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Dunlop Hiflex gains insights from the information flow with QlikView

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Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics
Applicable Industries	Retail
Applicable Functions	Sales & Marketing
Use Cases	Inventory Management Supply Chain Visibility
Services	Data Science Services System Integration
Challenge	Dunlop Hiflex Oy, a distribution company specialized in high and low-pressure hoses and fittings, was facing challenges in managing its vast data. The company had streamlined its business processes with the Movex ERP system, which stored all data around sales, purchases, inventories, and deliveries. However, managing this data was challenging in a marketplace where quick deliveries and excellent customer service played central roles. The operational knowledge of the Movex ERP system varied widely across the organization, creating a bottleneck and making analysis too slow. The IT staff was overwhelmed with frequent requests for aggregated information, resulting in the inability to deliver timely information. The company needed a solution that all employees could use to quickly and easily modify the data to meet their personal requirements. Read More
About Customer	Dunlop Hiflex Oy is a distribution company that specializes in high and low-pressure hoses and fittings. The company has a distribution network that includes a central warehouse, 13 sales outlets, and 70 distributors in Finland. There are also two sales outlets and a few distributors in Estonia. The company serves thousands of customers with a range of over 30,000 active articles, making an annual turnover of more than €33 million with approximately 180 employees. The number of annual sales transactions is around 1 million. Daily operations take place close to the customers, consisting of distributors, dealers, large OEM customers, and thousands of smaller customers. A wide range of products, effective distribution network, and excellent customer service are Dunlop Hiflex’s key success factors. Read More
Solution	Dunlop Hiflex implemented QlikView, a data visualization and business intelligence tool, to address its data management challenges. The tool was deployed to approximately 50 employees across three functional areas, with the applications up and running in less than eight weeks. QlikView made critical data analysis fast and easy, allowing the company to improve sales performance and profitability with a reduction in inventory costs. With QlikView Server and Publisher, the company could easily handle the large data volume of 1 million sales transactions annually across 30,000 products that was previously locked in its IBM System i (AS/400) based Movex ERP system. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics

Applicable Industries

Retail

Applicable Functions

Sales & Marketing

Use Cases

Inventory Management

Supply Chain Visibility

Services

Data Science Services

System Integration

Challenge

Dunlop Hiflex Oy, a distribution company specialized in high and low-pressure hoses and fittings, was facing challenges in managing its vast data. The company had streamlined its business processes with the Movex ERP system, which stored all data around sales, purchases, inventories, and deliveries. However, managing this data was challenging in a marketplace where quick deliveries and excellent customer service played central roles. The operational knowledge of the Movex ERP system varied widely across the organization, creating a bottleneck and making analysis too slow. The IT staff was overwhelmed with frequent requests for aggregated information, resulting in the inability to deliver timely information. The company needed a solution that all employees could use to quickly and easily modify the data to meet their personal requirements.

About Customer

Dunlop Hiflex Oy is a distribution company that specializes in high and low-pressure hoses and fittings. The company has a distribution network that includes a central warehouse, 13 sales outlets, and 70 distributors in Finland. There are also two sales outlets and a few distributors in Estonia. The company serves thousands of customers with a range of over 30,000 active articles, making an annual turnover of more than €33 million with approximately 180 employees. The number of annual sales transactions is around 1 million. Daily operations take place close to the customers, consisting of distributors, dealers, large OEM customers, and thousands of smaller customers. A wide range of products, effective distribution network, and excellent customer service are Dunlop Hiflex’s key success factors.

Solution

Dunlop Hiflex implemented QlikView, a data visualization and business intelligence tool, to address its data management challenges. The tool was deployed to approximately 50 employees across three functional areas, with the applications up and running in less than eight weeks. QlikView made critical data analysis fast and easy, allowing the company to improve sales performance and profitability with a reduction in inventory costs. With QlikView Server and Publisher, the company could easily handle the large data volume of 1 million sales transactions annually across 30,000 products that was previously locked in its IBM System i (AS/400) based Movex ERP system.

Impact #1	Salespeople and business area managers can access data and find information quickly without any IT support.
Impact #2	With sales history and pricing data easily and quickly available via QlikView, salespeople are now better prepared to focus on fulfilling the customer’s needs.
Impact #3	Business area managers can now analyze and better manage their inventories.

Impact #1

Salespeople and business area managers can access data and find information quickly without any IT support.

Impact #2

With sales history and pricing data easily and quickly available via QlikView, salespeople are now better prepared to focus on fulfilling the customer’s needs.

Impact #3

Business area managers can now analyze and better manage their inventories.

Benefit #1	Applications up and running in less than 8 weeks.
Benefit #2	Handles the large data volume of 1 million sales transactions annually across 30,000 products.

Benefit #1

Applications up and running in less than 8 weeks.

Benefit #2

Handles the large data volume of 1 million sales transactions annually across 30,000 products.

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Dunlop Hiflex gains insights from the information flow with QlikView

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