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.

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

References

The Value of Manufacturing Visibility

Effective Inventory Analysis

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

IQubz® is a Southern California-based Microsoft Power BI consulting, Dynamics 365 CRM Customization and TIBCO Scribe Data Integration partner serving clients in US, Canada, Mexico, UK, India, Malaysia, Singapore and Australia. IQubz builds BI reporting, business process automation and data integration solutions augmenting popular ERP, CRM and eCommerce systems. Systems include Dynamics CRM, Dynamics GP, Dynamics NAV, Salesforce, Intuit QuickBooks, ADP Payroll, Magento, Marketo, Infor VISUAL, Micros OPERA, Innovative Systems Full Circle and MYOB EXO. IQubz has delivered robust solutions with quick ROI in the areas of accounting, sales, purchasing, marketing, distribution, inventory and personnel management. IQubz provides consulting for clients from a wide range of industries, including retail, wholesale, eCommerce, hospitality, travel, manufacturing, construction, real estate, health care and information services. IQubz is a Microsoft Certified Partner and TIBCO Scribe Certified Elite Partner. IQubz consultants are skilled and experienced software developers with in-depth knowledge of business management functions.

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Manufacturing Business Intelligence