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Forterra's Transformation: From Slow Reporting to Agile Data Analytics with Incorta

Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Big Data Analytics
Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Application Development Platforms

Applicable Industries

Equipment & Machinery
Finance & Insurance

Use Cases

Leasing Finance Automation
Real-Time Location System (RTLS)

Services

Data Science Services
System Integration

About The Customer

Forterra is a manufacturing company with a workforce of 1,001-5,000 employees. The company was struggling with slow and inefficient data reporting and analytics processes in its finance department. The department was heavily dependent on the IT team for even the most basic reports, leading to delays and inefficiencies. The company was using multiple BI and reporting tools, including Sisense, Cognos, and SAP Business Objects, which were generating hundreds of reports across 30 financial dashboards, making data consolidation a challenging task.

The Challenge

Forterra, a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees, was facing significant challenges with its finance department's data reporting and analytics. The department was heavily reliant on the IT team to pull even the most basic reports, leading to slow and inefficient processes. The time taken by the IT department to extract, transform, and load data from Oracle EBS and other systems could span weeks or even months. This delay created massive inefficiencies within the team. Furthermore, their existing BI and reporting tools, including Sisense, Cognos, and SAP Business Objects, were generating hundreds of reports across 30 financial dashboards. This made it extremely difficult to simplify, clarify, or consolidate critical data across various sources.

The Solution

Forterra adopted Incorta, a modern data analytics platform known for its agility and power. Unlike other solutions that take weeks or months to process data, Incorta can accomplish the same task in minutes. It is the only data analytics platform that provides true self-service access to data across the technology spectrum. Incorta maintains all data details and relationships for full fidelity reporting, native security, and provides actionable insights in real time. The platform's ability to load data from anywhere and unify it without the need for complex modeling or transformations has helped Forterra move faster than ever before. This has given business leaders more flexibility, agility, and confidence to make quick decisions, leading to faster growth and profitability.

Operational Impact

The adoption of Incorta has led to significant operational improvements at Forterra. The platform's ability to analyze millions of rows of data in minutes has provided the finance department with fresh, reliable data exactly when and where it's needed. This has increased agility and productivity within the department. Furthermore, the platform's simple user interface and uncomplicated controls have empowered non-IT personnel to generate their own reports and access key insights with ease. As a result, 20 Incorta users in Forterra’s finance department now have 360° visibility for stronger reporting. The company has also been able to sunset an existing BI tool, saving $70,000, and plans to sunset more tools in the future, demonstrating Incorta's effectiveness as an all-in-one solution for reporting, analyzing, and data management needs.

Quantitative Benefit

Forterra saved $70,000 by replacing an existing BI tool with Incorta.
The company plans to sunset more tools over the next 6 months, leading to more cost savings.
One part-time employee was able to transfer all data from an existing solution to Incorta in just three weeks, replacing their entire BI system toolset.