Asia Motor Works : 1KEY Business Intelligence

The need to have right reports, and that too ones that are linked to multiple

data sets is becoming the demand of top management for enterprises. Asia Motor

Works, the firm that manufactures trucks and auto components has built BI

solution with1KEY business intelligence suite. The earlier solution couldn't

provide ellaborate and customized reports, hence making decision was a

difficuilt task for senior management. For example, they couldn't compare

between two different horizon within the same dataset and also link between two

data set in a single report.

The major technical challenges that they faced during the process was

consolidation of data in a meaningful way and defining a clear and concise model

of user information need. Apart from these, there were some non-technical

challenges also, such as getting the top management engaged on the subject of

BI. Still, after seeing the possible benifits, the top management got directly

involved in designing the report format and layout. They have given their valued

inputs which helped in generating value added reports. Reports from BI are

directly delivered to the company's executives and top management for an eagle

eye view of the enterprise.

After implementation of the project, the productivity has increased. The

vendor performance report which tooks days earlier and used to be prepared

manually can now be automatically generated within minutes. Now AMW is able to

track inventory changes or movement by region and category. Now they can also

analyze product performance by vendor which enables them to more effectively

manage vendors toward profitability.