Neu Kaliss Spezialpapier has more than 200 years of experience in the paper industry. In 1799 the first paper mill was constructed in the small village of Neu Kaliss in East Germany, and today Neu Kaliss is a leading manufacturer of specialized paper products including coffee filters, dust bags, wallpaper, etc. In1992 the company was acquired by the Melitta Paper Group.
Quality certificates
The 135 employees at Neu Kaliss Spezialpapier manufacture 8,000 tons of specialty paper every year, and each kilogram must be of excellent quality. In numerous test series during the manufacturing process a multitude of data is collected. The actual value must be within narrow margins of a specified value, and at the end of the test series, the manufacturer has to determine and verify the quality of the paper. The resulting charts and test reports are sent to clients as a quality certificate. Since September 2005, this quality management procedure has been performed using TARGIT BI Suite.
Organizing data for analysis
Neu Kaliss decided to implement a Business Intelligence solution because they needed a tool for visualizing information in a clear and user-friendly way. The company was looking for a solution that would help them make faster and better decisions and chose TARGIT BI Suite due to its user-friendly interface.
In order to ensure fast response times when analyzing data, the huge amounts of data stored on the company’s IBM AS/400 as well as data from other diverse systems were organized in a data warehouse. TARGIT BI Suite sits on top of that data warehouse and thus allows employees at Neu Kaliss to analyze all aspects of the company’s data.
The entire TARGIT project at Neu Kaliss was completed in 3 months. In the beginning of the project, several workshops where conducted to analyze the informational needs and to prepare data consolidation, and after going live, the IT-administration of Neu Kaliss Spezialpapier was trained at a 3-day workshop. This provided for a smooth introduction within the company and secured the internal know-how required for adapting the solution to the requirements of the company.
A realistic view of business activities
TARGIT BI Suite has enhanced the quality of decisions at Neu Kaliss. In addition to supporting Quality Management within manufacturing, TARGIT BI suite is used in Business Administration (marginal costing), Marketing and Sales (revenue, quantities, turnover forecast, and accounts receivables management) and Accounting (cost centre and balance lists).
Matthias Heim, manager of business administration, production planning and IT, specifies the advantages of his new IT-solution: “We are now able to make decisions based on verified knowledge, correct and consistent figures from our heterogeneous IT-systems and a realistic view of our business activities”.
