Presentation on "BI and Data Analytics at the Belgian Bedding Company Latexco" by Pieter Beyne (i.deeds) and Henk Demets (Latexco), at the BI & Data Analytics Summit on June 13th, 2019 in Diegem (Belgium)

1. Latexco:
how to get the data that drives your business!
By Pieter Beyne & Henk Demets

2. • innovative bedding solutions
• world-class player
• latex components
• PU comfort foams
• pocket springs
• matresses
• pillows
• toppers

3. turnover
135M
geographic
3 continents
employees
600+
plants
9 production
entities
products
43K SKU’s

4. • high-quality product
• ecologically balanced and sustainable
production and assembly
• MTO / MTS
• family-owned company
• international organization

5. building the bridge between business and IT

6. before …
“How much
did we sell?”

7. before …
different sources
different reports
different logic
CFO controller sales manager
105M 98M 112M

8. before …
“How much
did we sell?”

9. project goals
flexibility future-proof
exploration
self-
supportability
faster
governed &
standardised

10. the approach • plotting the roadmap
• keeping stakeholders on board
• getting everyone to the destination
our story
the result • what are the gains?
• how does it look?
• next steps

11. the approach

12. approach
product team dev teamuser community

13. product backlog
grooming
development
planning
sprint backlog
sizing
product
backlog
approach
product team dev team
user community
increment
change
requests

14. approach
cost of reworkprocess cost
formal ad hoc
cost
max return
balancing flexibility with formality

15. approach: what if…
moving
clear
target
ad-hoc
structured
process
unclear
managed
priorities
long
shor
deliv
we don’t
we do

16. approach: what if…
ving
ear
rget
ad-hoc
structured
process
unclear
managed
priorities
longer
shorter
delivery

17. approach: what if…
ad-hoc
ructured
process
unclear
managed
priorities
longer
shorter
delivery
fuzzy
visible
timeline

18. approach: what if…
unclear
managed
priorities
longer
shorter
delivery
fuzzy
visible
timeline
loss of interest
engaged
community

19. approach: what if…
unclear
managed
priorities
longer
shorter
delivery
fuzzy
visible
timeline
loss of interest
engaged
community

20. approach: strenghts
moving
clear
target
ad-hoc
structured
process
unclear
managed
priorities
longer
shorter
delivery
fuzzy
visible
timeline
loss of interest
engaged
community
iterative, incremental, continuous delivery

21. approach
clear
target
structured
process
managed
priorities
shorter
delivery
visible
timeline
engaged
community
iterative, incremental, continuous delivery

22. the result

23. context
increased
complexity
consolidation
geography business
lines
operations
productsplants

24. what do we need?
Balanced
Score
Card
sales
orders
stock
supply
production
Targets
Results
KPI
Monitoring
Data
Analysis
Data-driven
Control

25. board
executive
management
operator
years
days
consolidated
detailed
company
individual
what do we need?

26. board executive management
105M 98M 112M
what did we have?

27. board
executive
management
125M
what have we achieved?

28. board
executive
management
125M
operator
next steps

29. 125M
next steps
predictive
analytics

30. demo

31. end-to-end
analysis
shorter response
times
data
pioneering
new
insights
1
central
model
the result

32. the approach • plotting the roadmap
• keeping stakeholders on board
• getting everyone to the destination
our story
the result • what are the gains?
• how does it look?
• next steps

33. conclusion
clear structured managed shorter visible engaged
target process priorities delivery timeline community
end-to-end
analysis
shorter
response times
new
insights
central
model
data
pioneering