Business Intelligence Blog

L.B. White has grown to become one of the world’s leading manufacturers of direct-fired heaters for the agricultural, construction, and rental industries. Approximately 50 employees support the production and global distribution of more than 50,000 SKUs from the company’s headquarters in Wisconsin. As a mid-size business, data has always been critical to the company’s decision-making process.  By adding industry-matched data analytics software to its Epicor ERP 10 system helped the whole team overcome reporting challenges.

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Topics: Case Study, Industry - Manufacturing, Job Role - IT, Industry - HVAC/Plumbing, ERP - Epicor

U.S. Electrical Services, Inc. (USESI) is one of America's largest electrical component distributors in the $90 billion per annum industry. The private, family-owned business has 11 companies spread across the northeast and Georgia, maintaining more than 150,000 products in four distribution centers and 85 branches. The company leverages BI solution, Phocas to “constantly push what is possible” so it gets the most products to customers as fast as possible.

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Topics: Case Study, Job Role - IT, Industry - Electrical, ERP - Epicor

Jurox is a family owned Australian animal health company involved in the research, production, and marketing of animal health products for both domestic and export markets. Jurox identified a need for a dedicated business intelligence solution to manage its reporting function across the sales, marketing, and R&D divisions. The company decided on Epicor Data Analytics (EDA) powered by Phocas because of its simple integration with the Epicor ERP and BI reporting capabilities.

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Topics: Case Study, Industry - Health and Medical, Industry - Wholesale Distribution, Job Role - IT, ERP - Epicor

Hairhouse salons consolidate data, run stylish reports, and trim dead stock from their warehouse with easy-to-use Phocas business intelligence software. Hairhouse is an Australian based beauty salon and retail chain that offers hair-dressing services and hair and beauty products across 140 salons in Australia.

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Topics: Case Study, Job Role - IT, ERP - NetSuite, Industry - Retail, Job Role - Inventory/Operations

Gibsons is a 100-year-old manufacturer and distributor of more than 500 games, puzzles, cards and gifts. The company employs 20 people who support 1,500 brick and mortar retailers across the United Kingdom. Gibsons added Phocas, a data visualization tool to its tech stack and is reaping the benefits. Phocas has helped transform business processes, made it possible for non-technical people to review sales data and significantly decreased the time to produce reports.

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Topics: Case Study, Industry - Manufacturing, Industry - Wholesale Distribution, Job Role - IT, Job Role - Inventory/Operations

Sistema means ‘system’ in Italian and also signifies the company’s systematic approach to manufacturing,which has helped the New Zealand business take on the world. A leading manufacturer of food storage containers, Sistema’s success is two-fold. It makes a clever product that people want to buy repeatedly. And it’s obsessed about innovatively making the product to ensure ongoing global competitiveness. 

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Topics: Case Study, Industry - Manufacturing, Job Role - IT, ERP - Epicor

Allegro Funds, an Australian private equity firm, acquired Number One Shoes and Hannah’s retailers in 2017. With a network of 110 bricks and mortar stores across New Zealand and a combined market share of 30 per cent – the business is the perfect fit for Allegro, which specialises in investing in mid-market companies with transformation potential. In 2018, Phocas, a business intelligence (BI) solution, was deployed in the business to give front line staff, managers and leaders better visibility and insights into how the stores are performing – at store level, regionally and nationally.

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Topics: Case Study, Job Role - Executive, Industry - Retail

Insco is a wholesale distributor of heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration equipment (HVAC/R), stocking 15,000 parts and supplies across 37 branches in Texas and Oklahoma.The replacement side of the business is Insco’s speciality, and the company was built on the adage, ‘best product, best service, best people.’ After 60+ years in business, Insco’s team continues to deliver on this commitment. In the face of growing competition, the need for reliable data is mandatory. So an easy-to-use, data analytics solution was deployed.

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Topics: Case Study, Job Role - IT, Industry - HVAC/Plumbing, ERP - Epicor

Prochem delivers quality stainless-steel pipe, fittings and valving products to the gas, aerospace, marine and industrial sectors across the Asia Pacific. The company uses data analytics to drive efficiencies and stay competitive. The steel distributor started using Phocas to identify low margin sales automatically. Now, the BI software underpins many smarter ways of working for Prochem such as streamlining the purchasing and stock functions.

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Topics: Case Study, Job Role - Finance, Industry - Wholesale Distribution, Job Role - Inventory/Operations

uvex safety Australia makes and distributes high-quality products designed to keep people safe at work. The product portfolio is extensive and covers everything from head to toe, such as protective helmets, safety glasses, hearing protection, respiration protection and safety shoes. The company relies on distributors to sell its products, so uvex needs comprehensive sales data for accurate pricing decisions and to keep turnover healthy.

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Topics: Case Study, Industry - Wholesale Distribution, Job Role - Sales, Job Role - Inventory/Operations