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Foseco
Delivery of a Robust and Scalable Reporting and Analysis Infrastructure for 34 Countries
The Business Intelligence application has cut the time spent by each company salesman in preparing monthly reports, from two days to a few hours.
The Background
Foseco has been associated with the metallurgical industry for more than 50 years and has operations in over 30 countries. The name originates from the words FOundry SErvices COmpany.
Firmly established as a leading supplier of metallurgical chemicals to the higher quality segments of the foundry industry world - wide, Foseco plays an important role in the automotive, construction and engineering casting markets as well as on environmental issues. A typical and significant example is the automotive sector - a dynamic, fast-moving market where the drive is for ever-higher performance specifications.
Innovation is one of Foseco's core strengths and Development Centres have been established in areas of work where 'state-of-the-art' product technology exists. This enables Foseco to work in close partnership with its customers to develop new products and technologies at the forefront of the industry.
Foseco, in the process of implementing J D Edwards One World solution, as part of the wider business intelligence project, needed a supplier who could handle the whole project.
Of course this included all the technical aspects of development, both operational data and business information.
Whatever the challenge, Foseco is ready to respond positively and imaginatively, to deliver solutions that add real value to its customer's activities.
The Solution
Simpson Associates recognise that delivery of the Business Intelligence (BI) application is only part of the solution and deployment includes enabling people within the organisation to effectively use the BI tools.
Simpson Associates also provided the strong project management required in bringing the project in on time, in a company with heavy demands on IT and key business analysts.
The Simpson Associates methodical approach ensured that any issues were identified early. Regular communication reviews brought the issues to the attention of the business and ensured that solutions were business not technology driven.
"Their project management skills are first class. They were very fast at understanding our business and were very knowledgeable about application software and Cognos BI software."
"Their project management skills are first class. They were very fast at understanding our business and were very knowledgeable about application software and Cognos BI software."
This strong aspect of the Simpson Associates' approach was welcomed by the Foseco organisation
Simpson Associates also delivered training from their own accredited Cognos trainers using the Cognos material or alternatively developing tailor- made portable classroom training to meet specific application needs.
Simpson Associates also delivered training from their own accredited Cognos trainers using the Cognos material or alternatively developing tailor- made portable classroom training to meet specific application needs.
Simpson Associates also delivered training from their own accredited Cognos trainers using the Cognos material or alternatively developing tailor- made portable classroom training to meet specific application needs.
Simpson Associates also delivered training from their own accredited Cognos trainers using the Cognos material or alternatively developing tailor- made portable classroom training to meet specific application needs.
The Benefits
The company uses a Cognos based Business Intelligence (BI) application over their main line of business software, J. D. Edwards One World.
The BI application has cut the time spent by each company salesman in preparing monthly reports from two days to a few hours.
Information is presented in a standardised format on-screen, making it easier to salesmen, product managers and Senior Management, each of who have access to different levels of information.
The initial application was for the Sales Department but deployment of BI has now been extended to the finance department and will be rolled out across Europe. And next, the solution will be deployed into the 34 countries to which Foseco sells its products, providing a common and robust reporting and analysis infrastructure.
Apart from strong technical expertise, key to the Simpson Approach is the business knowledge and breadth of experience of the consultants. In the Simpson Associates development methodology business and it's people are central not peripheral to a technical solution.
About Simpson Associates
Simpson Associates formed 15 years ago, are a Cognos Premier Partner in the UK and have been implementing Performance Management solutions in many industry sectors for over 10 years.
"You expect consultants to be good at sorting out the 'hard' technical issues but the interesting thing about Simpson Associates is that they are also very good at the 'softer' training and information-sharing aspects."
We have won the Cognos Partner of the Year award on 5 occasions.
Simpson Associates is a DataMirror Gold Partner in the UK and has successfully implemented Data Warehouse solutions over the past 7 years'.
For more information visit http://www.simpson-associates.co.uk.
Simpson Associates
14-18 York Road
Wetherby
West Yorkshire
LS22 6SL
t: +44 (0) 1937 586 880
e: info@simassoc.co.uk
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