Case Study: ALP Lighting achieves easier, more flexible data discovery with Phocas

Phocas Puts Data Discovery in the Spotlight at ALP Lighting

ALP Lighting needed a business intelligence solution that was easier to use than Cognos and more flexible than its homegrown reporting tools. With Phocas Business Intelligence Software, the company wanted a better way to access and summarize data from its Frontier (Friedman) ERP system so sales and management teams could understand performance faster and make better decisions.

Phocas integrated with ALP Lighting’s ERP by automatically pulling data each night and enabling users to view it in any format they needed. The rollout was completed in about six weeks, with salespeople trained and using it by the end of January. ALP Lighting reported strong adoption, better decision-making, and excellent ROI, and it also built additional apps for capacity, inventory, and open orders with Phocas.

ALP Lighting

David Brown

Chief Operating Officer