Logistics Company Turns Excel Data into Gold
Logistical Overload
Imagine a fast-paced logistics company grappling with hundreds of daily shipments, drivers, and customers in a fiercely competitive market. Efficiency and profitability metrics are critical for maintaining speed in an up-and-down market. Looking to find opportunity buried within mountains of data, the leadership team approached Blue Data Works and we embarked on a mission to unlock the untapped potential of their data goldmine.
Mining for Solutions
We are Blue Data Works, a data services company that turns data into gold for our customers. We recently developed a data solution for a logistics customer that extracts unlimited data from various Excel sources and integrates it with BI and automation tools. This transformed their spreadsheet archive into a powerful asset for their business.
Excel is a popular tool for storing and manipulating data, but it has some limitations when it comes to business intelligence (BI) and automation. Some of the challenges of using Excel are:
* Excel files are often scattered across different locations and devices, making it hard to access and consolidate data from multiple sources.
* Excel files can be prone to errors, inconsistencies, and duplication, affecting the quality and reliability of data.
* Excel files can have size and performance issues, limiting the amount of data that can be handled and analyzed.
* Excel files can lack security and governance features, exposing sensitive data to unauthorized access or modification.
By moving their data from Excel spreadsheets to a modern platform, businesses can solve their data problems and unleash new opportunities and value. Excel integrations can be affordable and easy. Our customers have achieved amazing results with us for less than $5000.
Finding Success
For the logistics customer, we configured our integration platform to extract nearly 1M records of data daily and transform it into a format that can be used for automation and BI. From there we then created interactive dashboards and built data automations to obsolete manual data reconciliation.
Our solution enabled our customer to monitor and evaluate the performance of their associates in a timely and accurate manner. They were able to provide feedback and recognition to their associates, and tailor coaching specific to their challenges. They were also able to leverage insights from their own data to identify a roadmap to growth and employee success. Additionally, the solution will save hundreds of hours yearly and identify manual entry mistakes.
We are thrilled by the amazing results our work delivered to our customer. We never stop exploring new ways to leverage our skills, we never stop creating innovative solutions for our customers. Don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or comments. We would love to hear from you.