DataVision Develops Specialized Applications that Incorporate LogiXML BI and Reporting Tools to Successfully Meet the Needs of the Growing Hong Kong/China Market

About Datavision Limited

Datavision Limited is a fast growing software and professional services firm based in Hong Kong who builds cutting edge information systems that offer great functionality and payback that is clear to customer management teams. The firm is making great strides toward fulfilling its vision to be a widely recognized "IT partner of choice" in China. They are committed to be a leading research and development center in the high growth Hong Kong/China market by fostering a learning process within their organization.

Datavision Limited’s strategy is to develop key partnerships with leading solutions providers to deliver products and services in timely manner with quality infrastructure and excellent knowledge management. The firm’s relationship with LogiXML is a key component of this strategy that has already been fruitful and continues to grow significantly as the Hong Kong/China market embraces the benefits of pure Web-based BI and reporting.

The Objective

According to Roger S, CEO of Datavision Limited, "We had been searching for a Web-based report generator for a long time that would help us meet the sophisticated demands of our customers while staying within their precise pricing expectations. We found LogiXML's suite of products met those criteria. The products are also extremely easy to use and simple to learn which has allowed our development team to put them to work very quickly."

Hong Kong and China businesses are successful in world markets because, in most instances, they aggressively "out price" the competition and provide goods at a favorable discount versus their competitors. They can only do that if they manage their own costs very aggressively. IT costs are no exception to the rule.

"What may be sold elsewhere in the world as a ‘nice-to-have’ BI implementation that will cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, take eight months to implement and has no clear operating payback, simply does not fly here. Each project must be able to ‘pay its way’ in value and be cost-effective in its own right. LogiXML’s outstanding pricing and upgrade model allows us to incorporate BI functionality without having to inflate our prices. They make us more competitive," adds Roger.

The Solution

"We are very happy to be associated with LogiXML, Inc. because they are recognized in the industry as a technology leader and a trend setter in the BI area," adds Bhavik Jhaveri, Chairman of Datavision Limited and the firm’s technology leader. "The LogiXML products are a phenomenal match to our customers' needs. We now introduce the technology into virtually every application we build. They offer the full range of technology we need — Ad Hoc Reporting for end user report development, Managed Reporting for internal IT teams and OLAP/ Data warehouse products for Business Analysis. Plus, they support Chinese and other Asian languages, which is essential in our market."

An example of the specialized applications that Datavision Limited develops is their JewelVision ERP offering that includes the LogiXML Logi Info reporting engine in the design.

"Standard ERP packages cannot meet the precise needs of the jewelry industry in China, so we developed a system that is highly tunable to the unique demands of the industry here," notes Roger, "Effective reporting and dashboarding, made possible by LogiXML technology, are critical components of the ERP system because decision-makers need to be able to quickly understand what is happening in production and respond to outside changes, like the price of raw materials, in time to stay within their precise customer contract criteria."

The Results

Recently, Octagon Jewellery Co. Ltd, a leading firm in the market, chose Datavision’s JewelVision as a Web-based Order Processing and Subcontract Manufacturing system to streamline their operations in Hong Kong and elsewhere.

This application takes advantage of Datavision’s in depth business process knowledge in the diamond and jewelry industry as well as their incorporation of LogiXML BI tools for reporting and analysis. This combination of features clearly separates JewelVision from the competition.

The Octagon Jewellery management team was particularly attracted to the Logi Info Interactive Data Viewer feature that gives them the power to do their own reporting and analysis very easily and view critical information graphically.

Datavision Limited has also agreed to become a support center for LogiXML products in the Hong Kong/China market. They are developing training materials and will be offering support services that are available to meet the needs of the local market. LogiXML sees the relationship with Datavision Limited as a great way to expand the availability of Logi product support internationally.