Background
A global leader in automotive electronics, wiring systems, and battery solutions, this company supplies luxury automakers like BMW and Porsche. Operating across 60 locations in 20 countries, it faced growing supply chain complexity with more product variants and evolving manufacturing demands.
To stay ahead in a rapidly evolving industry, the company needed a real-time, scalable data strategy to enhance operational efficiency, improve decision-making, and unify data across departments.
Challenges
Data was fragmented across SAP, non-SAP, cloud, and on-premises systems, making it difficult to gain a complete operational view. Supply chain teams relied on manual Excel-based processes, slowing procurement decisions and limiting visibility into supplier costs and delivery timelines.
Extracting SAP data remained cumbersome, while governance gaps made it difficult to track data ownership and quality. Traditional ETL-based integration was inflexible and costly, preventing the company from adapting quickly to market changes.
Solution
The company deployed the Denodo Platform as a unified data layer, enabling seamless integration across all systems without complex ETL processes. It adopted a data product approach, creating reusable business views that improved efficiency across departments.
A hybrid cloud strategy with AWS enhanced scalability, while Power BI integration empowered business users with self-service analytics. Stronger data governance improved transparency, ensuring trusted, high-quality data for decision-making.
Results
Denodo helped the company optimize procurement and logistics by providing real-time insights into supplier costs, transport expenses, and delivery times, reducing overall costs.
Self-service data access eliminated manual workflows, improving speed and agility across departments. SAP and non-SAP integration became seamless, reducing IT maintenance efforts. The company fostered a data-driven culture, breaking down silos and improving collaboration for faster, more informed decisions.
