1. Canadian Helicopters Limited – Prophix story
Operating since: Unknown
Head office: Quebec, Canada
Annual revenue: $174 million
Number of employees: Unknown
G/L or ERP: Infinium for AS400
Company website:
Company background:
Canadian Helicopter Limited is the largest helicopter transportation services company operating in Canada with a network of 26 strategically located bases providing operations in every geographical region in the country.  Under the Canadian Helicopters banner, the company provides helicopter transportation services to a diverse array of clients including oil & gas, mineral exploration, military support, hydro/utilities, forest management, construction, air ambulance, and search & rescue. We also provide international helicopter support to military programs. Canadian Helicopters operates 110 light, medium, and heavy lift helicopters and is authorized for both visual (VFR) and instrument (IFR) flight operations. In addition to charter services, we provide flight training and helicopter repair and maintenance services.  Canadian Helicopters is an integral part of the HNZ Group of Companies, which collectively provides transportation services on the international level.

2. Supporting data:
Business problems that lead to evaluating CPM, adopting Prophix:
One of their sister companies, located in New Zealand, adopted Prophix in H2 2013
They recommended our product and services
Frustration with Excel and manual processes
They faced challenges with revenue planning
Helene Godbout, Director Revenue Control and Financial System, used a massive workbook to analyze their finances
OLAP versus relational database
Even on Canadian level, they deal with multiple currencies
They needed planning, reporting, and financial consolidation (via Financial Controller)
Revenue planning and CapEx planning in separate cubes
P & L, balance sheets, and cash flow statements
Ad hoc reporting and visualization + profitability analysis
Future plans:
Potential related opportunities with sister companies or subsidiaries internationally

3. Supporting data: Life cycle Industry (choose all that apply)
☐ New implementation YES
Implementation date: Q1 2014
☐ Preexisting customer
Original implementation date: ________________
☐ Existing customer, upgrading
Industry (choose all that apply)
☐ Agriculture, forestry, and fishing
☐ Professional services
☐ Financial services
☐ Retail
☐ Wholesale and distribution
☐ Telecommunications
☐ Healthcare
☐ Utilities
☐ Education
☐ Architecture, engineering, and construction
☐ Life science
☐ Transportation and logistics YES
☐ Manufacturing
☐ High tech
☐ Media and entertainment
☐ Government
☐ Non-profit

4. Supporting data: Solutions Capabilities ☐ Budgeting YES
☐ Automation YES
☐ Forecasting YES
☐ Prophix Mobile
☐ Reporting YES
☐ Data integration YES
☐ Strategic planning YES
☐ Business modeling YES
☐ Financial consolidation YES
☐ Microsoft platform integration
☐ Analysis YES
☐ Role-based security YES
☐ Profitability analysis YES
☐ Collaboration YES
☐ Personnel planning
☐ Flexible deployment
☐ Project planning
☐ Ad hoc reporting and visualization YES
☐ Revenue planning YES
☐ Capital expenditures planning YES
☐ Reporting and analytics
(dashboards and scorecards)