Case Study: Maler‑Einkauf Rhein‑Ruhr achieves regional growth and agile, transparent analytics with Qlik

Maler-Einkauf Rhein-Ruhr increases growth in the region with QlikView

Maler‑Einkauf Rhein‑Ruhr (MEG Rhein‑Ruhr) is a cooperative wholesaler serving about 5,000 painter businesses in the Rhine/Ruhr region with some 15,000 listed articles. The company struggled with time‑consuming, paper‑based reporting and limited analytical flexibility, making it hard to gain transparent insight into sales and purchasing processes and to cultivate customers regionally.

MEG Rhein‑Ruhr deployed QlikView within weeks to a small team, gaining in‑memory, dynamic analysis of internal and external data that supports rapid ad‑hoc queries, targeted sales interventions, and better site/product planning. The solution reduced IT workload, increased transparency for managerial decisions, improved customer cultivation, and the IT manager reports saving about 1.5 hours per day, with plans to scale QlikView across sales, finance and logistics.

Maler-Einkauf Rhein-Ruhr

Thomas Brandl

Manager of IT