Case Study: YAZAKI Europe speeds order fulfillment and financial reporting with IBM DB2 with BLU Acceleration

Ensuring rapid, cost-efficient order fulfillment and quicker insights into business performance

YAZAKI Europe Limited, a major automotive supplier, faced challenges in meeting the automotive industry's demand for same-day delivery, as manual processes and system delays risked costly production line stoppages for its customers. Additionally, its rapid growth was slowing down financial reporting and month-end consolidation processes. To address this, the company sought a solution from IBM and IBM Business Partner All for One Steeb.

Working with its partners, YAZAKI Europe optimized its IT environment by implementing IBM DB2 with BLU Acceleration for its SAP applications. The IBM solution accelerated order processing by 52%, eliminating backlogs and avoiding costly overtime and expedited shipping. It also sped up month-end financial reporting by a factor of two, enabling faster business insights and decision-making while reducing data storage costs by 63% through advanced compression.

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