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Janssen set out to find a system that would eliminate the need to work with Excel. That would allow for faster work and reduce the risk of errors. \u201cI put a lot of time into the preliminary research. It\u2019s important to know exactly what you want beforehand, so you don\u2019t run into any surprises during implementation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don't program endlessly<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Pure Ingredients has been using SAP ERP since 2004. \u201cWe chose SAP because it allows us to track products in the event of a recall. And because SAP is the only system that can effectively handle our flow of goods. After all, we operate across national borders, with production in Kaldenkirchen, Germany, and warehousing in Venlo. To take our automation to the next level, we wanted to get more out of SAP\u2014so we could gain better visibility into our output. But we don\u2019t want to spend endless hours programming. We\u2019re not IT specialists. Our organization isn\u2019t complex, our dataset isn\u2019t large, and we only have 20 SAP users. SAP BW would be far too expensive and cumbersome for us. We need to be able to quickly generate decent reports with the limited knowledge and skills we have.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kind of like Excel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Through Google, Janssen found BI4SAP Live, a reporting and analytics solution from Alistar based on SAP BusinessObjects tools. Janssen: \u201cWith this SAP add-on, we have better access to our database and quick insight into the processes we carry out. It works much like Excel. If you can create pivot tables in Excel, you can also work with BI4SAP Live. You basically create the same formulas as in Excel, although the options for performing calculations are more extensive in BO. We have two heavy users who prepare ready-made standard reports, after which the other users can choose for themselves which overviews they want to extract from them. For example, they can compare all of 2017 with all of 2018, or May 2017 with May 2018, or view data for a specific customer, a customer group, or a country. This way, we don\u2019t have to train many users to work with BI.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Expanding Gradually<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Alistar implemented BI4SAP Live in just 24 days, with a three-month implementation cycle at Pure Ingredients. \u201cWe started with invoice processing, since that\u2019s where we spend the most time working in Excel. That step went relatively quickly. We now have a better understanding of how our invoicing works. With BI4SAP Live, we\u2019ve also gained better insight into the age of our inventory. We weren\u2019t able to do that with SAP. Now, every Monday, we see the inventory age data, after which our sales department can take action to prevent products from becoming too old. This tool also helps us with registering VAT numbers. For deliveries in Belgium, we need to have each customer\u2019s VAT number. That\u2019s something that sometimes gets forgotten. We used to have to search for the missing data at the end of each year. That took a lot of time. Now, BI4SAP Live reports every week which VAT numbers we\u2019re missing. \u201dWe\u2019re gradually expanding to include other functionalities.\u201d \u201cNow we\u2019re moving toward a single system for all our activities. In our CRM domain as well, we\u2019re transitioning to Hybris Sales Cloud globally.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Better View of Output<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With BI4SAP Live, Pure Ingredients now has a tool that also provides better insight into output. What is the customer value? How is productivity? \u201cWe can now collect information in a structured way and use smart filters to pull up detailed data. We operate in three submarkets: retail, wholesale, and supermarkets. All three have their own margin structures, so we can\u2019t treat them as a single market. We want to gain insight into the different markets using the SAP database. With Excel, that was difficult, there was a high risk of errors, and it took a lot of time. With BI4SAP Live, it\u2019s much easier, error-free, and faster.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Everyone is satisfied with the Excel method. But that won't be enough to get us through in the future.<\/p>\nWil Janssen, Finance Manager at Pure Ingredients<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Still plenty of ideas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Pure Ingredients has been using BI4SAP Live for about four months now. \u201cWe\u2019re still a long way from being done,\u201d says Janssen. \u201cThe SAP database is large and complex. We have to formulate our information requests carefully to ensure we get the right answer. We still need to learn the techniques to do that. To achieve this, we need to adapt our organization, train our people, and gather knowledge. It also takes time for the organization to get used to the new way of working. But we still have plenty of ideas. For example, we currently can\u2019t extract sufficient management information or comprehensive production reports from the database. As a result, we can\u2019t establish benchmarks for production trends, for instance. Alistar\u2019s tool is flexible and offers plenty of options for creating those kinds of reports. We\u2019re already seeing the benefits of BI4SAP Live. We\u2019re saving time, which allows employees to focus on important tasks. And the information is reliable because it no longer involves manual work. As I said, we need to automate as much as possible to keep up with our growth. And with BI4SAP Live, we\u2019re able to do just that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Market leader in halal food<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Pure Ingredients is the market leader in the halal food market. The company operates a pizza bakery in Venlo and a production facility for snacks (including frikandellen and hamburgers) in Kaldenkirchen, Germany. Its main brands are Mekkafood and Lekker&Anders. Pure Ingredients has annual revenue of approximately \u20ac32 million and employs 155 people. It sells its products primarily in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany, but operates in more than 20 countries.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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