SureStep - GRC/ESG Advisory, Consulting and Implementation Solutions. Canada, USA, Singapore, Hong Kong
Building a Unified Data Lake and Data Warehouse for Enterprise Insights
Case Study

Building a Unified Data Lake and Data Warehouse for Enterprise Insights

Client Challenge
A global services provider faced significant challenges in managing and analyzing data across its diverse operations. The organization’s data was spread across multiple systems, including:

  • Corporate systems with employee and HR data.
  • Financial systems for budgeting, forecasting, and expense management.
  • Operational systems supporting core business functions.

Key challenges included:

  • Inconsistent data structures, making it difficult to integrate and analyze data across systems.
  • Limited visibility into business performance, due to fragmented data sources.
  • Inefficient manual processes for data collection, transformation, and reporting.
  • A lack of a unified governance model, leading to inconsistent data quality.

Our Solution
SureStep was engaged to design and implement a scalable Data Lake and Data Warehouse solution, providing a single, unified view of the client’s data. Our approach included:

  • Designing a comprehensive Data Lake architecture, capable of ingesting and storing data from corporate, financial, and operational systems.
  • Building a structured Data Warehouse on top of the Data Lake, providing optimized data models for reporting and analytics.
  • Conducting a full data modeling exercise, including:
  • Entity Relationship Diagrams (ERDs) for all major data domains.
  • Field mappings, relationship mappings, and data type standardization.
  • Implementing a Master Data Governance Platform, ensuring consistent data definitions, data quality, and data lineage.
  • Developing robust ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) pipelines for automated data ingestion and transformation.
  • Providing training and documentation, ensuring client teams could efficiently manage and utilize the Data Lake and Data Warehouse.

Results Achieved

  • A fully integrated Data Lake and Data Warehouse, providing a single source of truth for corporate, financial, and operational data.
  • Improved data quality and consistency through Master Data Governance, ensuring reliable reporting.
  • Streamlined data collection and transformation, reducing manual effort and error rates.
  • Enhanced data visibility, enabling the client to generate actionable insights across the enterprise.
  • Positioned the client for future growth, with a scalable data architecture capable of supporting additional data sources.

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