Introduction
This case study of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. is based on a October 2015 survey of Qlik customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.
This case study of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. is based on a October 2015 survey of Qlik customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.
“Simply put, I’d recommend Qlik because of data quality. Real time monitoring and visibility to data has increased accuracy of all data processes. Increased accuracy allows for better decision making. Breaking down the data silos and combining various data sets brings new found abilities to our executive decision makers.”
Toshiba America suffered a lot of data-related challenges before implementing Qlik.
They had difficulty connecting multiple and disparate data sources to see the whole story in their data. Their data was of poor quality, inaccurate, and sometimes unreliable and it was difficult to access data due to departmental silos and insufficiently broad security privileges. Their existing BI solution was also difficult to use in order to support data analysis needs.
The main reasons Toshiba America picked Qlik were:
Before choosing Qlik, Toshiba America also considered BI tools from Birst, Domo, Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce Wave, and Tableau.
Qlik is deployed in multiple departments.
Toshiba America employee say they can’t do their job without Qlik. They use their apps everyday to make better decisions and hone their skills, which has made them more valuable to the company.
They rate the importance of Qlik’s product features as follows:
The main benefits Toshiba America has seen from implementing Qlik include faster and more confident decision-making, cost reduction, improved financial performance, reduced risk, and more cross-departmental use of data. They’ve also seen that Qlik enables employees to find new ways to approach business issues.
Toshiba America estimates that they have improved their decision-making agility by 50% – 74% with Qlik.
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