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BBS achieves lean, smarter and more profitable operations with QlikView

Customer Company Size

Mid-size Company

Region

Europe

Country

Netherlands

Product

QlikView

Tech Stack

Business Intelligence
Data Analysis
Data Visualization

Implementation Scale

Enterprise-wide Deployment

Impact Metrics

Cost Savings
Productivity Improvements
Customer Satisfaction

Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics
Analytics & Modeling - Data-as-a-Service

Applicable Industries

Food & Beverage

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing
Quality Assurance

Use Cases

Track & Trace of Assets
Inventory Management

Services

Data Science Services
System Integration

About The Customer

BBS Food B.V. is an innovative producer of frozen and chilled convenience chicken and pork meat products. The company produces these products under its own label for the national and international food service, food retail and food industry sectors both domestically and abroad. BBS has two plants in Barneveld where fresh meat is processed into convenience products and snacks. In a continuous and fully automated production process, meat is marinated and cooked, then frozen or chilled, weighed and packaged according to the specific wishes and requirements of each customer. The company was founded in 2003 from Storteboom Further Processing.

The Challenge

BBS Food B.V., a producer of frozen and chilled convenience chicken and pork meat products, was facing challenges in tracking and tracing its entire business process. The market demanded transparent information on their entire production process, from purchasing to marinating and from cooking to packaging. Customers required insights into the origin of the raw materials used, the core temperature to which each piece of meat has been cooked, and the amount of time the production process has taken. This information was crucial for food safety and was also used for labelling products. BBS was legally required to provide information on the origin, acceptance tests, and shelf life at any given moment. The company was using Microsoft Excel and Word for data collection and reporting, which was a time-consuming and inefficient process.

The Solution

BBS decided to implement a Business Intelligence tool and enlisted the help of Provelu, a company specialising in business process optimisation. They chose QlikView due to its flexibility, reporting and analysis capabilities, user-friendly interface, and the speed with which questions are answered. The team developed an application that made business intelligence available to all staff, from the management to the work floor. They linked all the underlying systems and applications to a well-structured dashboard with dozens of different models. QlikView was used to control the processes involved in quality monitoring, temperature entry control, the core temperature of processed products, and to find out which customers receive which products, which raw materials are used for this purpose, what their origin is and who has worked on the product.

Operational Impact

QlikView provides an insight and analysis abilities for all aspects of BBS’s business process.
Salespeople are now able to show prospects precisely how they keep track of their processes, demonstrating why they are the best supplier.
The management team gains a daily insight into the forecasts, allowing them to optimize deployment of their production lines.
The financial department uses QlikView regularly to provide a clear insight into aspects such as customers’ purchasing and payment history, or to quickly identify currency risks.
Monitoring and controlling the inventory management, CRM and packaging processes has also been improved.

Quantitative Benefit

QlikView has contributed to doubling the turnover that BBS has managed to realize since 2005.
By lowering or increasing the temperature by one or two degrees, BBS is able to salvage a few percent more end product, resulting in substantial cost savings.