EBS - Enterprise Business Solutions

Testimonials

Testimonial by Marcio Martins Games (Project Manager)
Companhia de Bebidas Ipiranga

Initial Needs

At Bebidas Ipiranga, we had the need to consolidate information scattered in various expert systems into a single database in order to gain speed and increase reliability in the determination of BSC indicators and management panels, so that later we could have greater flexibility in customizing reports by users themselves.

Among the proposals received, we chose the one which presented professionals with the best conditions.

The Implementation of SAP BW 7.0

Throughout the development period, from October 2007 to February 2008, the impact to users was minimal. During such period the professionals working for EBS endeavored to implement cubes and analysis that met the requirements raised.

As the implementation process of a BI system depends on important factors to achieve success, ranging from the support of senior management and the board of directors to support users, we started an internal process of change and support management after the work carried out by EBS professionals, given the larger impact generated.

Initially there was great resistance especially from the commercial area, which already had a system of analysis with which employees were familiar, even though it had less information. That is why such a job takes time and should be treated with great respect for the success of the project, i.e. you can work on a development for 3 months, but you will have to work much more on the human factor to get the desired results .

Gains with improvements

Nowadays we have a very good level of use of the new system in the commercial area, and many no longer want to hear about the previous system. Information is daily made available to the sales team with much more speed and reliability, which allows them to better prepare their strategies before going out on visits to customers with clean shots on sales leverage.

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