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QlikView Customer Snapshot –Atlas Copco

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Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration
Applicable Industries	Equipment & Machinery
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing Human Resources Sales & Marketing
Use Cases	Inventory Management Predictive Quality Analytics Supply Chain Visibility
Services	Software Design & Engineering Services System Integration
Challenge	Atlas Copco Construction Tools, a leading manufacturer of hydraulic, pneumatic, and gasoline-powered breakers and drills, was facing a challenge in extending its product leadership with continuous improvements in product innovation and quality. The company was struggling to consolidate data from a suite of disparate systems and improve the availability, speed, and accuracy of business data. The disparate systems were causing inefficiencies and inaccuracies in data analysis, which was affecting the company's ability to make informed business decisions and improve product quality and delivery performance. Read More
About Customer	Atlas Copco Construction Tools is a leading manufacturer of hydraulic, pneumatic, and gasoline-powered breakers and drills. The company is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden and has achieved approximately $125 million in revenue with a workforce of 300 employees. The company operates in the industrial machinery industry and is known for its product leadership in its field. Atlas Copco Construction Tools is committed to continuous improvements in product innovation and quality and strives to maintain its leading position in the market. Read More
Solution	To address the challenges, Atlas Copco deployed QlikView to approximately 100 users across six functions in Sweden and Germany. The functions included Sales Analysis, Supply Chain Analysis, Operational Analysis, Financial Analysis, HR Analysis, and IT Analysis. The implementation of QlikView allowed the company to analyze aftermarket spare parts business and inventory, fully evaluate supplier performance scorecards, efficiently assess project checking and timing, measure product item revenue and profitability performance in sales scorecards, quickly analyze workforce metrics, and rapidly check Lotus Notes support database and provide detailed analyses of SAP user behavior. The implementation was rapid, taking less than four weeks, and leveraged QlikView Server (64-bit), Publisher, and Connector to aggregate more than 5 million records of data from SAP, Movex, Saphir, BPCS, Hyperion, Lotus Notes, Excel, and EDI. 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

Equipment & Machinery

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Human Resources

Sales & Marketing

Use Cases

Inventory Management

Predictive Quality Analytics

Supply Chain Visibility

Services

Software Design & Engineering Services

System Integration

Challenge

Atlas Copco Construction Tools, a leading manufacturer of hydraulic, pneumatic, and gasoline-powered breakers and drills, was facing a challenge in extending its product leadership with continuous improvements in product innovation and quality. The company was struggling to consolidate data from a suite of disparate systems and improve the availability, speed, and accuracy of business data. The disparate systems were causing inefficiencies and inaccuracies in data analysis, which was affecting the company's ability to make informed business decisions and improve product quality and delivery performance.

About Customer

Atlas Copco Construction Tools is a leading manufacturer of hydraulic, pneumatic, and gasoline-powered breakers and drills. The company is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden and has achieved approximately $125 million in revenue with a workforce of 300 employees. The company operates in the industrial machinery industry and is known for its product leadership in its field. Atlas Copco Construction Tools is committed to continuous improvements in product innovation and quality and strives to maintain its leading position in the market.

Solution

To address the challenges, Atlas Copco deployed QlikView to approximately 100 users across six functions in Sweden and Germany. The functions included Sales Analysis, Supply Chain Analysis, Operational Analysis, Financial Analysis, HR Analysis, and IT Analysis. The implementation of QlikView allowed the company to analyze aftermarket spare parts business and inventory, fully evaluate supplier performance scorecards, efficiently assess project checking and timing, measure product item revenue and profitability performance in sales scorecards, quickly analyze workforce metrics, and rapidly check Lotus Notes support database and provide detailed analyses of SAP user behavior. The implementation was rapid, taking less than four weeks, and leveraged QlikView Server (64-bit), Publisher, and Connector to aggregate more than 5 million records of data from SAP, Movex, Saphir, BPCS, Hyperion, Lotus Notes, Excel, and EDI.

Impact #1	Improved availability, speed, and accuracy of business data
Impact #2	Enhanced ability to make informed business decisions
Impact #3	Improved product quality and delivery performance

Impact #1

Improved availability, speed, and accuracy of business data

Impact #2

Enhanced ability to make informed business decisions

Impact #3

Improved product quality and delivery performance

Benefit #1	Garnered annual IT cost savings of €75,000 (~ $100,000)
Benefit #2	Achieved a payback period of less than 9 months

Benefit #1

Garnered annual IT cost savings of €75,000 (~ $100,000)

Benefit #2

Achieved a payback period of less than 9 months

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QlikView Customer Snapshot –Atlas Copco

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