Becoming an Intelligent Enterprise with an Advanced Platform for Corporate Analytics

Case Study

Customer is a leading oil and gas petrochemical company based out of Middle-East

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.