Business Challenges and Objectives

The client wanted to expand their decision making by using a lager set of external data along with enterprise data and was limited due to the existing Enterprise Data Warehouse’s capabilities and cost of storing large amounts of data.

The Solution

• TekLink helped in defining the Architecture of new Data Platform with modern capabilities and lower cost using Microsoft Azure Synapse and Data Bricks.
• Designed a central framework and implemented our proposed solution for Modern Data Warehouse in a phased manner.
• Created an Azure Data Lake for the Storage of Raw and Refined Data for POS data received from various retailers and eCommerce sites.​ Point of Sale data from the various retail, eCommerce vendors is loaded, transformed and harmonized in Azure Synapse for Sales Analytics​.
• Additionally, the sales data from the client’s US based distributor of consumer and commercial products from across the globe is pushed into the Analytics Model in Azure​.
• The team then created a business-friendly semantic data layer using Azure Analysis Services. Dashboards and reports were created in Power BI for the business to use. In addition, Self-service was enabled for various User Groups using Power BI.

Key Project Benefits

• By leveraging our deep expertise, TekLink enabled our client to create a modern data platform to address their growing need for additional data and advanced analytics. The platform also empowered the business to use Self-Service Analytics and Reporting. This freed up valuable IT and finance resources towards other meaningful activities.
• Further, the platform enabled Business and IT teams to use the data for Advanced Analytics and building Machine Learning models such as analyzing product reviews, search terms from E-Commerce sites.
• The self-Service approach enables our Client’s decision-makers to react faster to business indicators and implement business decisions faster.