WD-40 Company

Gaining greater insight into P&L across the organization with centralized analytics

Lacking a clear view of P&L by customer, region or SKU, WD-40 Company worked with Aviana to deploy IBM Analytics software. Previously time-consuming tasks can now be completed in seconds, providing insight to support smarter decisions, and saving days of work for busy finance teams.

“Today, it’s hard to imagine running the business without the help of IBM Analytics and Aviana.”

—Renee Loya, Business Intelligence / Database Manager, WD-40 Company,

Business Challenge story

With data held in different systems, WD-40 Company’s finance teams lacked a clear view of profit and loss (P&L) by customer, region or stock-keeping unit (SKU) – hindering decision-making.

Transformation

WD-40 Company worked with Aviana to build a data mart for P&L information from across the enterprise, and developed a range of powerful reports and analysis tools based on IBM Analytics software.

Benefits

Previously time-consuming tasks, such as customer and SKU P&Ls, can now be generated in seconds, providing accurate insight to support smarter decisions and saving days of work for busy finance teams.

Solution Category

IBM Hybrid Cloud