Retail Supply Chain Data Warehousing Platform
Enterprise Architecture for Multi-LOB Analytics
Implemented enterprise architecture for various retail supply chain lines of business, including DataMart development, sales dashboards, and automated job scheduling.
The Challenge
A retail supply chain company needed unified enterprise architecture across multiple lines of business with consistent data warehousing, reporting dashboards, and automated scheduling capabilities.
The Solution
Visionblox implemented enterprise architecture:
• Different feeds from departments integrated • DataMarts in SQL Server with Star and Snowflake schemas • MVC4-based dashboards for different LOBs • Datastage parallel jobs for ETL processes • UC4 job scheduling with automated monitoring
Implementation
4-year platform development:
**Phase 1: Data Foundation** • DataMart architecture • ETL pipeline design
**Phase 2: Dashboards** • LOB-specific views • Sales analytics
**Phase 3: Automation** • UC4 scheduling • Monitoring setup
Results
Enterprise analytics achieved:
**Architecture** • Multi-LOB integration • DataMarts with Star & Snowflake schemas
**Operations** • Automated scheduling • Business intelligence dashboards
“The data warehousing platform has unified our analytics across all lines of business. Decision-making is now data-driven.”