Case Study: Spin Master achieves digital transformation, faster analytics and CA$1.3M annual savings with Hitachi Vantara

Hitachi Helps Spin Master Make a Play for Digitally Transforming Business With an Innovative Data Strategy

Spin Master, the fourth-largest toy company with brands like PAW Patrol and Etch A Sketch, faced fragmented data, slow analytics and complex SAP management across time zones while scaling through innovation and acquisitions. To modernize its IT foundation and capture data from ERP, POS, click streams and other sources, Spin Master engaged Hitachi Vantara (with services from Hitachi Consulting and oXya) using solutions including Hitachi Content Platform, Hitachi Unified Compute Platform for SAP HANA, Hitachi Data Ingestor, HCP Anywhere and Hitachi Vantara’s Pentaho analytics.

Hitachi Vantara implemented a cohesive data strategy—migrating SAP to UCP for SAP HANA, deploying HCP/HDI/HCP Anywhere to unify unstructured data, and using Pentaho for end-to-end integration and analytics—while providing managed services. The result: CA$1.3 million in annual savings from reduced compliance and legal costs, batch run times cut by 50%, jobs processing reduced from days to hours or real time, improved security and a 360° customer view that accelerates time-to-market and revenue generation.

Spin Master

Pravine Balkaran

Global Head of IT