Case Study: IFCO (world leader in returnable packaging) achieves self-service global reporting, automated logistics and contract management with Jedox

IFCO Systems From 1,000+ Excel sheets to automated efforts

IFCO SYSTEMS, the world’s leading supplier of reusable packaging for fresh products operating in 50+ countries (managing ~314 million RPCs and 1.7 billion deliveries annually), needed a self-service operational BI solution to support complex, logistics-heavy processes across controlling, sales and finance. The key challenges were handling large data volumes, replacing thousands of dispersed Excel sheets, delivering fast, department-specific analyses, and becoming independent of external consultants for system development and support.

IFCO implemented Jedox as a centralized, worldwide CPM/BI platform and its internal BI team now builds and maintains applications independently. Deliverables include a daily Transport Freight Report, SAP consolidation with drill-down to individual accounts and a contract-management module rolled out to ~50 US users in five months. Results: automated daily reporting, thousands of Excel files eliminated, faster deployment of analyses, higher data quality, cost and time savings, and improved visibility for account managers (about 70 users overall).

IFCO

Philipp Wächter

Manager Business Intelligence