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The RGS data warehouse collects the data from all the management systems and distributes them through the various data marts to the Inspectorates. Using Dashboard Manager, Web Intelligence and Crystal Reports, users have access through the gateway to predefined reports or can create new ones with BusinessObjects Client/Server.

Toshiba decided to invest in a comprehensive BI solution for easy-to-access, up-to-the-minute data and analytic information. "We deal with a fast-growing global market, and we've tripled our business over the past three years," says Marlow. "We intend to keep doing that without expanding our employee base significantly, so we need to help employees work smarter by giving them the information they need—when they need it, and how they want to see it."

Pernod Ricard is the world's number two in wines and spirits. This history begins in December 1974 when Pernod and Ricard were still long-standing competitors in the French anise-based spirits market. Nevertheless, they decided to join forces to win foreign markets. Since its creation in 1975, Pernod Ricard has undergone sustained rapid growth, development and acquisition, building on its portfolio of Premium brands and its presence on every continent.

In 2002, as part of the larger project of convergence towards Basel II standards, Capitalia launched a project to establish credit risk evaluation methodologies based on internal rating models. Business intelligence (with BusinessObjects XI, Web Intelligence, Crystal Reports and Dashboard Manager) provides descriptive analyses of results to various levels of detail.

The Guangdong Local Tax Bureau initiated an informatization project designed to foster better analysis and decision-making related to taxation. The bureau sought enhanced query, analysis, and reporting to achieve necessary insights and turn information into knowledge.