Victory Packaging Wraps Up Enterprise Reporting Needs With WebFOCUS
Company Size
1,000+
Region
- America
Country
- United States
Product
- WebFOCUS
- ReportCaster
- Active Technology reports
- Visual Discovery
Tech Stack
- Business Intelligence
- Data Analysis
- Enterprise Resource Planning
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Cost Savings
- Productivity Improvements
Technology Category
- Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics
- Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)
Applicable Industries
- Packaging
Applicable Functions
- Sales & Marketing
Use Cases
- Inventory Management
- Predictive Replenishment
- Supply Chain Visibility
Services
- Data Science Services
- System Integration
About The Customer
Victory Packaging is a Houston, Texas-based company that provides full-service packaging solutions to customers across the country. The privately held company has over 1,200 employees and operates from 64 distribution and support centers nationwide, covering five million square feet of warehouse space. The company has grown rapidly through an aggressive corporate acquisition program, positioning itself as a nationally recognized player in the packaging industry. Victory Packaging is known for delivering superior products and services to its customers and has built its reputation around developing comprehensive, integrated solutions that save money for customers.
The Challenge
Victory Packaging, a leading North American distributor of end-to-end packaging and supply-chain solutions, was facing challenges due to rapid growth and increasing customer demands. The company's legacy PICK enterprise resource planning (ERP) system was unable to handle the growing demands, leading to inefficiencies. The company implemented a new wholesale distribution and supply-chain execution software package from International Business Systems (IBS), but lacked a business intelligence (BI) tool that could aggregate data from this system, analyze it, and deliver timely information to company decision-makers. The company needed a BI platform that could simultaneously access applications and combine data from AS/400 and Microsoft Windows platforms.
The Solution
Victory Packaging selected the Information Builders WebFOCUS BI platform to replace manual reporting processes with applications that enable self-service reporting. In less than six months, the company created powerful end-user reporting applications and dashboards for managing sales, finance, and inventory. From sales representatives to executives, employees can now click on graphs and drill into operational metrics – tracking sales, managing budgets, verifying inventory, and automating a host of other operational tasks. They can also be proactive in suggesting integrated packaging solutions that improve their customers’ business processes while cutting costs. The company engaged Information Builders Professional Services to help develop its initial BI applications under a tight implementation deadline. The first application to go online was the Daily Flash Report, a parameterized report that is automatically delivered to executives and sales representatives via e-mail each day.
Operational Impact
Quantitative Benefit
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