Client engagement · Global Industrial Equipment Manufacturing
Manufacturing Data & Analytics
Facility data needs a consistent path into enterprise reporting. SOLLUS worked alongside an established IT and analytics team to develop data pipelines and operational Power BI reports.
The business challenge
Connect facility data with enterprise reporting.
Operational information held in facility-level systems needed to be integrated, transformed, and prepared for consistent enterprise analysis, including manufacturing quality reporting.
The engagement
SOLLUS supported a major global manufacturer within its existing enterprise IT and analytics environment. The engagement combined cloud data engineering, pipeline maintenance, and operational business intelligence.
SOLLUS developed and maintained pipelines and reports within the client's established enterprise architecture, working alongside its IT and analytics team.
SOLLUS's contribution
The work behind the result.
- Developed and maintained data pipelines connecting facility SQL Server information with Azure services and Databricks.
- Developed SQL and Python transformations and maintained Delta Lake datasets for reporting.
- Developed and published operational Power BI dashboards and reports following established corporate design standards.
- Supported manufacturing quality analysis, including welding defects and related production indicators.
Conceptual workflow
How the information connects.
A conceptual view of related components in the enterprise environment. Individual datasets could use different paths; the stages do not prescribe a universal processing sequence.
- 01
Facility databases
SQL Server operational information
- 02
Data ingestion
Azure Data Factory
- 03
Cloud storage
Azure Data Lake Storage
- 04
Transformation
Databricks, SQL, Python
- 05
Curated datasets
Delta Lake
- 06
Enterprise reports
Power BI
- 07
Operations review
Quality and production context
Illustrative reporting example
Manufacturing quality review
A synthetic operational report illustrates the kinds of quality and production questions supported by the engagement. This is a SOLLUS-created example, not an actual Power BI screenshot or a reproduction of the client's dashboard.
Illustrative four-week period
Illustrative data — not a client report
- Production volume
- 1,200 units
- Welding defects
- 24
- Defect rate
- 2.0%
Defects by category
Weekly defect rate
| Production area | Units | Defects | Defect rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area A | 500 | 11 | 2.20% |
| Area B | 400 | 8 | 2.00% |
| Area C | 300 | 5 | 1.67% |
Business value
Consistent information for operational review.
The work made operational information from facility-level systems available through consistent, centralized analytics and reporting workflows. Quality and production information could be prepared for enterprise reporting within the client's existing environment.
Capabilities
Tools and methods
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