automotive business-intelligence software - webinar slides

Live Webinar for Automotive Manufacturers, Distributors and Retailers

7 Telling Statistics:

• Companies using analytics are 5x more likely to make faster decisions

• By 2018, there will be a projected 1.5 million shortfall of data professionals in the U.S alone

• The BI and Analytics market will grow to $20 Billion by 2019

• 85% of business leaders believe big data will dramatically change the way they do business

• By 2017, over 50% of business users and analysts in organizations will have access to self-service tools

• 42% of companies plan to deploy mobile BI

• By 2019, 90% of large organizations will hire a Chief Data Officer

Automotive Webinar 2016

So what?

Does this reallyapply to me?

BI gives you an enterprise-wide view of your business.All these data sets are available for analysis:


Yes, if you have all or any of these:

Sales Purchasing Inventory CRM

Finance Rebates Debtors Third party data

+ whatever else you need to integrate

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How BI addresses some popular industry issues?

Issue no.1

“We carry out thousands of sales transactions every day. I need to quickly identify where they occur, and react to increases or declines within the customer base.”Bill, Auto Distributor in Ohio

• Automechanika Birmingham 2016

Issue no.2

“How do I identify trends among customers and products?”

Mary, Retailer, London


Issue no.3

How to make sure your customers are buying all they need to buy. The principle of cross-selling.

Manjit, US Manufacturer


Issue no.4

“The competition is placing major pressure on prices and my margins are suffering. What are my options?”

Keith, Distributor, Manchester


Issue no.5

"Monitoring cash management is essential but even more so when my margins are restricted.”

Andy, Phocas


Issue no.6

“I have so many different items in stock, I spend hours calculating my rotations. Can BI help me in that area?”

Janice, Distributor, Christchurch


Issue no.7

“My IT team has limited hours and resources and generating reports takes time. If we ask further questions about the data, it’s difficult for them to provide a quick answer, or sometimes any answer at all.”

Anastasia, Retailer, Holland


Issue no.8

“How can I identify the reasons behind returns?”

Paul, London


Issue no.9

“Each branch is responsible for its own purchasing. I need to see who is doing what and if I can negotiate better discounts with my vendors.”

Tom, Distributor, Australia

Just to recap

Phocas BI and the automotive advantage

Ease of analysis- Via personalized dashboards

Identify opportunities- Within all areas of the company

Quick reports- Instant access, with current data

Increased Sales Performance- Accurate data to make fast business decisions

• Automotive Webinar 2016

“..only scratching the surface..”

An automotive customer, Gary Taylor from Febi UK Ltd is a fan of Phocas:


Phocas has made our reporting systems 100% quicker and is a very easy-to-use system. We are still only scratching the surface of what it is capable of.”

Gary Taylor – Sales ManagerFebi UK Ltd

Test drive Phocas at Automechanika Frankfurt 2016Hall 5, Level 1, Stand E86

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