Becoming an Intelligent Enterprise with an Advanced Platform for Corporate Analytics
Customer is a leading oil and gas petrochemical company based out of Middle-East
Industry
Oil & Energy
Modules
SAC
Location(s)
Sharjah, UAE
Project duration
6 months
Employees
483
Key Results:
Reduction in data-preparation time for board meetings in just first year
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Reduction in effort for corporate reporting; expected to improve in following years
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Return of investment realized, expected to double by end of 2023
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The Challenge
- Each department had developed its own homegrown reporting system, so data preparation for executives often involved manual consolidation of dozens of spreadsheets.
- After a few high-level strategic meetings went under supported, customer resolved to overhaul BI across the organization by empowering staff at all levels and in all functions to make informed decisions.
- Hence, the challenge was to deliver the right information at the right time to the right people in all strategic encounters.
The Solution
- The existing SAP Business Warehouse (SAP BW), edition for SAP HANA served as a central data consolidation layer for an array of IT and operational technology (OT) systems.
- A license upgrade was used to deploy the SAP Analytics Cloud solution to support a modern analytics platform with a rich user experience and intelligent functions for self-service reporting.
- The project was implemented remotely due to the pandemic; even under that constraint, the system went live within the very ambitious timeline of six months
Results
- Using SAP BW and SAP Analytics Cloud helped customer create a cost-effective, clutter-free analytics platform with solutions returned to standard.
- It also let the company execute its cloud-first strategy by making the transition from a complex web of traditional reporting tools to one highly agile and powerful cloud reporting environment with 250 updated KPIs and 50 new dashboards.
- Integrating ERP data with operational data from the shop floor empowers customer to accurately track and monitor refinery operation KPIs.
