EURO CAR PARTS

About

Euro Car Parts is the UK’s leading distributor of parts for all makes of cars and light commercial vehicles. ECP offers a multi-channel operation of branches, websites, mobile channels, supplying over 130,000 different stocked part numbers.

The challenge

• Lack “One Version of Truth” as every department has their own figures
• No way of combining multiple sources of data (inc. third party data)
• ISAM Files (non relational databases)
• Moving away from a spreadsheet culture
• Pockets of data and ad-hoc business intelligence throughout the organisation

The solution

• Create One version of Truth (shut down all the legacy systems)
• Combined multiple sources of data (especially new acquisitions and external third party data)
• Building Qlik Applications for different business departments
• Qlik Applications (Data Marts) will support the pathway to a Data Warehousing Solution

The benefits

• Live sales reporting to the management team every 10 minutes
• ECP can view over 130k products availability in-stock to serve their customers efficiently
• Check the stock movements hourly to ensure that branches have sufficient stock to sell to their local customers
• Qlik is deployed to provide financial reporting pack to ECP executives
• All based on a governed, secure and flexible platform
• Deliver an agile supply chain strategy across the organisation
• Empower branch managers with a Qlik Mobile solution