3Alica

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the Director of Sales and Partnerships at the software company Precoro, the IT product to eliminate manual work and streamline purchasing processes, save time and money, and focus on what matters.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire 3Alica?

we've decided to analyze our sales with modern BI platform. We've choose Power BI for analytical app

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

We've decided to analyze our sales with modern BI platform. We've choose Power BI for analytical app

Describe the project in detail and walk through the stages of the project.

We've select an integrator based on his expertise. 3Alica and A2 Consulting Group is certified partner with more than 10 years of experience at BI projects

How many resources from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

the team includes developer, data analyst, project manager, data engineer on a part time, also they have a data architect if needed

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

We use the App daily for a 2 months and I may say that data performance and the whole sale process story definetely has changed. Now, we heva a perfect dashboards to discover the data and to make a correct decisions baced on it

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

It was quite effective, my people were involved at minimum level, so we can focuse on our product development

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

they're not kinda unique, but they are pro at BI integrations, especially the dev team and our PM

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

we've decided to develop our BI system and aim to create some analytical apps to track our marketing activity and managers workload at Jira

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm CEO of Vocal Image. We provide an AI-driven SaaS solution to improve your voice, diction, articulation, and speech.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire 3Alica?

We have had to plan our budgets 18 months ahead and compare them with the actual budgets. We wanted to see this in one place with an easy-to-use visual display of information and the ability to quickly make changes to our plans.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

We chose the vendor for its quick solution offer, deep experience, and price

Describe the project in detail and walk through the stages of the project.

First, the team analyzed our data source. Immediately afterward, we were shown a similar solution that suited our needs. Once the solution was adapted to us, the guys showed us how to use it for better results

How many resources from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

We worked with 1 data engineer and 1 project manager

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

We were encouraged to work with POWER BI and it has accelerated our budgeting and understanding of our costs considerably. We have also been able to see which indicators affect the result as much as possible and focus on significantly improving our performance

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

They have a reliable team of experts. Communication was via telegram and google meet for demonstrations.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

The team has extensive experience in data analysis and ready-made solutions for almost any situation. What they proposed almost immediately after analyzing our data was completely in line with our needs

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

Nothing to suggest.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

our company was founded in 1997 in Grodno (Republic of Belarus) when the emerging market needed the viable ideas and bold players. Twenty years of tireless development and effective work have led the company to the leader’s position in garment, lingerie and hosiery manufacturing in Eastern Europe.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire 3Alica?

Automation of sales Analytics, automation of distribution of reports.

What were your goals for this project?

We want to quickly see sales data and see trend analysis.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

We have known about the analytical platform for a long time. We chose an experienced and reliable developer with extensive experience who has implemented and supported the project since the launch.

Describe the project in detail.

The project includes analysis of factory sales and analysis of sales by Distributors. Inventory analysis, order calculation automation, sending out automatically generated reports

What was the team composition?

The project included developers, analysts, testers, a project Manager, and a representative of the Customer in my person.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

The result was improved visibility of product supply chains, a real assessment of balances and sales dynamics, and faster data updates. We began to plan production better by thinking about what Distributors sell to the market. Previously, we looked at what Distributors buy and thought that they sold so much. We plan more accurately and react faster to market changes by analyzing data that is updated every day.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

The work within the team was organized quite effectively. Working groups, daily recording of results and quality control helped to do everything that has been done so far. Success is achieved thanks to both the developers and the customer.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

The company responds flexibly to requests. Provides your own experience in developing and executing projects. They have a level of competence in programming, analysis, and consulting that is sufficient to understand. Many complex processes are described as clearly as possible and this does not cause difficulties in working.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Current tasks are completed. We prepare projects that expand current capabilities. A lot depends on accounting programs that capture data and are ready or not ready to send data to BI Analytics. This means that for the beginning of the project we carefully prepare the data sources.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am a CTO, one of the best retail companies in Belarus. It has about 70 supermarkets and 20 hypermarkets across the country with its head office in Minsk. Our most comparative advantage based on newest technologies such as predict ordering and electronic data interchange.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire 3Alica?

3Alica built for us complete BI system based on Qlik apllication which cover all business nedeed reporting and analytics. Such as inventory, sales, reciept, loyalty and other analisis.

What were your goals for this project?

1. Accelerate management decisions
2. Reduce the complexity of data collection
3. Improve data reliability

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

A matrix was built for comparison, which took into account parameters such as price, guarantee of results, experience in similar projects, willingness to make a pilot project. So, the 3Alica gonna best by this comparision.

Describe the project in detail.

This project was distinguished by the fact that in its time an M&A deal was made. And we need to change all requirements at the final stage of project.

What was the team composition?

1. Project manager 2. 2xDeveloper 3. Database engeneer

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

1. Stock balances decreased by 10%
2. The relevance of the data increased to 1 day

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

All members of 3Alica team was goalseeking and easy to communicate. They were very flexible with communication methods nevertheless, the setting and control of tasks did not suffer.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

1. Extremelly goalseeking
2. Extra qualified
3. Flexible

Are there any areas for improvement?

Increase part of predictive analytics

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

CIO in a Group of companies A-100 (development, real estate)

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire 3Alica?

We hire them to gain our profits and to optimize internal sources by BI integration

What were your goals for this project?

The main goal was to consolidate all the sources in one BI system

SOLUTION

How did you select 3Alica?

We’ve chosen 3Alica by tender procedure within key BI integrators in Eastern Europe

Describe the project in detail.

We've developed sales, finance, loyalty analysis application for all the whole group of companies. Now BI is a corporate standard for our business.

What was the team composition?

The team was modified during the project, it consist of certified developers, business analysts, project managers and data architects

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

We’ve enlarged our network more than twice and get perfect analytical tool bases on BI Qlik

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Everything was quite clear. They were cooperative and responsive.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

We were impressed of 3Alica’s way of doing things and we’ve admitted the deep market expertise through a team members

Are there any areas for improvement?

I suppose the project could be much shorter if we’d know everything we want to improve at the future.