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CWB National Leasing Drives Productivity Increases With WebFOCUS

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Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration
Applicable Industries	Finance & Insurance
Applicable Functions	Business Operation
Use Cases	Predictive Quality Analytics Real-Time Location System (RTLS)
Services	Data Science Services System Integration
Challenge	CWB National Leasing, Canada’s largest and longest-standing equipment financing company, needed to deliver a single version of truth spanning its most critical information sources – applications for receivables management, credit, and leasing. The company needed a solid analytics strategy to help their staff access and use data in the most efficient way possible. The company reviews 4,000 applications each month and adds 2,000 contracts each month. The company needed to track these applications and contracts efficiently. Read More
About Customer	CWB National Leasing is a 40-year-old organization that provides equipment financing solutions to businesses across Canada. For more than 40 years, CWB National Leasing has made it more affordable for Canadian businesses to secure the equipment they need. With headquarters in Winnipeg, the organization employs more than 350 staff members and has served more than 70,000 clients across numerous industries, including commercial, agriculture, construction, transportation, forestry, healthcare, and golf and turf. Read More
Solution	CWB National Leasing implemented Information Builders’ WebFOCUS business intelligence (BI) and analytics tools. WebFOCUS serves as the foundation of a series of operational dashboards. An executive dashboard gives CWB’s senior management a high-level glance at how the business is doing, while departmental dashboards ensure that operational workers have information they need to keep business moving forward. In addition, reports are automatically sent to stakeholders on a scheduled basis, to keep information flowing in a timely manner. Beyond the dashboards, many users engage in “silver service” analytics – a form of self-service analytics defined by Wayne Eckerson of the Eckerson Group as “data and reports tailored to their specific roles – or delivered on a silver platter.” Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration

Applicable Industries

Finance & Insurance

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Use Cases

Predictive Quality Analytics

Real-Time Location System (RTLS)

Services

Data Science Services

System Integration

Challenge

CWB National Leasing, Canada’s largest and longest-standing equipment financing company, needed to deliver a single version of truth spanning its most critical information sources – applications for receivables management, credit, and leasing. The company needed a solid analytics strategy to help their staff access and use data in the most efficient way possible. The company reviews 4,000 applications each month and adds 2,000 contracts each month. The company needed to track these applications and contracts efficiently.

About Customer

CWB National Leasing is a 40-year-old organization that provides equipment financing solutions to businesses across Canada. For more than 40 years, CWB National Leasing has made it more affordable for Canadian businesses to secure the equipment they need. With headquarters in Winnipeg, the organization employs more than 350 staff members and has served more than 70,000 clients across numerous industries, including commercial, agriculture, construction, transportation, forestry, healthcare, and golf and turf.

Solution

CWB National Leasing implemented Information Builders’ WebFOCUS business intelligence (BI) and analytics tools. WebFOCUS serves as the foundation of a series of operational dashboards. An executive dashboard gives CWB’s senior management a high-level glance at how the business is doing, while departmental dashboards ensure that operational workers have information they need to keep business moving forward. In addition, reports are automatically sent to stakeholders on a scheduled basis, to keep information flowing in a timely manner. Beyond the dashboards, many users engage in “silver service” analytics – a form of self-service analytics defined by Wayne Eckerson of the Eckerson Group as “data and reports tailored to their specific roles – or delivered on a silver platter.”

Impact #1	Critical processes are more efficient than ever before
Impact #2	Users work smarter and make better decisions using complete, timely information
Impact #3	High adoption of operational dashboards and analytics enhances mission-critical workflows

Impact #1

Critical processes are more efficient than ever before

Impact #2

Users work smarter and make better decisions using complete, timely information

Impact #3

High adoption of operational dashboards and analytics enhances mission-critical workflows

Benefit #1	More than 300 of 350 employees actively use the dashboards on a regular basis

Benefit #1

More than 300 of 350 employees actively use the dashboards on a regular basis

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CWB National Leasing Drives Productivity Increases With WebFOCUS

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