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Securitas started in the beginning of 2010 to build out its enterprise-wide BI architecture. In view of the complexity of the (mostly custom developed) operational systems, it used to be a major challenge for Securitas to provide correct, user-friendly and performant reporting and analysis to the information workers.

This new architecture is currently being built, the focus for the first domain being extensive financial reporting and analysis. It is therefore clear that the project is being run by the Finance Office, in which the BICC resides, but with a very tight collaboration with the ICT department. The result of this first increment is a stabile environment with both standard reporting and analysis that is from now on the only source for all financial KPIs. This environment will also be the foundation for building out the rest of the enterprise-wide BI architecture, in which all of the other relevant data sources will be integrated.

The key to success for this first deliverable was the driving force and hands-on involvement by the Finance Office.