Case Study: The Hillman Group achieves 30% faster inventory turns and cuts shipment transit from 150 to 30 days with Information Builders' WebFOCUS and iWay

Hillman Group Secures Lean Manufacturing Initiatives With WebFOCUS and iWay

The Hillman Group, a global supplier of small hardware and retail products, needed to synchronize data across disparate enterprise systems and establish common definitions for revenue, inventory, shipping, finance, and other key domains. The company also wanted to shift routine reporting from IT to business users and support lean manufacturing improvements across its manufacturing and distribution network.

Hillman implemented Information Builders’ WebFOCUS BI platform with iWay data integration—deploying dashboards, managed reporting, InfoAssist and a performance management framework—to consolidate ERP, WMS and other sources and give users self-service access to operational and financial metrics. As a result Hillman now runs about 300 reports in production, has accelerated inventory turnover by 30%, cut ocean in‑transit time from 150 to 30 days, and improved packing/picking to meet strict two‑hour shipping SLAs while improving vendor collaboration and forecasting.

The Hillman Group

John Helms

Vice President of Global Sourcing