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Indaver Boosts SAP Reporting Capabilities With WebFOCUS

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Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration
Applicable Industries	Recycling & Waste Management
Applicable Functions	Business Operation
Use Cases	Predictive Maintenance Real-Time Location System (RTLS)
Services	Software Design & Engineering Services System Integration
Challenge	Indaver, a leading waste-management specialist in Europe, was facing challenges in creating high-quality, detailed financial reports for management. The company was growing rapidly and had expanded to over 30 companies, making it a major player in the waste-management market. However, as the company grew, its technology requirements evolved. It had implemented SAP R/3 as its enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, but it lacked integrated reporting capabilities among its various offices. The company had outgrown Excel, and SAP reporting was deemed too cumbersome for managers to use for everyday decision support. Indaver needed an integrated Web-based solution that was powerful, yet easy to use. It was also important for the solution to provide a native interface to SAP, largely eliminating the need for a data warehouse. Read More
About Customer	Indaver is a leading waste-management specialist based in Belgium. The company has grown rapidly and expanded to over 30 companies, making it a major player in the waste-management market. Indaver treats millions of tons of waste material annually, with an 18 percent increase from the previous year due to more companies outsourcing their waste management needs to cope with stricter environmental regulations and a mounting number of administrative requirements from the European Union. The company employs a staff of about 824 who are divided between eight locations in Belgium and Europe. Indaver has several incinerator plants that generate recycled energy and a physical-chemical treatment facility. The company also has locations that handle paper and cardboard processing and composting, as well as others that house the management, administrative, and financial departments. Read More
Solution	Indaver implemented Information Builders’ WebFOCUS, an integrated platform for enterprise business intelligence. The system was implemented by Indaver's own IT staff, who attended a three-day WebFOCUS training course at Information Builders. WebFOCUS provides Indaver with a comprehensive Web-based reporting solution. Through an intuitive drag-and-drop development environment, WebFOCUS empowers developers to quickly create and deploy compelling applications. Users can then easily create richly formatted reports from enterprise data in real time using a set of robust reporting tools. Indaver also uses WebFOCUS ReportCaster to control when reports are run, determine how they are distributed, and send out alerts that make it easier to monitor a number of processes. Control over scheduling can be concentrated in the hands of a single administrator or spread among any number of authorized users. The content, timing, frequency, format, and even the method of distributing reports can all be easily managed and customized to meet individual needs. 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

Recycling & Waste Management

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Use Cases

Predictive Maintenance

Real-Time Location System (RTLS)

Services

Software Design & Engineering Services

System Integration

Challenge

Indaver, a leading waste-management specialist in Europe, was facing challenges in creating high-quality, detailed financial reports for management. The company was growing rapidly and had expanded to over 30 companies, making it a major player in the waste-management market. However, as the company grew, its technology requirements evolved. It had implemented SAP R/3 as its enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, but it lacked integrated reporting capabilities among its various offices. The company had outgrown Excel, and SAP reporting was deemed too cumbersome for managers to use for everyday decision support. Indaver needed an integrated Web-based solution that was powerful, yet easy to use. It was also important for the solution to provide a native interface to SAP, largely eliminating the need for a data warehouse.

About Customer

Indaver is a leading waste-management specialist based in Belgium. The company has grown rapidly and expanded to over 30 companies, making it a major player in the waste-management market. Indaver treats millions of tons of waste material annually, with an 18 percent increase from the previous year due to more companies outsourcing their waste management needs to cope with stricter environmental regulations and a mounting number of administrative requirements from the European Union. The company employs a staff of about 824 who are divided between eight locations in Belgium and Europe. Indaver has several incinerator plants that generate recycled energy and a physical-chemical treatment facility. The company also has locations that handle paper and cardboard processing and composting, as well as others that house the management, administrative, and financial departments.

Solution

Indaver implemented Information Builders’ WebFOCUS, an integrated platform for enterprise business intelligence. The system was implemented by Indaver's own IT staff, who attended a three-day WebFOCUS training course at Information Builders. WebFOCUS provides Indaver with a comprehensive Web-based reporting solution. Through an intuitive drag-and-drop development environment, WebFOCUS empowers developers to quickly create and deploy compelling applications. Users can then easily create richly formatted reports from enterprise data in real time using a set of robust reporting tools. Indaver also uses WebFOCUS ReportCaster to control when reports are run, determine how they are distributed, and send out alerts that make it easier to monitor a number of processes. Control over scheduling can be concentrated in the hands of a single administrator or spread among any number of authorized users. The content, timing, frequency, format, and even the method of distributing reports can all be easily managed and customized to meet individual needs.

Impact #1	WebFOCUS provides Indaver with a comprehensive Web-based reporting solution that enables users to analyze real-time information from its production SAP system quickly and easily.
Impact #2	WebFOCUS ReportCaster allows Indaver to control when reports are run, determine how they are distributed, and send out alerts that make it easier to monitor a number of processes.
Impact #3	WebFOCUS’ powerful financial modeling language enables Indaver users to develop a variety of reports in which they can work with formulas using cells instead of rows and columns.

Impact #1

WebFOCUS provides Indaver with a comprehensive Web-based reporting solution that enables users to analyze real-time information from its production SAP system quickly and easily.

Impact #2

WebFOCUS ReportCaster allows Indaver to control when reports are run, determine how they are distributed, and send out alerts that make it easier to monitor a number of processes.

Impact #3

WebFOCUS’ powerful financial modeling language enables Indaver users to develop a variety of reports in which they can work with formulas using cells instead of rows and columns.

Benefit #1	Saved a minimum of 30 percent in time spent producing reports.
Benefit #2	80 staff at Indaver use WebFOCUS.

Benefit #1

Saved a minimum of 30 percent in time spent producing reports.

Benefit #2

80 staff at Indaver use WebFOCUS.

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Indaver Boosts SAP Reporting Capabilities With WebFOCUS

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