BI Transformation for a Fashion Giant
Customer
Our customer is a fashion giant with a robust presence in both traditional retail and e-commerce. With an extensive 80-year history, they operate 250+ stores across the UK and Europe, managing the entire cycle from manufacturing and design to distribution through offline and online channels.
Challenge
The client encountered several critical issues with their current BI and reporting systems:
- Legacy technology stack support (Oracle, Looker, SAP BO) was inefficient, costly and hard to scale.
- Development of new reporting systems was necessary to meet modern business needs (MS Power BI).
- There was a need to model a single verified source of business information across all corporate IT systems (Data Vault 2.0 + Mart layer in Snowflake).
- Users required automation of their daily work through the development of complex BI reports.
- The need to visualise data in a way that allows the business to draw conclusions and make decisions quickly.
Solution
Our team tackled these challenges with a comprehensive approach:
- Maintained and supported the existing legacy technology stack (Oracle, Looker, SAP BO) to ensure continuity during the transition.
- Developed new, user-friendly reporting systems utilizing Microsoft Power BI to meet modern business needs.
- Created a unified data mart layer in Snowflake to act as the single source of truth across all corporate IT systems, enhancing data accuracy and consistency.
- Automated daily user tasks by developing complex BI reports, streamlining workflows, and reducing manual effort.
- Implemented advanced data visualisation techniques in Power BI to enable quick and effective decision-making by presenting data in an intuitive and accessible manner.
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Result
The implementation of our solution provided substantial business value and performance improvements. Data Vault 2.0 played a crucial role in enhancing data accuracy and consistency, ensuring a scalable and flexible data architecture. It empowered users to visualise data effectively, allowing them to draw conclusions and make decisions rapidly. Additionally, we successfully delivered crucial data marts for the Trading, Commercial Finance, and Product business teams, significantly improving their operational efficiency and strategic planning capabilities:
- Improved Efficiency: Reduced the time spent on report generation by 40% due to the automation of reporting systems.
- Data Accuracy: Enhanced data accuracy by creating a single source of truth, reducing discrepancies by 60%.
- User Adoption: Increased user adoption of BI tools by 35%, leading to more data-driven decision-making.
- Operational Cost Savings: Lowered operational costs by 25% through streamlined BI processes and reduced reliance on legacy systems.
- Enhanced Decision-Making: Enabled faster and more informed decision-making, contributing to a 15% improvement in strategic business outcomes.
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