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QlikView Gives Ruffer Innovative Answers to Everyday Problems

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Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Data Mining
Applicable Industries	Finance & Insurance
Use Cases	Inventory Management Predictive Maintenance
Services	Data Science Services
Challenge	Ruffer LLP, an investment management firm with 85 staff and just under £4.5 billion in funds under management, was facing challenges with their data management and analysis activities. They were heavily reliant on large internal spreadsheets for MIS, which were increasingly time-consuming and resource-intensive to manage. The firm wanted to move away from this 'spreadsheet mentality' that is common in many businesses. Additionally, the disparate data sources were making it difficult for Ruffer staff to update data and check for errors. This cumbersome data management was leading to concerns about potential inaccuracies, a problem Ruffer was determined to avoid. Read More
About Customer	Ruffer LLP is an investment management firm based in the UK. As of July 2009, the firm had 85 staff and just under £4.5 billion in funds under management. The firm was facing challenges with their data management and analysis activities. They were heavily reliant on large internal spreadsheets for MIS, which were increasingly time-consuming and resource-intensive to manage. The firm wanted to move away from this 'spreadsheet mentality' that is common in many businesses. Additionally, the disparate data sources were making it difficult for Ruffer staff to update data and check for errors. This cumbersome data management was leading to concerns about potential inaccuracies, a problem Ruffer was determined to avoid. Read More
Solution	Ruffer LLP implemented QlikView as a tool to approach a number of problems and challenges within the firm. IT Associate Jamie Wooltorton was trained by the QlikView team to build QlikView applications. Jamie is now helping Ruffer staff build their own applications, and fully utilise the new data flexibility QlikView provides. Ruffer currently has QlikView implementations for Operations, IT, Operational Risk and Research, as well as a number of projects that produce information at a Company/Board level. Ruffer currently has 16 projects using QlikView across the firm and a total of 35 in various stages of development/ testing. The most challenging and successful application so far is the Funds Under Management (FUM) Historical Statistics application. This application takes a valuable monthly snapshot of their Funds Under Management, and uses the information’s flexibility to analyse historical data. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Data Mining

Applicable Industries

Finance & Insurance

Use Cases

Inventory Management

Predictive Maintenance

Services

Data Science Services

Challenge

Ruffer LLP, an investment management firm with 85 staff and just under £4.5 billion in funds under management, was facing challenges with their data management and analysis activities. They were heavily reliant on large internal spreadsheets for MIS, which were increasingly time-consuming and resource-intensive to manage. The firm wanted to move away from this 'spreadsheet mentality' that is common in many businesses. Additionally, the disparate data sources were making it difficult for Ruffer staff to update data and check for errors. This cumbersome data management was leading to concerns about potential inaccuracies, a problem Ruffer was determined to avoid.

About Customer

Ruffer LLP is an investment management firm based in the UK. As of July 2009, the firm had 85 staff and just under £4.5 billion in funds under management. The firm was facing challenges with their data management and analysis activities. They were heavily reliant on large internal spreadsheets for MIS, which were increasingly time-consuming and resource-intensive to manage. The firm wanted to move away from this 'spreadsheet mentality' that is common in many businesses. Additionally, the disparate data sources were making it difficult for Ruffer staff to update data and check for errors. This cumbersome data management was leading to concerns about potential inaccuracies, a problem Ruffer was determined to avoid.

Solution

Ruffer LLP implemented QlikView as a tool to approach a number of problems and challenges within the firm. IT Associate Jamie Wooltorton was trained by the QlikView team to build QlikView applications. Jamie is now helping Ruffer staff build their own applications, and fully utilise the new data flexibility QlikView provides. Ruffer currently has QlikView implementations for Operations, IT, Operational Risk and Research, as well as a number of projects that produce information at a Company/Board level. Ruffer currently has 16 projects using QlikView across the firm and a total of 35 in various stages of development/ testing. The most challenging and successful application so far is the Funds Under Management (FUM) Historical Statistics application. This application takes a valuable monthly snapshot of their Funds Under Management, and uses the information’s flexibility to analyse historical data.

Impact #1	Improved data analysis and management from instant access to flexible, accurate and up-to-date information.
Impact #2	Greater understanding of what is happening across the firm’s activities.
Impact #3	Ruffer can now analyse areas, and answer key business questions, that were hard to do before QlikView was installed.

Impact #1

Improved data analysis and management from instant access to flexible, accurate and up-to-date information.

Impact #2

Greater understanding of what is happening across the firm’s activities.

Impact #3

Ruffer can now analyse areas, and answer key business questions, that were hard to do before QlikView was installed.

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QlikView Gives Ruffer Innovative Answers to Everyday Problems

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