About iQ4bis

iQ4bis is an independent software provider with a well-earned reputation for the development and delivery of intuitive business analytics solutions for medium-sized companies.  As an established and respected global innovator, we have been delivering high impact tools to our international client roster since 1985.

A Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, and winner of the “Best Mid-Market Solution Software” at the Gartner Midsize Enterprise Summit1 two years in a row, iQ4bis provides a data source and application agnostic end-to-end business intelligence analysis, charting and reporting solution for business users via a rapidly deployed, comprehensive, extensible and easily maintained browser-based software application.

The iQ4bis Software Solution

Together, iQ4bis Analysis and iQ4bis DataServer deliver a comprehensive business intelligence solution for business users of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. 

iQ4bis Analysis is a powerful, highly intuitive, interactive analytical environment. A web-based tool, business users utilise Analysis to explore all the key dimensions of their business independently, asking and answering questions in a simple-to-use environment that requires almost zero training and practically no IT involvement. Accessibility to up-to-date information in key operational areas of responsibility identify and provide an understanding of trends, variances and issues at their root cause, enabling business users to take decisive action with confidence.  To view the full data sheet, click here.

iQ4bis DataServer accelerates and simplifies the process of extracting data from ERP systems and other data sources. Extracted information is restructured into a data mart and built into online analytical processing (OLAP) cubes optimised for analytics and reporting.  DataServer seamlessly ties the breadth of Microsoft business tools and platforms together through a Windows-based graphical user interface, hiding much of the complexity of the Extract Transform Load (ETL) project design. The designer can then focus on solving business challenges quickly; not the technology that delivers it. To view the full data sheet, click here.

Rapid Implementation
iQ4bis Adapters translate data from popular business systems into rapidly deployed, comprehensive, extensible and easily maintained analysis solutions. iQ4bis engineers have based the Adapters on business knowledge gained from years of experience and multiple installations of solutions for a range of ERP systems like Microsoft Dynamics and JD Edwards. This experience is refined and packaged for optimal performance and best practice data mart, cube and analytics design – business users get the benefit of deep and broad experience packaged in a fully functional solution that is ready for production use straight out of the box.

iQ4bis Analysis Solutions

Inventory
How can I increase efficiency and improve profitability by better managing my inventory?
Timely management of inventory is a critical factor for corporate success. Companies need to have enough inventory on hand to meet key customer demand, but also must closely manage their inventory to avoid tying up excess cash. Successful management of this constantly shifting balance point is critical to making timely deliveries while maximizing the efficiency of scarce capital. This Solution is intended to give operations personnel and their management visibility into inventory movement so that purchasing and inventory levels can be optimized to meet customer and seasonal demand. Learn More

Sales
What products are my customers buying, and how does that vary by geography and season?
Every company needs to know what products they’re selling, how profitable those sales are, and how sales are changing over time. iQ4bis Revenue Analysis allows senior management, and field sales teams, and marketing to quickly determine who is buying what, the profitability of those sales, and how they are changing over time. Learn More

Supplier Scorecard
How are my suppliers and/or buyers performing against my cost, quality, and timeliness targets?
Companies rely on their supply chain to efficiently meet their demand for goods and services. Managing those suppliers to ensure that they are meeting corporate purchasing targets is critical to the overall success of the company. The goal of this Solution is to provide management and buyers with up to date, accurate information on how their suppliers perform against cost, quality, and timeliness goals. Learn More

Finance
How is our financial performance changing by company, season, quarter, and year?
Accurate financial analysis is a fundamental element of sustainable growth and overall corporate success. Timely visibility into financial indicators allows management to allocate scarce resources for maximum return on investment. iQ4bis Financial Analysis allows senior and middle management, to monitor, manage, and analyze financial performance, and quickly and accurately evaluate how this performance is changing over time. Learn More

Marketing
What products are my customers buying, and how does that vary by geography and season?
Every company needs to know what products they’re selling, how profitable those sales are, and how sales are changing over time. iQ4bis Revenue Analysis allows senior management, and field sales teams, and marketing to quickly determine who is buying what, the profitability of those sales, and how they are changing over time. Learn More

Based on Microsoft Technologies
Microsoft provides the components to build very powerful business intelligence (BI) systems, including SQL Server 2008, Analysis Services and Reporting Services. iQ4bis tools and methodology layer over and direct this technology to create very successful BI systems with very high user adoption rates. A Microsoft Certified Gold partner, iQ4bis enhances the integration of Microsoft upgrades into DataServer, often in advance of upgrades to Microsoft platform products. As performance improvements in underlying Microsoft technologies become available, DataServer’s performance, scalability and serviceability are automatically increased.

Customers
iQ4bis has a well-earned reputation for its achievements in developing and providing easy to deploy and use business analytics solutions for companies in a variety of industries such as manufacturing, food and beverage, retail, health care, and financial services. Many companies do small pieces of it well, but only iQ4bis delivers a complete end-to-end business analytics solution. Here’s what a few of our customers have to say:

For more case studies please go to www.iq4bis.com/customers/

Bell Tea

Taser

Nau

Ampacet

EA Sween

Midwest

Nellson
Nutraceutical

Burger King

Dreyfus

Merck

Konica Minolta

Kubota Tractor

Whitcoulls

Charles Parsons
Group

Express Data

First Look Studios

Franke



EnviroWaste


"No Cost, No risk 'Try Before You Buy' Evaluation Process, using your data.
iQ4bis has transformed the world of business reporting and analytics, proving that sometimes the best solution is also the least expensive"
For more information or to schedule a product demo, contact Asj Smith +64 9 366 2636 or send an email to info_NZ@iq4bis.com. Visit us on the web at www.iQ4bis.com. 

1 Awards presented at Gartner events are voted upon by attendees of the event.

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Case Studies

Express Data: Improving the bottom line
Express Data has increased its bottom line profits 5-10 percent within 12 months thanks to the enhanced decision-making, reduced stock back-logs and streamlined training of iQ4bis... READ MORE >

Merck Sharp and Dohme - (still) satisfied early adopters
Pharmaceutical company Merck Sharp and Dohme were one of the very first iQ4bis customers. In 1996 it made the decision to go with a new BI solution and never looked back. Eight years later it relies on iQ4bis for all its business intelligence requirements... READ MORE >

iQ4bis - the smart business intelligence solution
“The use of Business Intelligence solutions will shift dramatically from dedicated analysts to all managers ...spending 5% of their time using BI Software.” - predicted by The Gartner Group... READ MORE >

U-Bix Konica Minolta gets the true picture with iQ4bis
Finding data put into the system was not an issue for U-Bix Konica Minolta. The catalyst for business change was a new CEO, who demanded the capability to 'slice and dice' the data. Business intelligence to the rescue, in the form of iQ4bis... READ MORE >

A & R Whitcoulls writes new chapter with iQ4bis
When A&R Whitcoulls’ ERP systems weren’t delivering the reports its management needed, the bookseller turned to iQ4bis for a business intelligence solution... READ MORE >

Colour your business intelligently
Ampacet had some headaches. Until it found a BI application vendor that could actually live up to its claims. It didn't happen quickly, but it has enabled it to respond to market forces and see exactly what's going on in its facilities with a click of the mouse... READ MORE >

Business Intelligence served piping hot
E.A. Sween needed a more flexible way to provide up-to-date information to its Deli Express management team. While its ERP system had been ideal for tracking transactions, it couldn't provide them with an overall view of the business. Enter iQ4bis… READ MORE >

iQ4bis: Business Intelligence White Paper
Business intelligence systems enable organisations to improve the speed and quality of decision-making by providing open interfaces to access and share data, both internally and with partners… READ MORE >

Medtronic cures inventory blues with iQ4bis
Medtronic (which provides medical technologies to people with chronic diseases) has employed iQ4bis across the enterprise to improve its sales and inventory processes and forecasting. Additionally, as an unintended yet key benefit, iQ4bis has also enhanced quality control... READ MORE >

Lumileds sees the light with iQ4bis
LED manufacturer Lumileds wanted an easier, faster way to view sales data across various sales dimensions instead of running multiple ERP reports. A iQ4bis business intelligence solution provided the answer... READ MORE >

Bell Tea likes taste of business intelligence brew
When Bell Tea blended the iQ4bis business intelligence system with Microsoft’s Axapta ERP package the company had what it describes as a “definite winner”... READ MORE >

iQ4bis unblocks information drain at NDS
Drainage products specialist NDS used to be an "organisation thirsting for information." Now iQ4bis has more than satisfied the company's business intelligence and reporting needs... READ MORE >

Royalty Carpet Mills eliminates reporting backlog
Producing a new report at Royalty carpets used to require the services of a consultant. Now the company has implemented iQ4bis, its decision-makers can drill down to the data they need with just a few mouse-clicks... READ MORE >

Mitre 10 and iQ4bis: building better performance management
Upper level management and category managers now have sales data for 75,000 separate items from over 100 stores available at their fingertips... READ MORE >

iQ4bis and MOVEX weave magic at Charles Parsons
NZ’s largest group of fabric wholesalers installs iQ4bis Data Server 2005 and iQ4bis Analysis Web to bring the benefits of business intelligence to the desktop... READ MORE >

Kubota ploughs ahead with iQ4bis
Business intelligence vendor iQ4bis provides immediate visibility into Kubota’s sales history databases and improves the decision-making process by empowering managers to perform their own analyses... READ MORE >

iQ4bis promotes healthy business practices at MedTech
Fast-growing software and services provider MedTech needed unified, up-to-date financial views of all of all its operations. iQ4bis's business intelligence solution was just what the doctor ordered. It has even enhanced MedTech's CRM... READ MORE >

TASER hits the mark with iQ4bis
The iQ4bis solution provides streamlined sales reporting and empowers TASER's managers to perform their own analyses... READ MORE >

RMD Metals forges ahead with iQ4bis
RMD Metals reduced aged inventory significantly within months of installing iQ4bis... READ MORE >

Old Fashioned Foods savours the rewards of unlocking new business insights
An iconic New Zealand food production company now has powerful business intelligence capability on its plate thanks to iQ4bis... READ MORE >

First Look Studios sees the big picture thanks to iQ4bis
In the action-packed world of video distribution, one company has found a business intelligence weapon to keep it ahead of the game... READ MORE >

Leong Jin Corporation makes faster, more informed decisions with iQ4bis
iQ4bis has enabled this Singapore-based specialist provider of steel, with a 30-year history, to respond immediately to market dynamics... READ MORE >

iQ4bis fashions quick and easy BI solution for Fil-Pacific
Philippines-based clothing giant Fil-Pacific needed to sew-up its leading position in the brutally fast fashion industry. It’s doing just that with the help of iQ4bis’ quick-retrieval BI system, which allows staff to access vital information with just ‘a few clicks of the mouse’... READ MORE >

NHP gets full-on BI capability in weeks with iQ4bis
The electrical engineering products company also had a ‘Proof of Concept' prototype up-and-running in a week. Now, NHP has the up-to-date, timely reports it needs to make informed decisions… READ MORE >

Competenz puts efficient BI in train with IQ4bis
The industrial training organisation’s managers needed independent information access – they got it with iQ4bis’ web-based solution… READ MORE >

Business and intelligence go together when you ‘show and tell’
Demonstrating BI with real data makes all the difference in showing executives the business benefits, says Asj Smith from iQ4Bis... READ MORE >

iQ4bis signs up MaxiPlan to offer customers ‘business intelligence with planning’
The new integrated suite allows for smooth workflow and does away with tedious data re-entry, and wrestling with multiple spreadsheets… READ MORE >

Law firm uncovers facts in minutes with BI tool
iQ4bis is giving Minter Ellison Rudd Watts a detailed daily picture of the firm’s performance, instead of it relying on a number of individual reports which were typically looked at monthly.... READ MORE >

iQ4bis moves into China as economy picks up
Business intelligence specialist iQ4bis has opened up shop in Shanghai – and made its first sale before formally opening for business... READ MORE >

EnviroWaste gets timely information & a competitive edge
EnviroWaste wanted to be able to see, at a glance, how much waste it was hauling away from individual customer sites. It now has far more timely management information across a wide spectrum of its operations thanks to iQ4bis… READ MORE >

iQ4bis on delivering on the promise of BI
iQ4bis, New Zealand leader in delivering pervasive business intelligence (BI) solutions, represents quintessential Kiwi ingenuity. With a skilled, experienced development and implementation team (BI consultants have no less than 15 and as much as 30 years BI experience), this year iQ4bis has racked up worldwide sales, developed intuitive interfaces and are now porting the power of iQ4bis Analysis to iPhones and iPads... READ MORE >

Self-service information becomes reality
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Business Intelligence resilient in tough times
BI is one of the fastest growing segments of the IT industry. According to a recent Gartner report, the global recession has had a major impact on productivity... READ MORE >
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