NZ Safety Blackwoods Implements Halo's Analytics and Forecasting
With Halo, NZ Safety Blackwoods enjoys the rigorous reporting and forecasting needed to drive growth and boost profits.
Business Situation
Business merger and change from
geographic to functional structure
Sales planning and reporting
cumbersome and time-consuming
Inventory and stock analysis
limited to spreadsheets
Limited sales and gross margin
information
Benefits Achieved
Self-service, timely reporting used across business supports decision-making
Improved gross margin from better visibility of pricing and margins
Better tracking of supplier rebates resulting in improved collection
of rebates owed
Reduced burden on IT and Finance
Why Halo?
New and derivative reports
easy to create
Easy to track and analyze online sales
and counter sales
Forecasting is simple to use and automatically removes one-off sales unlikely to be repeated
“With Halo we can easily see how sales are going every day, and with transaction details just a click away we're able to quickly understand what's causing fluctuations and trends." Yvonne Boersma, Head of Finance, NZ Safety Blackwoods
