Dura Vermeer is a top ten player in the Dutch construction industry, active in the development, engineering, realization, maintenance and renovation of projects in residential construction, non-residential construction and infrastructure. The company has revenue of around 1 billion euros and around 2,500 employees. Dura Vermeer distinguishes itself through customer focus, resourcefulness, active integration of sustainability themes, and developing innovative construction solutions. This innovation shows in the development of award-winning innovative products and techniques and the use of innovative concepts such as chain collaboration, LEAN Construction, BIM (Building Information Model) and Systems Engineering.
The case for Dura Vermeer
Dura Vermeer's goal with regard to business intelligence was to make KPIs clear and organized. Gaining insight into purchasing KPIs was something that cost Dura Vermeer a lot of time. For example, developing quarterly reports with Microsoft Excel took an average of three days per operating company. National Purchasing Manager at Dura Vermeer, Björn Smeets: "The work didn't stop with just making the quarterly reports. Analyzing these reports resulted in new questions, and finding answers could easily take a few weeks. For us, this was the reason to further explore the possibilities of Business Intelligence"
The Result
More efficient and effective purchasing
"The Seeing is Believing was an incredible experience. Within a day, there was a complete purchasing dashboard for the Infra division. E-mergo's hands-on mentality and the fact that they really helped us create awareness about data analysis meant that in those few days we managed to get 400% more out of our data than we had expected. The whole purchasing team was thrilled"
Savings of 200 man-hours
Using Business Intelligence in the form of a Qlik Sense application saves each buyer dozens of hours per month. This is because they no longer have to manually create various reports for the operating companies. With 22 buyers, this quickly adds up to a monthly saving of around 200 man-hours. So Qlik has delivered enormous cost savings.
More convenient and smarter purchasing
The Qlik Sense application creates analysis capabilities around purchasing for the entire group. Each division has access to general information as well as specific tabs tailored to its own needs. This brings together 4 different source systems. This allows Dura Vermeer to look at its own companies and other construction consortiums. This creates more awareness about spending. In addition, visibility into KPIs enables Dura Vermeer to purchase more conveniently and more smartly.
“When it turned out that Microsoft, using the same data we had given E-mergo, still hadn't offered even a tenth of the insights Qlik gave us after three weeks, we were certain. This is what we wanted to continue with.”
Björn Smeets
National Purchasing Manager, Dura Vermeer
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