Qlik Case Studies National Belgian newspaper publisher enables operational management to report and analyse over 40 million records within 40 seconds

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National Belgian newspaper publisher enables operational management to report and analyse over 40 million records within 40 seconds

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Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics
Applicable Functions	Sales & Marketing Business Operation
Use Cases	Predictive Quality Analytics Supply Chain Visibility
Services	Data Science Services
Challenge	Groupe Rossel, a multimedia publishing house, was facing challenges in providing uniform reporting and analysis capabilities for the diversified business lines and companies within the group. The group's operational management teams required data to optimize their business lines, including distribution, sales, subscriptions, and marketing. However, the company did not have a strategy in place to support these data and reporting requests. For instance, figures on sales and subscriptions required two full-time IT employees spending three days a week to generate the report, while two full-time business line employees spent five days a week gathering the required data. Read More
About Customer	Groupe Rossel is a multimedia publishing house that covers print, radio, television, and internet in Belgium and Northern France. The company is well known for publishing the national Belgian newspaper ‘Le Soir’, the regional newspaper ‘Sudpresse’ and the free paper ‘Vlan’. Since the 90’s, the company has transformed itself from a newspaper publisher to a multimedia company encompassing advertising, print, radio, television and internet in Belgium and the northern part of France. An independent, family-run Belgian company, Groupe Rossel publishes sixteen daily newspapers, thirty weekly magazines and half a dozen monthly magazines. In 2007, Groupe Rossel celebrated its 120th anniversary. Read More
Solution	Groupe Rossel deployed QlikView on top of the multiple ERP systems to provide each business line with reporting and analysis capabilities for distribution, market penetration, sales, subscriptions, distribution, and marketing. The IT department of Groupe Rossel started with the deployment of QlikView as its uniform BI platform on top of their ERP systems for sales, subscriptions, advertising, and B2C marketing. Today, Groupe Rossel has four main QlikView applications deployed for sales, subscriptions, advertising, and marketing. The sales application monitors on a daily basis the sales results of the newspapers and magazines on different levels, which also enables Groupe Rossel to optimize distribution to the kiosks. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics

Applicable Functions

Sales & Marketing

Business Operation

Use Cases

Predictive Quality Analytics

Supply Chain Visibility

Services

Data Science Services

Challenge

Groupe Rossel, a multimedia publishing house, was facing challenges in providing uniform reporting and analysis capabilities for the diversified business lines and companies within the group. The group's operational management teams required data to optimize their business lines, including distribution, sales, subscriptions, and marketing. However, the company did not have a strategy in place to support these data and reporting requests. For instance, figures on sales and subscriptions required two full-time IT employees spending three days a week to generate the report, while two full-time business line employees spent five days a week gathering the required data.

About Customer

Groupe Rossel is a multimedia publishing house that covers print, radio, television, and internet in Belgium and Northern France. The company is well known for publishing the national Belgian newspaper ‘Le Soir’, the regional newspaper ‘Sudpresse’ and the free paper ‘Vlan’. Since the 90’s, the company has transformed itself from a newspaper publisher to a multimedia company encompassing advertising, print, radio, television and internet in Belgium and the northern part of France. An independent, family-run Belgian company, Groupe Rossel publishes sixteen daily newspapers, thirty weekly magazines and half a dozen monthly magazines. In 2007, Groupe Rossel celebrated its 120th anniversary.

Solution

Groupe Rossel deployed QlikView on top of the multiple ERP systems to provide each business line with reporting and analysis capabilities for distribution, market penetration, sales, subscriptions, distribution, and marketing. The IT department of Groupe Rossel started with the deployment of QlikView as its uniform BI platform on top of their ERP systems for sales, subscriptions, advertising, and B2C marketing. Today, Groupe Rossel has four main QlikView applications deployed for sales, subscriptions, advertising, and marketing. The sales application monitors on a daily basis the sales results of the newspapers and magazines on different levels, which also enables Groupe Rossel to optimize distribution to the kiosks.

Impact #1	The IT department reduced required headcount for reporting from 48 man hours per week to zero, with one application alone (sales).
Impact #2	Multiple savings have been achieved within the business lines, such as improvements in out-of-stock percentages.
Impact #3	Two full-time IT team members removed from data collection and reporting.

Impact #1

The IT department reduced required headcount for reporting from 48 man hours per week to zero, with one application alone (sales).

Impact #2

Multiple savings have been achieved within the business lines, such as improvements in out-of-stock percentages.

Impact #3

Two full-time IT team members removed from data collection and reporting.

Benefit #1	Groupe Rossel is able to report on over 40 million records within 40 seconds.
Benefit #2	The IT department reduced required headcount for reporting from 48 man hours per week to zero, with one application alone (sales).
Benefit #3	Two full-time IT team members removed from data collection and reporting.

Benefit #1

Groupe Rossel is able to report on over 40 million records within 40 seconds.

Benefit #2

The IT department reduced required headcount for reporting from 48 man hours per week to zero, with one application alone (sales).

Benefit #3

Two full-time IT team members removed from data collection and reporting.

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National Belgian newspaper publisher enables operational management to report and analyse over 40 million records within 40 seconds

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