With the completion of the project, PPC is releasing amazing possibilities for its operational departments and employees
An important step in the journey of its digital transformation was carried out by PPCcompleting the project of automating data transfer from the company’s source systems to the Cloud, utilizing Microsoft technologies and the support of WITSIDE.
With the completion of the project, PPC is releasing amazing possibilities for its operational departments and employees, as it offers them, in real time, unhindered access to the entire range of the company’s data.
More specifically, the project accelerates the development of solutions that help change corporate culture by democratizing data, operating efficiency, developing innovation, reducing the environmental footprint, and providing better services to the company’s customers and partners.
Mr. Konstantinos Zagalikis, Group Chief Technology & Information Officer of PPC, said: “PPC sets high goals and innovates in the implementation of its digital transformation. In this journey we are happy to have partners who listen to our wishes and realize our vision. In this particular project we set an almost ‘impossible’ goal with time and technological constraints that were overcome and proved the organization’s ability to lead in the data space. The continuation will be just as dynamic, upgrading the customer experience and contributing to the improvement of the organization’s business operation”.
Ms Gianna Andronopoulou, Sales Director, Enterprise Segment of Microsoft Greece, Cyprus and Maltasaid about it:
“Advanced data analytics technologies are rapidly changing the way businesses operate, and today there is not a single company that is not evaluating how to use them safely, quickly and simply. At Microsoft, we focus on making it easier for our customers to adopt advanced data analytics technologies, ensuring that decision-makers rely on optimally analyzed and visualized information to make more effective decisions about their operations or for the development of their new products and services. We are very excited that PPC is committed to becoming a data driven organization through the partnership with WITSIDE, and particularly proud of the speed with which data from SAP IS/U was made available to Azure Data Lake . I look forward to seeing the impact this significant development will have on PPC’s customer experience, optimizing the organization’s operating model, and the company’s overall digital transition.”
For the implementation of the project, innovative technologies of the Qlik Data Integration platform were used and innovative techniques were applied that contributed to the rapid implementation of the project with the minimum cost.
The project includes the transfer and integration of data without the use of code, from the company’s source systems (SAP ISU – ERP, EBIL, etc.) to Microsoft Azure Data Lake and then to the company’s Databricks Delta Lake. The project was carried out by WITSIDE, a Microsoft partner and Qlik representative in Greece, Cyprus, Malta and the Western Balkans, with the full support of PPC and Microsoft.
Mr. Christos Papadopoulos, CEO of WITSIDE, said in this regard: “When PPC, with whom we have been cooperating for years, asked us to integrate, in real time, data from its production systems in the Cloud, we accepted the challenge and in less than a month, we delivered the pilot project we agreed upon. The next step was even more impressive. Two months after the pilot was completed, we integrated the data from SAP ISU and SAP ERP into MS Azure and started synchronizing them in real time. The project progressed with the integration of new sources. PPC thus became the first utility company in Central and SE Europe to offer its business units the ability to directly utilize the wealth of their data, and we are proud of that.”
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