Case Study: Reifenhäuser achieves companywide performance optimisation and real-time transparency with QlikView (Qlik)

QlikView Supports Reifenhäuser’s Performance Optimisation Drive

Reifenhäuser, a global leader in machines and plants for thermoplastic synthetic materials, faced increasing market uncertainty and tougher environmental requirements that forced product and process innovation. Internally the company struggled with disparate data sources, costly inflexible reporting and an overreliance on gut instinct; staff resistance to transparent performance figures made it hard to measure and improve processes consistently.

Reifenhäuser deployed QlikView to roughly 200 users, consolidating data from ERP, document management, quality, time systems and databases (Oracle, Access, Excel, XML, ASCII) into fast, self‑service dashboards — including a purchasing cockpit and a master dashboard. The solution enabled rapid, reproducible analysis without IT support, exposed process deficiencies and areas losing money, supported “what‑if” and target/actual comparisons, and turned performance figures into a practical management tool for continuous optimisation.

Reifenhauser

Rolf Kruger

Head of Information Systems