CASE STUDY
The Qlik suite transformed Armscor ’ s data utilisation , driving efficiency , fostering collaboration , and enabling informed , strategic decisions critical to its mission .
Moving from a legacy-driven reporting environment to an analytics-driven platform was a big jump for ARMSCOR and represents a huge leap forward for the Finance department . Processes that once took weeks are now completed in hours , with report distribution handled automatically by Qlik NPrinting .
After implementing Qlik , ARMSCOR is comfortable that they do not have to go through multiple systems to check quality and accuracy . And if the month-end books are closed today , the data is ready the next morning . With Qlik accessing data from multiple systems in near-real time , ARMSCOR is no longer tied to separate reports for each process .
Consolidated and visually appealing management reports are now available weekly and deliver key insights to executives across finance and beyond . With Qlik NPrinting , the analysis is placed into the hands of decision makers weekly and even daily .
Critical areas such as stakeholder reporting , which were previously limited to cumbersome spreadsheetbased processes , have been transferred to Qlik .
report back to the stakeholder how much we spent and where . It is crucial that stakeholders have high levels of transparency and accuracy and with Qlik we can achieve that quickly and easily ,” says Fayo .
Moving forward
Qlik ’ s adoption has changed attitudes at ARMSCOR , with information available at user fingertips , promoting data literacy across the organisation and generating interest from other functions . “ Trust in the data is critical ,” says Fayo .
ARMSCOR is now assessing how Qlik could benefit project management in its acquisition function . Also on the roadmap is building a data warehouse as a central repository to feed into ARMSCOR ’ s reporting processes . Qlik Data Integration would be the obvious route for getting data and enabling analytics in real time .
“ Traditional data warehousing is not going to be the best fit . It would be resource-intensive , costly and dependent on code ,” says Insight Consulting ’ s Afonso .
ARMSCOR is also integrating its human resource function . “ As a public sector organisation , we need to keep a check on our employment statistics and report back regularly .”
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“ Showing where we are financially is not a big exercise anymore . If a stakeholder gives us money , we need to
That is information that Qlik can put at user fingertips . “ Qlik has been a breeze ,” reflects Fayo . p
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