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Balluff gains fast insight into critical data for better business decisions

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Technology Category	Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Storage Services
Applicable Industries	Electronics
Applicable Functions	Sales & Marketing Business Operation
Use Cases	Real-Time Location System (RTLS) Predictive Maintenance
Services	System Integration Software Design & Engineering Services
Challenge	Balluff, a world-leading manufacturer of sensor solutions, was experiencing slow access to finance and business reports which threatened productivity and potential growth. The company's SAP Business Warehouse solution serves around 500 concurrent users, and the aim was to transform personal productivity and enable real-time enterprise-wide information insight. The company needed to speed up information availability to support its sales and business development functions with real-time information for better insight into markets and customers. Without timely, accurate information, the company risked making poor investment decisions and was unable to deliver the best possible service to its customers. Read More
About Customer	Family-owned Balluff GmbH, headquartered in Neuhausen, Germany, is a world-leading manufacturer of sensor solutions. The company employs about 2,750 people in 50 countries. With sophisticated technology, cutting-edge electronics products, application-specific customer solutions, and highly trained service staff, Balluff achieved annual sales of EUR 335 million in 2013. The company relies on SAP solutions to manage the business, including SAP Business Warehouse for data analysis and reporting. Read More
Solution	The company moved its SAP Business Warehouse to IBM® DB2® with BLU Acceleration, running on IBM Power Systems™ with IBM AIX® and IBM PowerHA®. The company selected IBM DB2 with BLU Acceleration as the most effective way for Balluff to achieve its business objectives. The new solution has substantially enhanced the productivity of the sales teams by providing accurate, instant information for better-informed decision making. Using IBM DB2 with BLU Acceleration, Balluff aims to boost sales activities, and ultimately enhance business results. Balluff accomplished all these benefits without disrupting users, and by building on existing IBM DB2 software and skills. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Storage Services

Applicable Industries

Electronics

Applicable Functions

Sales & Marketing

Business Operation

Use Cases

Real-Time Location System (RTLS)

Predictive Maintenance

Services

System Integration

Software Design & Engineering Services

Challenge

Balluff, a world-leading manufacturer of sensor solutions, was experiencing slow access to finance and business reports which threatened productivity and potential growth. The company's SAP Business Warehouse solution serves around 500 concurrent users, and the aim was to transform personal productivity and enable real-time enterprise-wide information insight. The company needed to speed up information availability to support its sales and business development functions with real-time information for better insight into markets and customers. Without timely, accurate information, the company risked making poor investment decisions and was unable to deliver the best possible service to its customers.

About Customer

Family-owned Balluff GmbH, headquartered in Neuhausen, Germany, is a world-leading manufacturer of sensor solutions. The company employs about 2,750 people in 50 countries. With sophisticated technology, cutting-edge electronics products, application-specific customer solutions, and highly trained service staff, Balluff achieved annual sales of EUR 335 million in 2013. The company relies on SAP solutions to manage the business, including SAP Business Warehouse for data analysis and reporting.

Solution

The company moved its SAP Business Warehouse to IBM® DB2® with BLU Acceleration, running on IBM Power Systems™ with IBM AIX® and IBM PowerHA®. The company selected IBM DB2 with BLU Acceleration as the most effective way for Balluff to achieve its business objectives. The new solution has substantially enhanced the productivity of the sales teams by providing accurate, instant information for better-informed decision making. Using IBM DB2 with BLU Acceleration, Balluff aims to boost sales activities, and ultimately enhance business results. Balluff accomplished all these benefits without disrupting users, and by building on existing IBM DB2 software and skills.

Impact #1	Balluff achieved 98 percent faster access to business data.
Impact #2	The company achieved 50 percent faster response times in SAP ERP.
Impact #3	The company achieved 7x faster access to documents and near real-time access to essential information.

Impact #1

Balluff achieved 98 percent faster access to business data.

Impact #2

The company achieved 50 percent faster response times in SAP ERP.

Impact #3

The company achieved 7x faster access to documents and near real-time access to essential information.

Benefit #1	98% faster access to business data
Benefit #2	50% faster response times in SAP ERP
Benefit #3	7x faster access to documents

Benefit #1

98% faster access to business data

Benefit #2

50% faster response times in SAP ERP

Benefit #3

7x faster access to documents

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Balluff gains fast insight into critical data for better business decisions

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