FEATURE : ANALYTICS
Armaments Corporation of South Africa , Armscor is renowned for its expertise in providing defence turnkey solutions .
ARMSCOR IS EXPLORING BUILDING A DATA WAREHOUSE TO LEVERAGE DATA FROM ALL DEPARTMENTS USING QLIK TALEND DATA INTEGRATION .
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and has required change management . With a better understanding of how to interpret data , users are now comfortable with analytics and the quality of data has improved .
The organisation is exploring the building of a data warehouse to leverage data from all of Armscor ’ s departments and entities for real-time analytics and improved decision making , potentially using Qlik Talend Data Integration to reduce the high costs and need for resources associated with traditional data warehousing .
In addition , Armscor is planning for the broader use of Qlik within the business for its budgeting and planning features , as well as the rollout of targeted data literacy initiatives beyond the finance side .
Looking further ahead , Armscor plans to use Qlik to improve its acquisition and project management processes , as well as its human resource practices . A good example of where data analytics could help is tracking the effect of voluntary severance packages on its employment equity targets . By its nature , human resources requires collation and analysis of a large volume of data on industry-related salaries and packages comparisons .
“ We would like to unravel this process and allow these insights to be available at the click of a button , so it is a natural next step for us ,” visualises Fayo . p
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