Case Study: Groupe Rossel achieves 40 million-record reporting in 40 seconds with QlikView (Qlik)

National Belgian newspaper publisher enables operational management to report and analyse over 40 million records within 40 seconds

Groupe Rossel, a leading Belgian multimedia publisher of titles such as Le Soir, Sudpresse and Vlan, faced a growing reporting challenge as its decentralized editorial and business units needed fast, flexible access to sales, subscription, marketing and distribution data. Reporting was manual and time-consuming across multiple ERPs and systems, consuming the equivalent of 48 IT man‑hours per week and delaying operational decisions.

The IT team deployed QlikView as a centralized BI layer across its ERPs, rolling out four core applications for sales, subscriptions, advertising and marketing. The result: automated daily reporting, the ability to analyse over 40 million records in 40 seconds, reduction of reporting effort from 48 man‑hours/week to zero (freeing two full‑time IT staff), faster distribution adjustments and improved out‑of‑stock rates — delivering strong ROI and growing user adoption.

Groupe Rossel

Pascal van der Biest

Chief Information Officer