Data is like the nervous system of a company: it permeates all areas, but you have to look closely to recognize the complex structures. This is exactly where Business Intelligence (BI) comes in. With the help of DATAGROUP, a leading global manufacturer of special components in the automotive sector introduced a BI system based on SAP, which provides management and controlling with important reports based on the latest data at all times.
From complex Excel spreadsheets to effective analyses and reports
Several goals were pursued with the introduction of the business intelligence solution:
Increased efficiency and reduction of manual work steps
Before the BI solution was introduced, analyses and reporting were carried out using complex Excel spreadsheets. However, this meant that employees periodically had to manually compile the relevant information from various data sources. With the SAP Business Intelligence solution, these steps are technically anchored and automated.
More flexible and result-rich analyses
Thanks to the automated provision of source data, the reports are always up to date. The BI solution also offers tools and functions that go far beyond those of Excel tables or classic SAP ABAP lists with filter options. This makes it easier to delve deep into the data and find valuable information.
Management-oriented reporting
SAP BI offers various options for preparing the data as required so that the most important information can be made available quickly and clearly.
The company is a long-standing customer of DATAGROUP and appreciates the uncomplicated and trusting cooperation at eye level. It therefore turned to DATAGROUP when it came to introducing a BI solution. In the first step, DATAGROUP's experts carried out comprehensive analyses and spoke with the specialist departments in order to clearly define the requirements and introduce the system on this basis. This introduction then took place in an agile manner, i.e. the system was continuously adapted and improved based on feedback from the specialist departments.
Since the introduction of the SAP BI system, DATAGROUP has been supporting the solution, developing new reports based on the requirements or adapting existing ones and carrying out error analyses. In addition, the employees of the customer company are advised and trained so that they can make the best possible use of the BI system in their day-to-day work.
