Ellab A/S

Ellab A/S – leading global supplier of solutions for measuring, recording, monitoring and validating critical parameters of thermal processing.

Need for streamlined operational and administrative reporting, plus modernization of tools and procedures

Background

• The different subsidiaries of Ellab use several different ERP systems, such as Dynamics AX, Sage and Excact OnLine.
• Obtaining consolidated reporting on sales, contribution, order intake and other important KPI:s was very awkward and time-consuming.
• As usually is the case under these circumstances, Excel spreadsheets were widely used which means lots of manual work, jeopardized information quality and dependence on individuals.
• New ownership raised demands for more, and 100 % accurate management reporting.

The Solution

• Minimizing the cost of change and secure additional benefit from current ERP environment.
• Build a separate Business Intelligence application reading data from different operational systems.
• Calculate KPI:s in an “Ellab-wise” consistent way, presenting them in an easy-to-use end-user tool (Microsoft Power BI).
• First phase spanning 4 months secured the adequate reporting of a critical set of KPIs