Outcome
Qarshi wanted to ensure they chose a BI and reporting solution that was the best fit for their evolving IT strategy, and logically turned to their ERP vendor first. However, after an initial evaluation of the Lantern Platform, Qarshi was able to install and deploy the solution; easily connecting it to their existing ERP system. They found their immediate requirement to make their ERP data visible for planning and forecasting could be easily met by using Lantern’s powerful visualization capabilities. After seeing the ease of instalment, integration and deployment, they selected the Lantern Platform which eliminated any need for additional ERP modifications or associated migration efforts.
In a matter of days, not months Qarshi began displaying the consolidated and harmonized data into over 20 OLAP reports and dashboards with various charts and gauges for their Sales teams. This included specific display requests such as customized axis (Million/Billion/Kgs) which allowed the reports to be easily understood by their key stakeholders. With an emphasis on security and user management, Lantern provided these singular views with respective custom calendars, advanced filtering and drill-down tailored for the roles of each individual user, saving them valuable time and effort in searching across multiple systems. By using the advanced formula fields and variance functions available with Lantern, Qarshi is now equipped with actionable insight to analyze current paradigms and models in order to predict favorable outcomes to meet their growth objectives and gain a competitive advantage in their target markets.
From these initial reports, Qarshi was able to save their IT department time and money by easily modifying the information to customize the output and expand them to over 40 reports covering performance monitoring, target measurement based on regions, seasons, products, divisions, management and more, which are scheduled on a weekly, monthly, quarterly and YOY basis.