QlikTech, the world’s fastest growing Business Intelligence software company, is making a greater than expected impact on business operations at one of the world’s best known companies. Leading international brand, WD-40, needed a system to replace its reliance on the production of hard copy weekly ERP reports and ease increasing pressure on the IT department to provide sales information in a user friendly, real time application. Following the implementation of QlikTech’s groundbreaking QlikView™ business analysis tool across its European operations, the company is now seeing man hours dramatically reduced and invaluable company information revealed in a way never thought possible.

Before investing in QlikView, WD-40 had to calculate customer sales totals manually at the end of each year by totaling up historical hard copy reports; now sales totals are available immediately with a single click. Hard copy reports containing outdated information have become a thing of the past; users simply open up QlikView, make their data selection and analyse the information they need.

"We have found ourselves in the position where we can now analyse over 500,000 order lines in seconds, on demand,” explains Julian Spencer, WD-40’s Finance and Operations Director – Europe. “On the sales side we use QlikView to find selling opportunities with existing customers as well as to highlight customers who are ordering less frequently than before. On the control side we can track margins and customers' rebates and do this with several mouse clicks in minutes whereas before it took hours of manual data collation. QlikView is a great way to get at company data quickly and easily. With traditional ERP systems you have many screens to go through to get to data. With QlikView the data is available instantly with just a few mouse clicks."

QlikView has also enabled the company to investigate profit margins in far greater detail by drilling down to product information and highlighting customers who haven’t placed recent orders. The finance and logistics departments too are now able to look at orders, margins and stock in a way that wasn’t possible before.

“Implementing QlikView couldn’t have been easier,” comments IT manager, Jonathan McCoy. “It took less than two weeks to create our sales analysis application and it’s as easy to use as Excel, requiring no training whatsoever. The system consistently gives us new ideas on how we can make maximum use of its capabilities. When users want a new report or additional data, they know it’s going to be possible. When you’re running an IT department, it’s great to know that you will be able to give users what they want with a minimum of effort.”

WD-40’s maintenance contract with QlikTech means that the company automatically receives the latest upgrades. Version 7 and the web server will extend QlikView’s availability to all remaining users, including those working remotely. The company is now planning to expand QlikView into other areas of the business.

“WD-40 is yet another leading international brand realising the power of QlikView’s simple design,” concludes Andy Honess, managing director of QlikTech UK. “By providing precisely the right level the information, when it’s needed, QlikView is helping users improve their own performance, as well as that of the company.”

About WD-40

WD-40 Company is a global consumer products organisation, renowned for its range of popular household brands, which are found under the sink, in the garage and in the toolboxes of homes throughout the world.

Its products are now sold in more than 160 countries worldwide. WD-40 Company's corporate headquarters and Corporate Brand Support Centre is based in San Diego, California, U.S.A. The brand is supported by a group of international offices.

The company recorded sales of $242.5 million in 2004. WD-40 has grown to more than 254 employees worldwide, employing 42 at its UK headquarters in Milton Keynes.

About QlikTech

QlikTech is the world’s fastest growing business intelligence software company. QlikTech believes information should be available broadly, affordably, and quickly. QlikTech’s flagship product, QlikView, makes sophisticated analysis dramatically easier to deploy, use and maintain. QlikTech’s patented technology allows instant, in memory, manipulation of massive datasets on low cost hardware, allowing affordable widespread deployment of highly sophisticated analytic applications in days. QlikView’s click-driven, visually-interactive interface is simple for end users to learn and use. QlikView has more than 3,384 customers in 58 countries, and adds 6.9 new customers each working day. In addition to hundreds of small and midsized companies, QlikTech’s customers include large corporations such as AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Top Flite, 3M, and The Campbell Soup Company. QlikTech is privately held and venture backed by Accel Partners, Jerusalem Venture Partners, and Industrifonden. Founded in Sweden, QlikTech has subsidiaries in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, and Scandinavia, and over 100 partners across the world.

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