Case Study: B. Braun achieves faster, more profitable decision-making with QlikView (Qlik)

Medical and pharmaceutical provider steps away from a traditional, complex BI approach in SAP

B. Braun Belgium, the local arm of a global medical and pharmaceutical supplier, struggled as rapid growth overwhelmed its SAP-based reporting. Slow access to the data warehouse and limited user access forced managers to cobble together incomplete Excel reports, eroding a single source of truth and slowing decision-making—ultimately hurting margins and competitiveness.

Working with partner Credon, B. Braun centralized SAP and external data on a SQL server and deployed QlikView, training a small team and rolling out a sales analysis app quickly. Managers now self-serve intuitive drilldowns and combine datasets effortlessly, saving about four hours per week on reporting, achieving a roughly 5x return on investment, spotting pricing/margin issues sooner, and improving profitability and marketing effectiveness across divisions.

B. Braun

Dirk Notaert

Business Intelligence Manager