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QlikView Customer Snapshot –Atlas Copco
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
- Supply Chain Visibility
- Inventory Management
- Predictive Quality Analytics
Services
- Software Design & Engineering Services
- System Integration
The 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 The 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.
The 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.
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