Qlik has announced that IDS, a global supply chain logistics executor, has deployed Qlik Sense, with the help of Qlik partner 2foqus, to easily create dynamic custom reports on transportation management data for its customers and logistics service providers.
Qlik Sense is the first device-independent, self-service visualisation and discovery product engineered for enterprise-class governance and performance.
As a fourth party logistics provider, IDS strives to offer supply chain solutions for customers that optimise efficiency, lower direct and indirect costs, and provide a reliable transfer of goods with complete transparency throughout the process.
IDS does not have its own fleet or a warehouse, but instead offers expertise and experience to make the supply chain process as efficient and streamlined as possible.
With the deployment of Qlik Sense, IDS can quickly and easily visualise data around cost patterns, performance, maturity, transport, and cargo flows. As a result, users can easily spot trends or outliers in the data and take action to improve customer performance, accelerate processes and maximise transparency and information-sharing.
When selecting a visualisation tool, ease of use and dynamic reporting was of primary importance for IDS. Qlik Sense not only provides the intuitive user experience they desired, it also allows for drag-and-drop design allowing even the most novice users to create their own visualisations.
“Qlik Sense excels in rapidly visualising data and that’s something that is so important for our reporting to customers. It gives them an understanding of their data at a glance and an overview of their logistics processes in an engaging, easy-to-use interface,” says Paul van der Burg, director of IDS.
“In addition to customers, we also can make the data of the performance of carriers we work with more transparent. Qlik Sense allows them to better steer on performance and capitalise on insights from the data. Overall Qlik Sense has been a win-win situation for both our customer and logistics service providers.”
The industry-proven Qlik data indexing engine of Qlik Sense help users explore the relationships that exist in their data to reveal connections instantly, unlocking hidden insights along the way. Additionally, the storytelling feature of Qlik Sense allows users to share reports and insights with customers in a presentation mode while enabling them to dive directly into the dashboards as needed to answer questions in real time.
“Data transparency is imperative to organisations like IDS as it drives their success as they manage the ins and outs of the logistics supply chain,” says David Telford, Senior Director, Sector Group Lead Manufacturing and Service Industries at Qlik.
“With Qlik Sense IDS can ensure their customers and vendors have access to the data they need so they can explore theories, prove hypothesis, or discover new trends in their data, allowing them to capitalise on their findings and achieve operational excellence.”
