The visibility and transparency of the data allows us to save 4 million euros worth of electricity. Reduced energy consumption by 20% in the supply chain of laundry and home care products. Using Tableau to monitor global PPE inventory. Henkel is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of chemicals and consumer products. The company is headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany. The company employs more than 52,000 people in its three main divisions: Laundry & Home Care, Adhesives Technologies and Beauty Care. Dr. Johannes Holtbrugge, Senior Manager of Digital Transformation at Henkel Laundry & Home Care, discusses how the company is using Tableau to implement a digital supply chain innovation that saves millions of euros in operations and empowers employees with self-service analytics. This year, the World Economic Forum (WEF) recognized Henkel as a leading company of the 4th Industrial Revolution. What role does Henkel’s data play? As with many other multinational organizations, effective reporting and data analytics are very important to Henkel. With such a large scale of operations, even the smallest savings in areas such as the supply chain can be worth millions of euros. The more accurate the data is, the more likely it is that the company will be able to identify where savings can be made. When did Henkel first implement Tableau? The company implemented Tableau in 2016 after a vendor recommended it. Before that, simplified reporting and analytical tools were used. They were sufficient to solve basic tasks, but as the company’s data needs became more complex, they could not provide the necessary functionality. In 2013, the company first began connecting its factories around the world to a central data warehouse. It wasn’t until we switched to Tableau that we realized how much data could be centralized in one place and how much benefit it could bring in terms of efficiency and cost savings. Now all supply chain data is consolidated in Tableau from various sources, including Dremio, Oracle, Excel Cubes, and others. This created a common source of data for the company’s employees to share. What successes can be noted in the company in terms of saved resources? In 2019 alone, we saved €4 million in energy consumption and costs, with a significant portion of these savings being a direct result of improved data transparency. Since 2013, the company has also managed to reduce electricity consumption in the Laundry & Home Care global supply chain by 20% and improve factory efficiency by more than 10%. Now employees around the world can view each other’s energy consumption and power data in Tableau. Do you have a specific example of how Tableau analysis led to significant savings? Laundry detergent production is the most important part of our business. However, this is a very energy-intensive process, and the spray towers that turn liquid laundry detergent into flakes are very sensitive to even small fluctuations in temperature and humidity. If the conditions are too hot or too humid, their effectiveness can be severely affected. However, Tableau was able to correlate local weather data with the production towers’ schedules, ensuring maximum productivity during periods when atmospheric conditions were optimal and vice versa. This allowed us to increase energy efficiency by 5%. Recently, we introduced self-service analytics through Tableau for all employees. What did it do? Employees can now handle a variety of issues on their own based on data in Tableau, as well as prepare for meetings more quickly and provide data to the right people in real time with the click of a button. In just six months, the number of Tableau users grew from a handful of central analysts to more than 2,100 Henkel users, ranging from top managers to production line operators. Henkel has recently been recognized by the WEF. How did Tableau contribute to this success? The award from WEF is a great recognition of the work the company has done to digitize the entire laundry and home care supply chain, and Tableau has played a key role in this process. The WEF auditors were particularly impressed with the global approach, so much so that they created a whole new category End-to-End Connected Digital Lighthouse for this initiative. Source: Tableau If you have any additional questions, please contact us at sales@softico.ua or by phone +380 (44) 383 4410.

At the AWS re:Invent 2023 conference, an important step in the development of analytics for enterprises was announced. The collaboration between Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Salesforce has opened up new opportunities for managing analytics tools through the AWS Marketplace, paving the way for effective data analysis for everyone. Easier, safer, more efficient Tableau, the recognized visual data analysis platform, is now even more accessible to AWS users. Now, through the AWS Marketplace, you can easily purchase, deploy, and manage Tableau Cloud solutions running on AWS infrastructure. This means that data analysis is now safer, easier, and more efficient for your business. Financial benefits and procurement optimization With Tableau Cloud on the AWS Marketplace, you get a convenient tool for managing IT costs. Your costs can now be easily accounted for as part of the AWS Enterprise discount program, designed to optimize enterprise customers’ cloud business. Maximize investments in data and analytics The partnership between Tableau and AWS opens up new horizons in data processing and analytics. The Modern Cloud Analytics initiative brings together resources and expertise to help organizations effectively implement and scale cloud analytics. Tableau Pulse: immersing yourself in the world of artificial intelligence In addition, Tableau Pulse, based on intelligent analysis, provides the ability to deeply understand data and use it to make important business decisions. It is a tool that provides access to natural language data analysis and generative artificial intelligence, making the analytical process even more efficient and accessible. Bringing Tableau and AWS together through the AWS Marketplace opens up new prospects for analytics businesses. This partnership allows you to access powerful data analysis tools to make informed decisions and grow your business. Source: Tableau If you have any additional questions, please contact us at sales@softico.ua or by phone +380 (44) 383 4410.

In today’s world, data processing and analysis are key components of the successful operation of businesses. Data is a treasure trove of opportunities for change management. But what to do when traditional and well-known Excel doesn’t allow you to achieve more and keep up with global trends in visualizing large data sets. In 2021, Market Operator JSC, the company responsible for organizing the purchase and sale of electricity in the spot segment in Ukraine, faced this problem. Today, an average of 600 Ukrainian companies are actively trading electricity on their platform. The company operates on the principle of a European exchange, which promotes competition and reduces electricity prices. “The Market Operator considers itself to be the architects of the future of the Ukrainian electricity sector, as it is the first energy company to introduce and make payments through escrow accounts. And they are the first to have a payment system that works on weekends. As an energy exchange, Market Operator handles large volumes of data on a daily basis that require analysis and visualization. Therefore, it has become an urgent issue to find a solution to facilitate the processing of these large amounts of information in order to increase the efficiency of operational daily analysis. However, the problem was not limited to the amount of data. “The Market Operator requested that we not only analyze this data, but also promptly update it on our website so that stakeholders could have access to up-to-date information. That’s why we chose Tableau as a very convenient tool for analyzing and displaying data in real time. Tableau made it possible to create calculations and display formulaic data calculations, filter and group data, which simplified the analysis process and allowed us to prepare high-quality analytics for stakeholders. The annual report on the day-ahead and intraday markets in 2023 was prepared using Tableau. More: https://www.oree.com.ua/index.php/web/10794 Also, with the help of Tableau, Market Operator was able to expand the range of information and consulting services. The company expanded the horizon for hourly modeling of electricity prices in the spot markets of Slovakia, Romania and Poland. The availability of such data at D+3 allows traders to adjust their trading strategy for export and import operations in the electricity market. The analytical platform of JSC Market Operator with extended information on the operation of the day-ahead market and the intraday market of Ukraine, including prices and volumes of accepted electricity for the month, day, and by hour, except for confidential information, is available to electricity producers and sellers. Graphs are taken from the commercial offer of JSC Market Operator for the provision of information and consulting services: https://www.oree.com.ua/index.php/web/10758 The company has taken on a bold and responsible mission to effectively implement market coupling, i.e. joint trade in electricity with the united European market. After integration into the EU, new challenges will arise in terms of data processing and analysis. Therefore, Market Operator JSC intends to continue to develop and improve the use of Tableau in its work, as the program has proven its ability to quickly and efficiently visualize a large amount of data.

Tableau recently announced the expansion of its partnership with Microsoft to deliver deeper, more data-driven and actionable insights by integrating Tableau with Microsoft Teams and improving interoperability with Microsoft Fabric. Integrating Tableau with Microsoft Teams will make access to analytical data easier and more convenient. Now users can work with this data without switching between programs. Integration with Microsoft Fabric will allow you to use OneLake data to create unified analytical information. This will save users’ time and help them stay in the work rhythm, without having to copy data to other systems. Why it matters: Microsoft and Tableau have been working closely together to improve analytics and AI capabilities for their customers. This means that Tableau customers can easily use Microsoft’s cloud and data services. These integrations help customers get more value from their data and IT investments. Many people use Microsoft Teams and Tableau together. They discuss data from Tableau during conversations and meetings. But nowadays, data exchange is not instantaneous, and this can make information outdated or inaccurate. When a user wants to conduct additional analysis, they need to log out of Teams, copy the data, and paste it into other programs. This slows down your work and can lead to data leaks. When Tableau and Tableau Pulse become available for Teams, users will be able to share data more securely and efficiently. Microsoft products are also important to analyze. Tableau already works with services such as SQL Server, Azure Synapse, and Azure Cosmos DB. And adding access to Microsoft Fabric data will expand the selection of sources for analysis in Tableau. Data collaboration and AI-powered analytics will help customers work more efficiently, make informed decisions, and maximize the use of their data across platforms. The benefits of an extended partnership with Microsoft include: Source: Tableau If you have any additional questions, please contact sales@softico.ua or call +380 (44) 383 4410.