About the Customer
The customer is a globally renowned American provider of employment services by connecting people and jobs. They aim to make every workplace happier and more productive by transforming how employers and candidates find the right fit. For over 30 years, they have been working to transform the recruiting industry. Today, the company leverages advanced technology using intelligent digital, social, and mobile solutions, innovative apps, and various products and services.
Business Challenge
The customers’ existing data infrastructure required transformation to support its growing analytics demands and streamline the report delivery across teams. They faced several challenges in modernizing its BI ecosystem which includes:
- Fragmented data sources: Data was distributed across multiple Oracle databases, creating inefficiencies in analytics processes.
- Complex reporting requirements: The existing system supported over 190 reports and dashboards, necessitating a streamlined approach for future scalability.
- Lack of centralized architecture: They needed a consolidated data lake to serve as a robust, scalable foundation for Tableau-based analytics.
Solution Overview
Adroitent partnered with customer to provide end-to-end consulting and implementation services for:
- Solution architecture: Designed a scalable and cost-effective data and analytics architecture, integrating a centralized data lake.
- ETL and data transformation: Consolidated data from multiple Oracle databases into a unified data store optimized for analytics.
- Visualization delivery: Created Tableau-based reports and dashboards aligned with the customers’ evolving business needs.
Project Activities included:
Solution Architecture: Teams consulted on data store and analytics architecture for scalability and cost-efficiency. Adroitent delivered thought leadership and technical guidance to ensure best practices in architecture and development.
ETL and data consolidation: Designed and implemented data extraction and transformation workflows from the customer’s online storage to a centralized “data lake.” Also, streamlined data processes to enhance accessibility and reliability for analytics.
Tableau visualization development: Collaborated with the customer to define reporting and visualization requirements to enable the best outcomes. Designed and delivered Tableau dashboards and reports as per agreed schedules and priorities.
Agile delivery model: Maintained a Sprint-based delivery plan and conducted weekly progress reviews and Sprint-specific calls to track deliverables and address escalations.
Technology Stack Leveraged: MySQL, RDS, ETL, Apache Spark, Amazon EMR.
Business Outcome
- Scalable architecture: Established a centralized, scalable data lake to serve as the foundation for the customer’s BI ecosystem.
- Enhanced analytics: Delivered efficient data transformation processes, improving analytics readiness and performance.
- Optimized reporting: Developed intuitive, Tableau-based dashboards and reports tailored to business needs to enable informed decision-making.
- Streamlined collaboration: Fostered a collaborative environment with clear workflows, improving project efficiency and delivery timelines.
- Enabled competitive advantage: With informed strategies delivered with BI insights, helped the customer gain a better market position.
Adroitent’s innovative approach empowered the customer to modernize its BI infrastructure, addressing both immediate challenges and laying the groundwork for sustained success in analytics.