Case Study: Ahlers AG achieves sub-second supply chain visibility with Qlik

Ahlers AG analyzes the complete supply chain with QlikView

Ahlers AG, a leading German men's clothing manufacturer with brands like Pioneer and Baldessarini, faced the challenge of managing a highly complex supply chain and rapidly changing buying patterns. With hundreds of sizes, more collections and data spread across systems (WP-Dress, pdm.assyst, FuturERS, SAP, P&I LOGA and IBM i), the company needed fast, flexible business intelligence—its prior OLAP tool could not handle large volumes, speed or ad-hoc analysis requirements.

Ahlers deployed QlikView (Server 64-bit, Publisher and Connector) to nearly 20 users, quickly consolidating data from disparate systems and enabling sub‑second response times. The solution delivered greater visibility and control across management, supply chain and sales, supported fast ad-hoc analyses without heavy IT involvement, reduced custom SQL work, and improved product planning and decision-making across the business.

Ahlers AG

Uwe Dubbert

Manager IT/Telecom Group