Business Intelligence Acceleration for Engineering Operations

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Headquarters

  • Sweden 

Business Size

  • Enterprise

Industry

  • Manufacturing, Engineering

Technologies

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The Client

The company in India is part of a Swedish Group that focuses on heat transfer, separation, and fluid handling solutions. With various product lines and large operations, their teams needed better reporting for production and supply chain activities.

Challenges Faced

  • The client’s reporting and analytics processes were fragmented. They depended on manual compilation and separate tools.  
  • Report formats varied between departments.  
  • They manually consolidated different Excel sheets.  
  • There was no real-time data retrieval from production systems.  
  • Decision-making was slow due to delays in reporting.  
  • Management lacked a centralized KPI dashboard.  
  • There was a high level of reliance on IT for ad-hoc reports.  
  • Production and financial data were not integrated.  
  • Data quality suffered due to redundancy.  
  • It was hard to audit and track report versions.  
  • Data security and access controls were lacking.

Ambit’s Solution

Ambit created a centralized BI platform using .NET technologies specifically for engineering operations.  

  • Created reusable data connectors and ETL logic.  
  • Crafted role-specific dashboards for departments.  
  • The scheduled report generation was automated.  
  • Implemented secure drill-down capability by region or unit.  
  • Data from ERP and production tools were integrated.  
  • Executive summary dashboards were developed.  
  • Granular access and logging mechanisms were implemented.  
  • Dependence on Excel was reduced with in-browser dashboards.  
  • Metrics were aligned with business OKRs.  
  • Training sessions were provided for self-service reporting skills.

Results Achieved

  • The new BI framework improved business insights and allowed for quicker, data-driven decisions.  
  • There was a 60% reduction in reporting time across units.  
  • The accuracy and consistency of reports improved.  
  • Production visibility at the leadership level also improved.  
  • The IT burden for custom reporting decreased.  
  • Trust in data for planning and execution increased.

Conclusion

Ambit’s .NET-based BI solution provided scalable intelligence for client’s operations – allowing them to proactively enhance performance and resource planning.