Denodo Technologies Case Studies Data virtualization powers the data revolution at Festo

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Data virtualization powers the data revolution at Festo

Denodo Technologies

Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Big Data Analytics Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms
Applicable Functions	Business Operation Discrete Manufacturing
Use Cases	Energy Management System Manufacturing System Automation
Services	Data Science Services
Challenge	Festo, a leading supplier of automation technology and technical education, was looking to optimize operational efficiency, automate manufacturing processes, and deliver on-demand services to its business consumers. This included finding smarter ways to streamline how the company aggregates and analyzes data. Festo also needed its business users to become self-sufficient with reporting and analysis and reduce their reliance on IT for preparing and surfacing the data they need. In addition, Festo's business teams had launched strategic projects to maximize energy efficiency, and they needed to be able to provide instant visibility on energy usage directly to the shop floor teams. However, Festo was challenged in finding an agile and robust way to integrate the data from the existing silos, which included the data warehouse, machine data sources, and other sources, in a way that would reduce the reliance on IT by the business users while providing the quick turnaround and flexibility that the users were demanding. Read More
About Customer	Festo is a world-leading supplier of automation technology and technical education. The company deploys its products and services to help customers implement smart production capabilities while going digital. An independent, family-owned company established in 1925 and based in Esslingen a.N., Germany, Festo has been a driving force in automation for over 60 years. With its unique range of offers, Festo has grown to become the world leader in technical education. 300,000 customers worldwide in factory and process automation put their trust in the company’s pneumatic and electric drive solutions. In addition, Festo Didactic provides state-of-the-art training solutions for industrial companies and educational institutions throughout the world. Read More
Solution	The Festo Big Data team developed a Big Data Analytics Framework to provide a data marketplace to better support the business. Using the Denodo Platform, this framework integrates data from numerous on-premises and cloud systems, including streaming data, machine data, and data-at-rest, and provides access to the integrated data in real time. Because the framework establishes a unified access layer, it provides consistent data access and governance across the different silos of data. As a result, business users now have easy access to all the data they need, when they need it. To meet the demands of the business and deliver speed, flexibility, and agility, Festo implemented the Denodo Platform as a key component within the Big Data Analytics Framework. The logical layer delivered by the Denodo Platform provides virtual views that are tailored for business analysts, data scientists, and developers across multiple departments. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Big Data Analytics

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Discrete Manufacturing

Use Cases

Energy Management System

Manufacturing System Automation

Services

Data Science Services

Challenge

Festo, a leading supplier of automation technology and technical education, was looking to optimize operational efficiency, automate manufacturing processes, and deliver on-demand services to its business consumers. This included finding smarter ways to streamline how the company aggregates and analyzes data. Festo also needed its business users to become self-sufficient with reporting and analysis and reduce their reliance on IT for preparing and surfacing the data they need. In addition, Festo's business teams had launched strategic projects to maximize energy efficiency, and they needed to be able to provide instant visibility on energy usage directly to the shop floor teams. However, Festo was challenged in finding an agile and robust way to integrate the data from the existing silos, which included the data warehouse, machine data sources, and other sources, in a way that would reduce the reliance on IT by the business users while providing the quick turnaround and flexibility that the users were demanding.

About Customer

Festo is a world-leading supplier of automation technology and technical education. The company deploys its products and services to help customers implement smart production capabilities while going digital. An independent, family-owned company established in 1925 and based in Esslingen a.N., Germany, Festo has been a driving force in automation for over 60 years. With its unique range of offers, Festo has grown to become the world leader in technical education. 300,000 customers worldwide in factory and process automation put their trust in the company’s pneumatic and electric drive solutions. In addition, Festo Didactic provides state-of-the-art training solutions for industrial companies and educational institutions throughout the world.

Solution

The Festo Big Data team developed a Big Data Analytics Framework to provide a data marketplace to better support the business. Using the Denodo Platform, this framework integrates data from numerous on-premises and cloud systems, including streaming data, machine data, and data-at-rest, and provides access to the integrated data in real time. Because the framework establishes a unified access layer, it provides consistent data access and governance across the different silos of data. As a result, business users now have easy access to all the data they need, when they need it. To meet the demands of the business and deliver speed, flexibility, and agility, Festo implemented the Denodo Platform as a key component within the Big Data Analytics Framework. The logical layer delivered by the Denodo Platform provides virtual views that are tailored for business analysts, data scientists, and developers across multiple departments.

Impact #1	Business users now have the flexibility to drive and maintain their own dashboards, freeing up IT for other tasks.
Impact #2	Festo leveraged the Denodo Platform to launch a new system for bringing together diverse data sources such as data from SAP BW, energy operations data via web services, and machine data, to deliver dashboards and visualizations of energy KPI's that enable shop floor teams to gain instant visibility, engage in active monitoring, and ultimately drive energy saving efficiencies.
Impact #3	The Denodo Platform supports Festo's Big Data Analytics Framework by delivering enhanced insight across the business without having to physically move data, simplifying data consumption, quickly integrating new data sources and making them available to user communities in real time, facilitating smarter decision making via additional information-enrichment capabilities, and increasing the speed and agility of both business and IT.

Impact #1

Business users now have the flexibility to drive and maintain their own dashboards, freeing up IT for other tasks.

Impact #2

Festo leveraged the Denodo Platform to launch a new system for bringing together diverse data sources such as data from SAP BW, energy operations data via web services, and machine data, to deliver dashboards and visualizations of energy KPI's that enable shop floor teams to gain instant visibility, engage in active monitoring, and ultimately drive energy saving efficiencies.

Impact #3

The Denodo Platform supports Festo's Big Data Analytics Framework by delivering enhanced insight across the business without having to physically move data, simplifying data consumption, quickly integrating new data sources and making them available to user communities in real time, facilitating smarter decision making via additional information-enrichment capabilities, and increasing the speed and agility of both business and IT.

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Data virtualization powers the data revolution at Festo

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