Case Study: Dahl Finland achieves rapid analytics adoption and 14x faster reporting with Information Builders' WebFOCUS

Dahl Digitizes the Enterprise From Traditional Reporting to Modern Analytics

Dahl Finland Ltd., a Saint‑Gobain subsidiary and one of Finland’s largest HVAC and plumbing wholesalers with 500+ employees across 32 offices, was hampered by rudimentary, static ERP reports and ad‑hoc Excel workarounds that were time‑consuming and produced inconsistent data. The company needed a user‑friendly, enterprise‑wide analytics environment to give sales, procurement, finance and warehouse teams timely, accurate, and self‑service access to business information.

Dahl implemented Information Builders’ WebFOCUS with services from InfoBuild to deliver interactive dashboards, InfoApps and parameterized displays, integrated with ERP and warehouse systems and governed by role‑based security. The platform scaled to about 500 users and drove significant productivity gains—more than 4,400 analytics assets produced in three months (vs. an estimated 14 months previously) and custom report creation time cut from about 30 minutes to under one minute—enabling faster, better‑informed operational and sales decisions.

Dahl Finland

Gösta Madsen

Area sales Director