Allegheny Bradford Corporation
INDUSTRY:
Manufacturing
BI4Dynamics empowered both mid-level and upper management at ABC to make data-driven decisions with tailored insights across 10 Dynamics application areas, including sales, inventory, and finance.
Its seamless implementation streamlined processes and enhanced efficiency, while enabling scalable and independent reporting capabilities for managers.
Timely access to data for better decision-making at the management level
Valuable insights for mid-level management, which are often overlooked
A comprehensive reporting tool that supports data analysis across different departments
Out-of-the-box functionalities catering to managerial needs
Ease of integration with Dynamics to streamline processes
Cost Reduction and Simplification
BI4Dynamics Transforms ABC’s Decision-Making with Scalable Insights Across Key Business Areas
Company
Allegheny Bradford is a manufacturer providing precision-engineered equipment, and stainless steel solutions to multiple industries.
The Situation
Before implementing BI4Dynamics, ABC faced challenges in ensuring timely data and easily accessible and “insightful” reporting and analytics across all management levels. While upper management had access to some reports, these were not granular enough for them and mid-level management to provide them with data-driven and timely insights.
This led to inefficiencies in decision-making and a need to find a better solution – BI4Dynamics was found to be the right choice.
“The BI4Dynamics product is fantastic. While the out-of-the-box is great, it leans more on the management level, which makes total sense.”
Mark Yankovich
former ERP/BI Manager at ABC
Although this focus was valuable, Mark saw an opportunity to expand BI4Dynamics’ benefits to the mid-level management team:
“Two of us have extensive background with extracting data from ERP for BI purposes but BI4Dynamics opens it up for our mid-level management who can now use BI4Dynamics OOB PowerBI dashboards/excel reports and modify as they see fit thus relieving pressure and time from us. A great advantage.”
Mark Yankovich
former ERP/BI Manager at ABC
This insight highlighted the need to optimize BI4Dynamics not only for upper management but also for operational teams, ensuring that everyone in the organization could leverage data effectively to make timely and informed decisions.
How BI4Dynamics Empowers ABC Across the Organization
Following the implementation of BI4Dynamics, both mid-level and upper-management teams at Allegheny Bradford Corporation (ABC) began leveraging its comprehensive capabilities.
BI4Dynamics proved invaluable in tracking performance metrics across the organization, enabling data-driven decision-making that bridged the gap between operational and strategic layers of management.
Key Reports Driving Business Insights:
BI4Dynamics is extensively utilized across ten critical Dynamics application areas, including:
- Sales: Monitoring sales performance and growth patterns.
- Inventory: Managing stock levels efficiently.
- Purchase: Streamlining procurement processes.
- Account Receivables: Tracking customer payments and overdue balances.
- Account Payables: Managing vendor payment schedules.
- Finance: Offering a consolidated financial view.
- Fixed Assets: Overseeing asset utilization and depreciation.
- Projects: Evaluating project costs and performance.
- Production: Enhancing operational productivity.
- Warehouse: Ensuring streamlined logistics and inventory movement.
Implementation Success and Future Plans:
ABC experienced a seamless and rapid deployment of BI4Dynamics, supported by the knowledgeable team at BI4Dynamics.
The guidance provided regarding Microsoft licensing was particularly beneficial, helping ABC maximize its software investments. Looking forward, ABC plans to further utilize BI4Dynamics to drive efficiencies across its operations, ensuring continued scalability and adaptability to its evolving business needs.
“The implementation done by BI4Dynamics was quick and effective. Their knowledge and guidance where MS licensing is concerned was also of tremendous value for us.”
Mark Yankovich
former ERP/BI Manager at ABC
Expanding Horizons:
“Allegheny Bradford Corporation intends to continue leveraging BI4Dynamics to improve business efficiency at various levels of the organization”
Mark Yankovich
former ERP/BI Manager at ABC
Mark emphasized the opportunity to further optimize mid-level management’s performance tracking. By leveraging BI4Dynamics’ out-of-the-box Power BI dashboards and Excel reports, ABC is empowering managers to customize insights independently, alleviating pressure on the IT team while fostering an agile and informed workforce.
