The Challenge
Our objective was to resolve the key business challenges the organisation was facing:
- High costs incurred by returned goods.
- Poor visibility of main KPI values.
- Lack of correlation between different measures.
The technology challenges included:
- Multiple SAP Bex queries and data dumps, a lot of effort to get to the single point of truth.
- Data redundancies and inconsistencies, wrong calculated KPI values.
- Lack of an automatic report broadcasting process, resulting in tedious and repetitive weekly manual extraction of data from SAP BW and report generation.
The Solution
To help reduce wastage and costs incurred by returned goods, improve short term forecasts and order accuracy and provide better control of supply chain management processes, we worked closely alongside the organisation’s supply chain management team to develop a reporting solution based on SAP BusinessObjects and SAP BW.
We used agile methodology to capture the evolving requirements, develop prototypes and manage incremental releases, focusing on delivery and ensuring the maximum involvement of business users.
The BusinessObjects reporting solution, based on data from existing SAP BW multiproviders, incorporated:
- KPI Dashboard for senior management.
- Formatted reports for analysis and data exploration.
- Granular data for contractors placing orders and delivering goods.
Results
This solution contributed to a significant reduction of waste (and costs) via improved
On top of better control of supply chain management processes, the development of the reporting package has improved data quality, facilitated more consistent definitions of KPIs and reduced manual processing of data and reports.
Overall, the project demonstrated that a sound reporting system and reporting strategy is as crucial as having data management in place.
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