Case Study: Siempelkamp Maschinen‑und Anlagenbau achieves real‑time project control and instant insights with Qlik

Siempelkamp Uses QlikView to Calculate and Manage Projects

Siempelkamp Maschinen‑und Anlagenbau is a Krefeld‑based engineering and plant construction firm that builds large, highly customized assembly lines for the wood‑processing and heavy‑industry sectors. With complex 12–15 month projects involving hundreds of workers, managers needed fast, transparent target/actual comparisons and ad‑hoc analyses of project calculations and deadlines—capabilities their legacy OLAP BI system could not deliver due to slow response times, rigid data access and high training/consultancy overheads.

Siempelkamp deployed QlikView to give managers and staff direct, browser‑based access to integrated data for ad‑hoc analysis without IT support. The solution was implemented quickly, extended across finance, operations and IT, and cut query times from minutes to seconds while improving transparency of figures, project status and budgets. The result: stronger project control, broader companywide use, lower training and consultancy costs, and ongoing efficiency gains.

Siempelkamp Maschinen-und Anlagenbau

Fred Holmer

Commercial Director