Case Study: Cabinet Vanhengel (Belgian Cabinet) halves budget development time and reduces staffing by 75% with QlikView (Qlik)

Belgian Cabinet prepares budgets in no time using QlikView

Cabinet Vanhengel of the Brussels Capital Region — responsible for finance, budget, external relations and IT — faced a sudden mandate to produce a consolidated joint budget for eight cabinets and thirteen semi-public institutes under severe time and staffing constraints. The team needed to process and reconcile large, diverse data flows from Excel, Oracle and Access rapidly, streamline duplicated records and meet a mid‑August deadline despite a shortage of personnel.

Working with partner CRBS, the cabinet deployed QlikView in 12 days to integrate disparate sources into a single, interactive view for rapid analysis and forecasting. The solution cut budget preparation from nearly three months to six weeks, reduced staffing needs from 12 to 3 people, delivered immediate ROI, enabled data rationalization and process re‑engineering, and paved the way for flexible what‑if scenarios and improved budget forecasting.

Belgian Cabinet

Dirk De Smedt

Deputy Chief of Staff, Cabinet Vanhengel