Case Study: SunOpta achieves higher margins and reduced inventory exposure with QlikView

Sunopta Increases Margins And Reduces Inventory Exposure With QlikView

SunOpta, a global leader in natural and organic foods with multiple business units, faced fragmented reporting after rapid growth and acquisitions. Disparate enterprise systems left finance, sales and operations without quick, companywide visibility into sales, margins and inventory, making it hard to integrate data for shareholder reporting and strategic decisions.

Working with Allegro BI, SunOpta deployed QlikView—launching a division sales app in one week and additional apps in days—to consolidate Oracle and five other systems for a single, visual interface used by 120 employees. The solution delivered real-time sales and inventory visibility, enabled identification of low-margin customers, reduced inventory exposure, sped decision-making, cut reporting-related time and costs by up to 85%, and freed IT from routine report work.

SunOpta

Gerry Watts

President