ArcelorMittal is the world's leading steel and mining company. Guided by a philosophy to produce safe, sustainable steel, it is the leading supplier of quality steel products in all major markets, including automotive, construction, household appliances and packaging. ArcelorMittal operates in 60 countries and employs 260 000 people worldwide.
ArcelorMittal South Africa established a need for a business intelligence solution in 2011, and went through a rigorous process of researching and deciding on a business intelligence solution to take to proof of concept phase.
"After our brief introduction to QlikView towards the end of 2011, I was quite sceptical that one business analytics tool can be so flexible and powerful. But I was mistaken - BusinessIntelligent proved to us that a workable solution, with our own SAP Human Resources data, was possible within only five days!" said Tobie Otto, Senior Consultant - SAP COE.
"We decided to change our business analytics strategy and give BusinessIntelligent a chance to add value to our business. In the last six months, we have managed to create more than 10 QlikView solutions in several business environments, such as Human Resources, Treasury, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Procurement & Logistics and Plant Maintenance. The users of these models agree that these solutions are extremely user friendly, save them many hours of combining data from different sources, and are very easy to use."
Danie du Preez, Manager - HR Shared Service, said: "This is the first reporting tool I have seen that can extract data from SAP in any possible combination. And to top it all, it takes a few minutes to change the selection and extract a new dataset. Never again do we have to wait several days to get a report, or rely on other specialists to create a report - we can do it ourselves. Really great!"
Elanie Muller, Group Manager - Treasury, added: "This is an excellent tool, saving a lot of time on generating reports. Qlikview provides up-to-date, relevant information with the click of a button."
"A critical success factor of the implementation has been ArcelorMittal South Africa's desire for information and their interest in making their business more efficient," commented Nick Bell, Managing Director of BusinessIntelligent.
"QlikView's flexibility and BusinessIntelligent's approach to project engagement has allowed us to deliver high-quality applications across multiple disciplines in a short space of time, with data coming directly from SAP!"
User adoption has been very strong and ArcelorMittal South Africa has rolled out QlikView to 200 users. BusinessIntelligent will continue to deliver enterprise-wide business intelligence solutions and ArcelorMittal South Africa intends to continue growing its user base.
"BusinessIntelligent and their staff have changed the way we experience business analytics forever!" said Otto.
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