Actionable Intelligence for Operations Managers

The existing reporting from Microsoft Access database was just not working out for a multi-plant auto-parts manufacturer. It was inefficient, unwieldy and error-prone. The new CEO quickly realized that he was lacking the organization-wide visibility to their operations, sales, purchases, inventory and financials, critical for turning things around. He reached out to IQubz, Microsoft BI partner, for a Manufacturing Business Intelligence solution. Whether plant-specific or corporate-wide, he wanted his plant managers and senior managers to be looking at the same information, that is consistent, accurate, and presented clearly and efficiently.

With easy-to-navigate dashboards, comprehensive scorecards, and familiar analysis tools, IQubz Manufacturing BI helps plan, monitor and act to improve process efficiency, reduce operational waste/scrap, improve product quality, reduce manufacturing costs, effectively negotiate with vendors and present winning quotes to customers.

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IQubz Manufacturing Business Intelligence At A Glance

  • Data Source: Infor VISUAL Enterprise
  • Performance Management: Consolidated, multi-plant reporting for side-by-side comparisons of factories, divisions and regions
  • Operations Management: In-depth work order analysis for material, labor and overheads variances
  • Sales Management: 360-degree view of customers and products with sales, costs, gross margins and delivery schedules
  • Supply Chain Management: 360-degree view of vendors and material with costs, purchase price variances and receipt schedules
  • Dashboard and Scorecards: Interactive dashboards, scorecards and KPI
  • Ad-hoc Reporting: Powerful ad-hoc reporting with Excel and Report Builder

IQubz Manufacturing Business Intelligence Features

  • Multi-Company Data Consolidation with Multi-Currency Support
  • In-depth Coverage of the Key Functional Areas: Sales, Purchasing, Finance, Manufacturing Operations and Inventory
  • Enterprise-wide Performance Management via Secure Web Portal
  • Self-service, Personalized, Interactive Dashboards with Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
  • Drag-and-drop Ad-hoc Reporting, Charting and Analysis with Microsoft Excel, web-based Cube Browser and Microsoft Report Builder
  • Key Reports including Customer 360, Vendor 360, Work Order 360, Sales Flash, Balance Sheet and Profit & Loss Statements
  • On-Premise or Hosted – choose what fits your business best
  • Extensible – add new report models and cubes for additional subject areas; create and publish new reports and KPI dashboards
  • Scalable – add more companies and users as your organization grows
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Applicable to these Manufacturing Sectors and more

  • Industrial Equipment Manufacturing
  • Specialty Vehicle Manufacturing
  • Aerospace and Defense Manufacturing
  • Electronics Manufacturing
  • Metal Fabrication
  • Contract Manufacturing
  • Plastic Molding Manufacturing
  • Medical Device Manufacturing
  • Automotive Manufacturing

Multi-Company Manufacturing Business Intelligence

Sales, Sales Backlog, Gross Margin Reports

  • Customer 360 report
  • Customer Price / PO Expiration report
  • Gross Margin / Gross Profit / Profitability report
  • Open Sales Order Monthly / Weekly Due report
  • Product 360 report
  • Sales Backlog History report
  • Sales Flash report
  • Daily Shipping report
  • Daily Billing report
  • Shipped Not Billed report
  • Sales Order Backlog report
  • Top N Customers
  • Top N Products

Purchasing & Supply Chain Management Reports

  • Daily / Fiscal Year Vendor Summary report
  • Material 360 report
  • Material Requisition Planning (MRP) report
  • Open PO Vendor reports
  • Open PO Weekly Payable / Pending report
  • PO Receipts by Vendor reports
  • Purchase Price Variance by Part / Vendor reports
  • Vendor 360 report
  • Top N Vendors
  • Top N Materials

Operations Reports

  • Freight Spend & Recovery report
  • Labor Tickets Scrap report
  • Work Order Cost reports
  • Work Order Cost Variance report

Financial Reports

  • Financial Highlights
  • Financial Trending
  • Trial Balance Statement
  • Balance Sheet
  • Income Statement

Accounts Receivable Reports

  • Collections
  • Receivable by Week / Month Due
  • Receivable by Aging / Overdue
  • Open Invoices Statement
  • Recently Created Invoices
  • Top N Receivables

Accounts Payable Reports

  • Payable by Week / Month Due
  • Disbursements
  • Payable by Aging / Overdue
  • Recently Entered Vendor Invoices
  • Top N Payables