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QlikView Customer Snapshot – Autodesk
Technology Category
- Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics
Applicable Functions
- Product Research & Development
- Sales & Marketing
Use Cases
- Real-Time Location System (RTLS)
- Predictive Quality Analytics
Services
- Data Science Services
The Challenge
Autodesk, a world leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software, faced the challenge of consolidating over 25 years of customer and product data from multiple sources. The company wanted to remove IT from the process of creating dashboards while still allowing for some control and governance of data. With other BI tools, it took too long for users to get the answers they needed to make informed business decisions. The company needed a solution that could provide speed and intuitive ease of use for a broad roll out to every organization and business process across the company.
About The Customer
Autodesk is a world leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software. The company has more than 10 million users and 800,000 companies using its products. Autodesk's customers range across various industries including manufacturing, architecture, building, construction, and media and entertainment. The company's products have been used by the last 16 Academy Award winners for Best Visual Effects. Autodesk is headquartered in San Rafael, California and operates in the technology industry.
The Solution
Autodesk selected QlikView as a solution to its challenges because it needed speed and intuitive ease of use for a broad roll out to every organization and business process across the company. In the first six weeks of using QlikView, Autodesk had 11 dashboards in use and 30 more in development. QlikView pulls data from over 30 data sets delivering important information to users at all levels. Some of the key dashboards utilized include Products Adoption and Major Accounts.
Operational Impact
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