Hitachi Vantara (Hitachi) Case Studies Blechwarenfabrik Limburg's Sustainability and Accelerated Insights with Pentaho DataOps

	Blechwarenfabrik Limburg's Sustainability and Accelerated Insights with Pentaho DataOps Hitachi Vantara (Hitachi)

Blechwarenfabrik Limburg's Sustainability and Accelerated Insights with Pentaho DataOps

Hitachi Vantara (Hitachi)

Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics Functional Applications - Warehouse Management Systems (WMS)
Applicable Industries	Packaging Transportation
Applicable Functions	Sales & Marketing Warehouse & Inventory Management
Use Cases	Energy Management System Inventory Management
Services	Data Science Services System Integration
Challenge	Blechwarenfabrik Limburg GmbH, a leading manufacturer of tinplate packaging, was faced with the challenge of improving environmental sustainability and accelerating its manufacturing processes. The company, with 500 employees and locations in Germany, Denmark, and Poland, uses 22,000 tons of tinplate annually to produce 100 million canisters, cans, and bottles for chemical-technical liquids. Beyond sustainability, the company also aimed to streamline the processes and management of its subsidiaries by gaining new insights. The challenge was to enable standardized, integrated, real-time data analytics across all systems and departments to achieve these goals. Read More
About Customer	Blechwarenfabrik Limburg GmbH is a leading manufacturer of tinplate packaging with 500 employees and locations in Germany, Denmark, and Poland. The company uses 22,000 tons of tinplate annually to produce 100 million canisters, cans, and bottles for chemical-technical liquids such as paint and adhesives. The company is committed to improving environmental sustainability and accelerating its manufacturing processes. It also aims to streamline the processes and management of its subsidiaries by gaining new insights. Read More
Solution	To address these challenges, Blechwarenfabrik Limburg turned to Pentaho DataOps Integration and Analytics. The company evaluated several data warehouse and analytics solutions before settling on Pentaho due to its licensing model that allowed them to start small and scale up dynamically without worrying about costs. The open-source core of the solution also ensured that the company was not locked into a proprietary platform and always had the flexibility to expand as needed. The team at Blechwarenfabrik Limburg used Pentaho DataOps to integrate and analyze information from a wide range of systems, including the management execution system, production planning and control system, and warehouse management system. The data from these systems is refreshed every two minutes, providing users with a continuous near-real-time view. The company also imports records from its ERP, staff management, and customer relationship management applications to enable a 360-degree analysis of the business. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics

Functional Applications - Warehouse Management Systems (WMS)

Applicable Industries

Packaging

Transportation

Applicable Functions

Sales & Marketing

Warehouse & Inventory Management

Use Cases

Energy Management System

Inventory Management

Services

Data Science Services

System Integration

Challenge

Blechwarenfabrik Limburg GmbH, a leading manufacturer of tinplate packaging, was faced with the challenge of improving environmental sustainability and accelerating its manufacturing processes. The company, with 500 employees and locations in Germany, Denmark, and Poland, uses 22,000 tons of tinplate annually to produce 100 million canisters, cans, and bottles for chemical-technical liquids. Beyond sustainability, the company also aimed to streamline the processes and management of its subsidiaries by gaining new insights. The challenge was to enable standardized, integrated, real-time data analytics across all systems and departments to achieve these goals.

About Customer

Blechwarenfabrik Limburg GmbH is a leading manufacturer of tinplate packaging with 500 employees and locations in Germany, Denmark, and Poland. The company uses 22,000 tons of tinplate annually to produce 100 million canisters, cans, and bottles for chemical-technical liquids such as paint and adhesives. The company is committed to improving environmental sustainability and accelerating its manufacturing processes. It also aims to streamline the processes and management of its subsidiaries by gaining new insights.

Solution

To address these challenges, Blechwarenfabrik Limburg turned to Pentaho DataOps Integration and Analytics. The company evaluated several data warehouse and analytics solutions before settling on Pentaho due to its licensing model that allowed them to start small and scale up dynamically without worrying about costs. The open-source core of the solution also ensured that the company was not locked into a proprietary platform and always had the flexibility to expand as needed. The team at Blechwarenfabrik Limburg used Pentaho DataOps to integrate and analyze information from a wide range of systems, including the management execution system, production planning and control system, and warehouse management system. The data from these systems is refreshed every two minutes, providing users with a continuous near-real-time view. The company also imports records from its ERP, staff management, and customer relationship management applications to enable a 360-degree analysis of the business.

Impact #1	The implementation of Pentaho DataOps has led to significant operational improvements for Blechwarenfabrik Limburg. The company now has 15 autonomous electric forklifts that manage its complex warehouse logistics to seamlessly ship 1,000 pallets of goods every single day. The real-time insights and intuitive visualization provided by Pentaho have been instrumental in this achievement. The company has also been able to innovate in manufacturing by combining smarter materials management and continuous energy reporting with anomaly detection. This has led to streamlined operations and increased sustainability. For instance, the company can now analyze real-time data streams from its energy management system and correlate electricity consumption, compressed air usage, and cooling water flow with production schedules and outputs to determine optimal performance metrics. These data-driven sustainability improvements earned Blechwarenfabrik Limburg the German Environmental Prize in 2020. The company has also improved sales and customer service through self-service reporting. Additionally, the data warehouse serves as a backup for operational systems, improving business continuity and reducing risk.

Impact #1

The implementation of Pentaho DataOps has led to significant operational improvements for Blechwarenfabrik Limburg. The company now has 15 autonomous electric forklifts that manage its complex warehouse logistics to seamlessly ship 1,000 pallets of goods every single day. The real-time insights and intuitive visualization provided by Pentaho have been instrumental in this achievement. The company has also been able to innovate in manufacturing by combining smarter materials management and continuous energy reporting with anomaly detection. This has led to streamlined operations and increased sustainability. For instance, the company can now analyze real-time data streams from its energy management system and correlate electricity consumption, compressed air usage, and cooling water flow with production schedules and outputs to determine optimal performance metrics. These data-driven sustainability improvements earned Blechwarenfabrik Limburg the German Environmental Prize in 2020. The company has also improved sales and customer service through self-service reporting. Additionally, the data warehouse serves as a backup for operational systems, improving business continuity and reducing risk.

Benefit #1	Saved 500,000 Euros per year with continuous reporting and automation.
Benefit #2	Reduced time to insight from 2 weeks to seconds.
Benefit #3	Boosted productivity with 100+ new dashboards providing real-time data.

Benefit #1

Saved 500,000 Euros per year with continuous reporting and automation.

Benefit #2

Reduced time to insight from 2 weeks to seconds.

Benefit #3

Boosted productivity with 100+ new dashboards providing real-time data.

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Blechwarenfabrik Limburg's Sustainability and Accelerated Insights with Pentaho DataOps

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