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Global Energy Management Company Case Study

Customer Company Size

Large Corporate

Country

Worldwide

Product

Birst

Tech Stack

Cloud-architected BI Platform

Implementation Scale

Enterprise-wide Deployment

Impact Metrics

Cost Savings

Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Big Data Analytics

Applicable Functions

Procurement

Use Cases

Supply Chain Visibility

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

About The Customer

The customer is a global energy management company with operations in more than 100 countries. It offers integrated energy solutions, including solar storage solutions, industrial automation and control, grid automation, and residential solutions. The company has grown through mergers and acquisitions, which has resulted in data being siloed across more than 200 disparate systems. The company aims to gain a holistic view of purchasing behavior across multiple business units and disparate data sources. It seeks to consolidate and optimize $10B in spend on products, components, and raw materials and build a Global Analytics Platform to identify savings opportunities and enable more regular and accurate negotiations with suppliers.

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The Challenge

The company faced a significant challenge in gaining visibility into purchasing analytics across more than 200 ERP systems. This was due to its growth through mergers and acquisitions, which resulted in data being siloed across these disparate systems. The company aimed to consolidate and optimize $10B in spend on products, components, and raw materials. It also sought to build a Global Analytics Platform to identify savings opportunities and enable more regular and accurate negotiations with suppliers. However, the company faced technical challenges such as the need for a rapid go-live in a highly complex environment against 200-source ERP. The company's global M&A agenda was also expected to drive further data complexity. Furthermore, the company required true self-service with centralized governance across a complex data landscape.

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The Solution

The company chose to implement Birst, a cloud-architected BI Platform. This platform allowed the company to go live quickly, addressing the need for a rapid go-live in a highly complex environment. Birst also provided the agility with governance that the company required to fit both Business and IT requirements. This solution enabled the company to consolidate and optimize its spend, identify savings opportunities, and enable more regular and accurate negotiations with suppliers. It also helped the company manage the data complexity resulting from its global M&A agenda.

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Operational Impact

The company was able to identify 100,000 Purchase Orders as redundant and retired them in the first two months of deployment.
The company was able to go live with the solution in less than 2 months.

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Quantitative Benefit

5% per year savings in Direct and Indirect Materials, resulting in $500M savings annually

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