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Client - a nationwide group of retail stores

This system provides business intelligence on KPIs for a nationwide group of retail stores.

The System

The system provides role-based access to reports on key performance indicators (KPIs) of the business, and to data maintenance facilities. It is entirely web-based which makes it easy for each store to access.

It meets the decision support needs of the head office managing the overall operation, and the needs of each store owner managing an individual business.

Features include:

• statistical analysis of sales data per store
• comparative analysis between similar stores
• parameterised reports for flexible analysis
• group management level reports on business KPIs
• store level reports on individual store performance
• web-based forms for store details maintenance
• web-based forms for data entry
• multiple output formats
• reports generated on-the-fly.

Benefits

This business intelligence solution has the benefits of:

• timeliness of analysis - reports are generated on-the-fly using the latest dataset
• significant cost savings over the previous spreadsheet oriented system
• meets the needs - reports are tailored to each of the different roles
• security - access to datasets and analyses are restricted by role
• easy maintenance - no desktop installation at each site as the system is web based
• better quality results - reduction in data entry errors via automated validation.