Rossignol Skis is a leading manufacturer and distributor of winter sports equipment. As part of Quiksilver, Rossignol also distributes Dynastar, Lange, Look and Kerma brands, as well as the Lib Tech, Gnu and Roxy snowboard brands.

Challenge

Rossignol lacked consistency in their information structure and was using a "really ancient" core system that was actually multiple systems cobbled together. It was impossible for them to link inventory, sales, and other information across brands.

Solution

The PivotLink solution streamlined information access across the company's separate systems, so business users could quickly and easily run queries and create customized reports.

Results

The clearest advantages for Rossignol were ease of use and flexibility in reporting and data analysis. In addition to rapid adoption of the service inside Rossignol, the PivotLink solution helped the company to reduce costs and improve operations in two key areas:

1. Significant reduction in season-end inventory thanks to vast improvement to information access for better, more informed decisions.
2. Decreased burden on IT allowing the team to focus on other critical IT functions that were short of attention.

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