Hastings Deering leverages the Denodo Platform to improve Its Data Supply Chain
Customer Company Size
Large Corporate
Region
- Pacific
Country
- Australia
Product
- Denodo Platform
Tech Stack
- Data Virtualization
- PowerBI
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Productivity Improvements
- Digital Expertise
Technology Category
- Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms
Applicable Industries
- Retail
Applicable Functions
- Procurement
- Product Research & Development
Use Cases
- Predictive Maintenance
- Supply Chain Visibility
Services
- Data Science Services
- System Integration
About The Customer
Hastings Deering Pty Ltd (a Sime Darby Industrial company), is one of the largest Cat® dealers globally servicing mining, construction, power systems, and marine industries. Hastings Deering has over 3,500 employees, across 26 business centers throughout Queensland, the Northern Territory, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and New Caledonia. In 2022, Hastings Deering celebrated its 90th anniversary. Hastings Deering has implemented the Denodo Platform as a key component underpinning both technology and internal strategies. The goal was to create a data marketplace across the enterprise to improve data coverage. Stakeholders realized that there was so much more the company could gain through a centralized data market. By enabling quick insights, pain points from the business in this challenging postCOVID-19 environment can be significantly reduced.
The Challenge
The data landscape at Hastings Deering was complex with data being generated through multiple enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, which needed to be integrated with several Caterpillar systems. Numerous data silos across the business had challenges with respect to consistency and accuracy, directly affecting trust in the data. Traditional data delivery methods and methodologies were delaying time-to-data and time-to-value. Additionally, Hastings Deering also began to see a shift in business requests, away from traditional data requests to data sharing requests to assist with quick insights. The company’s vision, and a key part of its data strategy, was to enable “data citizenship” through the establishment of a data and analytics center of practice.
The Solution
Hastings Deering was focused on establishing the right data culture within the organization, and employees and leaders now accept that data plays a key role in decision making. They now understand the importance of data and the need for quality and governance practices to help drive data intelligence. They understand that the right platform and the right data was paramount in delivering value to the business. Denodo played a key role in this approach. Hastings Deering’s implementation of the Denodo Platform accelerated the company’s data journey, culminating in the creation of a data marketplace. Hastings Deering implemented six use cases, including an important use case focused on the company’s Parts division. The goal was to accelerate predictions to better manage the impact of global supply chains and COVID-19 events. Leveraging the Denodo Platform, powered by data virtualization, has enabled Hastings Deering to fast track its analytical capabilities, expand its self-service analytics capabilities, and streamline data delivery for the Parts stream.
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