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Transition project to a new ERP in a record time
The demand for a new ERP was realized during June 2023 and the project was started in the beginning of September. The transition from the old Dynamics AX system to Business Central was completed in record time, lasting only three months. Due to professional project management and cost estimation based on over 20 years of experience, the costs remained below expected.
According to head architect Antti Kajala, the most significant challenges in these types of projects appear often with insufficient project management and in underestimating the number of unexpected incidents. The hours used for forming work estimates might seem unnecessary hours for the customer but build the base for a realistic time schedule. Hence, concentrating on the definition phase and carefully reviewing the existing logics and data models in the data environment is the most essential phase of a successful transition project.
In addition, Antti recommends that a comprehensive and accurate documentation of the new integrations and logics are produced early on the project while the complex logic nuances are still in fresh memory. This enables the customer transparently to assess the solutions and the proceeding of the project.
Project manager Ville Wasenius raises the significance of experienced experts executing the transition and close co-operation both with the customer and between the team, which was emphasized especially due to an ambitious time-schedule. Sharing the workloads when needed cannot be highlighted enough.
Finally, after a systematic testing phase in the development environment, the transition to the production environment needs to be made in close co-operation with other suppliers to ensure immediate reaction to unexpected situations.
The Teknos data platform needs to be flexible and grow with the company.
The continuous changing of business requires flexibility and deep expertise from partners. Teknos, a globally operating family business that manufactures paints and coatings, has chosen WiseDigi as its partner, which offers high-quality service from business process know-how to the implementation of data platform and analytics for end users.
Understanding business requirements is the basis of a well-functioning analytics solution. WiseDigi understands the requirements from many perspectives and comprehensively supports the development. With the help of suitable technological solutions, operations become more efficient, and the right information is brought to users to support decision-making.
Technology choices are an important part of building a successful solution - WiseDigi offers appropriate advanced technologies and the know-how and support needed to use them with years of experience. Key tools and methods in data platform development are Microsoft Azure, WhereScape, Qlik Sense and Data Vault 2.0.
"Cooperation with WiseDigi is effortless and flexible. We can trust that things will be done within the agreed budget and schedule and that the technical solution meets our needs," says Jyri Heinonen, ICT Director, Teknos Group.
Data warehouse and analytics environment audit.
Environment assesment was performed fot the city of Porvoo with following key areas reviewed:
The objective was to discover how the city of Porvoo utilizes data and reports on its operations, as well as how the processes of collecting and analysing information are functioning. The main areas audited were the implementation method of the data warehouse, the efficiency of utilizing WhereScape automation tool and the implementation and utilization of reporting. User experience was one of the crucial focus areas of the audit.
The audit was carried out using a workshop model by interviewing the experts, key users and senior management. In addition, the environment, current implementation, and documentation were independently explored in more detail and through this, key issues were brought to the workshops for more profound discussion.
Based on audit findings, a prioritized list of development tasks was created and analysed together with Porvoo. The benefits obtained through these development activities, or their disadvantages were described as accurately as possible.
Overall responsibility for Pohjolan Voima's data platform
A centralized and cost-efficient data platform brings important benefits to the energy sector business. Pohjolan Voima (PVO), responsible for approximately a fifth of Finland's energy production, e.g. for industrial needs, trusts WiseDigi's know-how and experience in the data platform maintenance and development. The co-operation with WiseDigi started in 2022 and has led to more agile and data-driven decision-making, which reflects positively in PVO's business.
PVO's data platform and data warehouse have been developed for more than a decade - the first projects were the rolling financial forecasting system and comprehensive improvement of financial reporting. Over the years, the utilization of the environment and technology and use of various tools has been maximized, by centralizing the integration interfaces between PVO's information systems, for instance.
PVO and WiseDigi constantly improve the cost-efficiency of the data platform, e.g., by enhancing processes and optimizing the utilization of selected tools. Business needs evolve rapidly, and platform development requires constant proactivity. The added value in development work is provided by a centralized data warehouse, which also ensures the storage and availability of historical data.
WiseDigi uses Power BI for reporting, WhereScape for data warehouse modelling and automation, Microsoft Azure for data integrations and data lake implementations, and Snowflake as a cloud-based data warehouse. DevOps is used for task management and Data Vault 2.0 for data warehouse modelling method.
Reporting raised to a new level with Qlik Cloud
Ikaalisten-Parkanon Puhelin Oy needed to renew its reporting and ended up replacing the previous QlikView reporting with the modern Qlik Sense SaaS solution.
The look and feel of the reports were completely renovated with the great visualizations of Qlik Sense. For example, map-based visualization is an effective and impressive way to display the desired information at a glance. The old reports are still available in the cloud service, if necessary, but at the same time maintenance and development work became more efficient.
In the future, the development of reporting will also be technically easier, because the cloud service scales according to needs, and you don't have to take care of servers and other infrastructure yourself.
