Case - DES Group

DESbord: clear and up-to-date control information from different companies and systems.

The question

Making data about a group of companies current and insightful.

The solution

A platform that reports daily and unambiguously.

The result

Saving time and valuable insights for the future.

DES Group, a collection of nine electrical engineering companies, relies on data for financial and business insights. But how do you get current data clearly unlocked when several systems are running?

One of the challenges within DES Group is to provide insight into the capacity and order book of each member company. This is the only way to prevent orders remaining idle while a sister company still has capacity in abundance.

Looking into the future

Managing director Richard Kluijtmans: “When we have unambiguous and up-to-date information about the various companies, we can prevent these kinds of problems and steer towards things that are going well or less well. DES Group did have information from the past, such as realised turnover. But with that, you are actually writing history and we want to look forward.”

Blenddata developed a platform that uniformly processes data into comparable, actionable reports.

Richard Kluijtmans

Managing director DES Group

Blenddata developed a platform that uniformly processes data into comparable, actionable reports.

Richard Kluijtmans

Managing director DES Group

ERP

Connecting multiple systems to a single platform

Four different ERP systems are used within DES Group. Data from different sources needs to be unlocked and included in reports on orders, invoices and outstanding quotations. Blenddata built a tailor-made data platform to which all companies are connected. This gives management operational and financial insights.

The right management information

The platform gives DES Group answers to important questions. Are targets being met? Can bottlenecks in capacity arise? Are orders properly distributed across the group? With 10 administrations consolidated in the reporting view, DES Group can unlock information and draw conclusions in the same way for all companies at once.

Co-creation

For the realisation of the dashboard, Blenddata works closely with DES Group’s BI specialist. In this cooperation, we really act as partners. Thanks to automated reports, employees can spend 70% more time optimising their operations. Time they would otherwise spend gathering information to arrive at insights.

This platform shows that digitisation pays off, with high-quality insights for process control and fewer discussions about details.

Roel Smits

Co-founder | Data architect

This platform shows that digitisation pays off, with high-quality insights for process control and fewer discussions about details.

Roel Smits

Co-founder | Data architect

Preliminary investigation

How do we translate business challenges into data solutions?

It is crucial that consultants and clients understand each other. Richard: “Blenddata provided advice to us as non-technical stakeholders on the definition of core KPIs driven by data. Knowledge transfer also took place to the internal team and support to create comprehensive analyses with the right tools. The realisation of a fully managed data platform was then started.”

DESign

Data-driven work in the installation industry

Blenddata is responsible for the construction and daily management of the data platform that forms the basis for the DESbord: a dashboard with up-to-date insights about all companies. This helps to get a clear picture of the complete process from quotation to invoice. “We know exactly how things are going and can take actions where necessary and thus make adjustments: how are requests coming along, are there still quotes open, what about our capacity and administration? This accurate and up-to-date overview of data across the group is of great value.”

  • 70% more time spent directing operations and delivering added value.
  • 12 core KPIs with daily financial and operational insights.
  • 10 administrations consolidated in reporting overview.

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Roel Smits

Co-founder | Data architect

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