

Suppose you have the case where a company uses global drivers to expedite computing revenue and expense based on certain factors within the organization. For example, the Potato Company is a manufacturing company that processes potatoes. It costs the company $.25 a pound to process the potatoes whether they make crinkle cut, french fries, or sliced potatoes. The Potato Company uses the $.025 as a global driver and by knowing the volume of potatoes they can easily figure the expense of processing the potatoes.

The Potato Company needs to be able to create different scenarios based on the processing cost going up by 3 cents or going down by 2 cents and then compare these versions by time. You can create these types of scenarios by using different versions, schedules, or formulas. However, as the number of scenarios increases, data comparison and analysis become more complicated to manage.