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French Red Cross Increases Efficiency and Better Serves the Most Vulnerable People in France Using Tableau Visual Analytics

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Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Visualization
Applicable Industries	Healthcare & Hospitals
Applicable Functions	Business Operation
Services	Data Science Services
Challenge	The French Red Cross, with its 54,000 volunteers and 18,112 employees, provides a range of services across more than 1870 locations in the country. However, the organization faced a significant challenge in terms of data analysis. They had no means of easily analyzing or making sense of all the data arriving in the organization. The focus had been on transactions and support, but the emphasis shifted to data analysis, leading to the launch of a new business intelligence architecture. The new model comprised a decision support system, data integration, and reporting. The organization needed an intuitive, user-friendly business intelligence tool that enables dynamic performance and results in real time. Read More
About Customer	The French Red Cross is the French division of the world’s largest independent humanitarian network. Founded in 1864 and headquartered in Paris, France, the organization provides health, social, medical and social, education, and humanitarian services in more than 1870 locations in the country. With its 54,000 volunteers and 18,112 employees, the French Red Cross is a significant organization with a wide reach. Information systems are at the heart of the organization, supporting the development and needs of the various services that comprise the French Red Cross. The humanitarian network’s Department of Information Systems consists of 43 people, joined by seven regional IT managers, with a departmental budget of more than €8 million. Read More
Solution	With support from Altic, a French systems integrator and specialist in open source-based business intelligence, the French Red Cross chose Tableau Software. The software was implemented to provide up-to-the-minute indicators for managers to manage their organization. Users could quickly discover and share data, breaking down the silos of data and creating a common language around data. This led to a virtuous cycle of continuous improvement in data quality, highlighting existing inconsistencies. In just over eight weeks, the French Red Cross was live on a new data warehouse supporting sheltered accommodation for the elderly. The warehouse contains 43 indicators and six different data sources, including accounting, human resources, budget, business, treasury, and organization. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Visualization

Applicable Industries

Healthcare & Hospitals

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Services

Data Science Services

Challenge

The French Red Cross, with its 54,000 volunteers and 18,112 employees, provides a range of services across more than 1870 locations in the country. However, the organization faced a significant challenge in terms of data analysis. They had no means of easily analyzing or making sense of all the data arriving in the organization. The focus had been on transactions and support, but the emphasis shifted to data analysis, leading to the launch of a new business intelligence architecture. The new model comprised a decision support system, data integration, and reporting. The organization needed an intuitive, user-friendly business intelligence tool that enables dynamic performance and results in real time.

About Customer

The French Red Cross is the French division of the world’s largest independent humanitarian network. Founded in 1864 and headquartered in Paris, France, the organization provides health, social, medical and social, education, and humanitarian services in more than 1870 locations in the country. With its 54,000 volunteers and 18,112 employees, the French Red Cross is a significant organization with a wide reach. Information systems are at the heart of the organization, supporting the development and needs of the various services that comprise the French Red Cross. The humanitarian network’s Department of Information Systems consists of 43 people, joined by seven regional IT managers, with a departmental budget of more than €8 million.

Solution

With support from Altic, a French systems integrator and specialist in open source-based business intelligence, the French Red Cross chose Tableau Software. The software was implemented to provide up-to-the-minute indicators for managers to manage their organization. Users could quickly discover and share data, breaking down the silos of data and creating a common language around data. This led to a virtuous cycle of continuous improvement in data quality, highlighting existing inconsistencies. In just over eight weeks, the French Red Cross was live on a new data warehouse supporting sheltered accommodation for the elderly. The warehouse contains 43 indicators and six different data sources, including accounting, human resources, budget, business, treasury, and organization.

Impact #1	Tableau provides managers with up-to-the-minute indicators they need to manage their organization.
Impact #2	Users can quickly discover and share data.
Impact #3	The organization is breaking down the silos of data and creating a common language around data.

Impact #1

Tableau provides managers with up-to-the-minute indicators they need to manage their organization.

Impact #2

Users can quickly discover and share data.

Impact #3

The organization is breaking down the silos of data and creating a common language around data.

Benefit #1	The warehouse contains 43 indicators and six different data sources.
Benefit #2	The implementation of Tableau was completed in just over eight weeks.

Benefit #1

The warehouse contains 43 indicators and six different data sources.

Benefit #2

The implementation of Tableau was completed in just over eight weeks.

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French Red Cross Increases Efficiency and Better Serves the Most Vulnerable People in France Using Tableau Visual Analytics

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