With support from Deloitte, National DCP (a midsize supply chain company) was able to realize its business intelligence (BI) vision with a very unique approach that was different from traditional BI projects. Cost effectiveness was always a top priority, as National DCP wanted to empower business users and make them self-sufficient in creating SAP® BusinessObjects™ reports. For the purpose, Deloitte came up with an approach of providing a simple but powerful data warehouse solution using SAP HANA® 2.0 and SAP BusinessObjects (SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office and SAP Lumira® 2.2). The challenge was integrating multiple source systems, including ERP from SAP ECC, Fleet Management from PeopleNet, and .
Project challenges included coming up with an integrated design (which will provide a base for the future reporting platform), upgrading to the latest SAP HANA and BusinessObjects versions, and providing a seamless integration to cloud platform. The project was hybrid Agile and delivered in a short timeframe. Last but not the least, the solution involved data tiering into hot/warm data to manage the system performance and efficiency.
Key Business Benefits:
- Understanding fast-track SAP Analytics implementation approach for midsize companies
- Technology overview for the latest HANA 2.0 and Lumira 2.2, designer edition, including data archiving
- Challenges while integrating non-SAP and SAP source systems efficiently
