Case Study: Textron achieves near real-time SAP data insights and lower compute costs with Databricks

Driving Innovation and Manufacturing Insights From SAP Data

Textron Specialized Vehicles, part of Textron, needed a better data architecture to support its SAP S/4HANA ERP rollout and combine SAP data with other ERP sources. To make business data available faster and more efficiently, the company used Databricks alongside Qlik Cloud Data Integration to replace slower, request-based batch access with near real-time streaming for business users.

With Databricks and Qlik Replicate, Textron Specialized Vehicles now streams new data every few minutes, improving performance and timing while lowering compute costs and saving work-hours. The team has reduced time spent on running and maintenance by about 25% already, with a long-term goal of cutting it from 80% to under 10%, allowing more focus on productive, revenue-generating work.

Textron

Sondra Gillespie

IT Data Operations Manager