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Operating Expense
Global Information Technology was unfavorable ($0.4M), or (0.1%), for the eight months year-
to-date on approved spend of $114.3M. The remaining FY13 budget of $54.2M will cover the
forecasted operating expenses however risks from higher forecasted capitalization of Internal
labor (19.1% Fcst vs. 9.8%), approval of incremental expense projects and recovery of JV
funding for Brazil and Australia. Listed below are the significant variances and related business
drivers creating the YTD variances:
Unfavorable
- ($0.7M) under accrual and FX impact on FY12 international Bonus payout plus
unplanned Relocation and Severance costs
- ($0.6M) reduced utilization of Internal Labor working on Capital projects
o recover $0.2M in December for unapproved SAP Internal labor
- ($0.3M) decrease in chargeout of IT equipment rental for TV, MPG and 3rd parties
- ($0.3M) unplanned SCA charge for increase number of Active Directory users
- ($0.1M) Telecommunications growth internationally in Global Crossing
Favorable
- $1.2M Salary & Wages favorable from average 20+ unplanned vacant positions
- $1.1M less depreciation from delays in EIS Pools and timing of project end dates
- $0.4M primarily ADM renegotiated Business Objects maintenance & repairs contract
- $0.2M telecom vendor usage credits
MEMORANDUM
Project Spend
Global YTD project spend of $34.9M plus committed spend of $2.4M generates total project
spend of $37.4M ($32.3M Cap Ex and $5.1M Ops Ex), consuming 59% of their $63.6M FY13
approved budget over 67% of the year. The total forecasted spend exceeds FY13 approved
budget by ($0.2M) or (0.3%) however this includes CIO discretionary spend forecast of $3.2M.
The chart below outlines the remaining budget by DCIO