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Scania keeps on trucking faster and easier with QlikView

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Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics
Applicable Industries	Automotive
Applicable Functions	Sales & Marketing
Use Cases	Supply Chain Visibility Predictive Maintenance
Services	System Integration Training
Challenge	Scania Denmark, a world leader in the sales and service of heavy trucks and buses, faced several challenges. The company needed to improve coordination between sales, finance, service, production, and shipping. The production team required visibility into product performance, usage, and service. The IT staff was under pressure from producing multiple reports on IBM System i (AS/400) information. Scania Denmark was using a number of different applications on different platforms, including generic reporting systems. It was crucial for Scania to quickly retrieve and compile all necessary information, and train its organization to use this information proactively. Read More
About Customer	Scania Denmark A/S is a world leader in the sales and service of heavy trucks and buses. The company has a market share of about 30% in Denmark, which means there are over 16,000 vehicles that need servicing at regular intervals at the 31 service stations located around the country. The company's organization is widely spread and uses a number of different applications on different platforms, including generic reporting systems. It was important for Scania to quickly retrieve and compile all necessary information, and train its organization to use this information proactively. Read More
Solution	Scania Denmark deployed QlikView to 150 employees across 5 functional areas. With QlikView pulling data from various IBM System i (AS/400) applications, Scania Denmark analyzes information on sales, production, shipping, and product performance – all focused on improving the company’s financial performance and competitive positioning. With QlikView Server and Publisher, Scania Denmark employees work from a single version of the truth through a common dashboard. The exact data required can be extracted from an AS/400 system in a structured way. Fields can now be named in plain English when loading data. QlikView also highlights incorrect data in the database. Errors such as incorrectly registered vehicles, or vehicles registered more than once are seen instantly. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics

Applicable Industries

Automotive

Applicable Functions

Sales & Marketing

Use Cases

Supply Chain Visibility

Predictive Maintenance

Services

System Integration

Training

Challenge

Scania Denmark, a world leader in the sales and service of heavy trucks and buses, faced several challenges. The company needed to improve coordination between sales, finance, service, production, and shipping. The production team required visibility into product performance, usage, and service. The IT staff was under pressure from producing multiple reports on IBM System i (AS/400) information. Scania Denmark was using a number of different applications on different platforms, including generic reporting systems. It was crucial for Scania to quickly retrieve and compile all necessary information, and train its organization to use this information proactively.

About Customer

Scania Denmark A/S is a world leader in the sales and service of heavy trucks and buses. The company has a market share of about 30% in Denmark, which means there are over 16,000 vehicles that need servicing at regular intervals at the 31 service stations located around the country. The company's organization is widely spread and uses a number of different applications on different platforms, including generic reporting systems. It was important for Scania to quickly retrieve and compile all necessary information, and train its organization to use this information proactively.

Solution

Scania Denmark deployed QlikView to 150 employees across 5 functional areas. With QlikView pulling data from various IBM System i (AS/400) applications, Scania Denmark analyzes information on sales, production, shipping, and product performance – all focused on improving the company’s financial performance and competitive positioning. With QlikView Server and Publisher, Scania Denmark employees work from a single version of the truth through a common dashboard. The exact data required can be extracted from an AS/400 system in a structured way. Fields can now be named in plain English when loading data. QlikView also highlights incorrect data in the database. Errors such as incorrectly registered vehicles, or vehicles registered more than once are seen instantly.

Impact #1	Increased sales force visibility into production and shipping schedules.
Impact #2	Helped service centers plan and prepare based on upstream sales data.
Impact #3	Provided production staff insight into product performance.

Impact #1

Increased sales force visibility into production and shipping schedules.

Impact #2

Helped service centers plan and prepare based on upstream sales data.

Impact #3

Provided production staff insight into product performance.

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Scania keeps on trucking faster and easier with QlikView

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