Case Study: Mediterranean Shipping Company speeds global reporting and container tracking with Microsoft SQL Server, Analysis Services, and Power BI

Mediterranean Shipping Company - Customer Case Study

Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), one of the world's largest container shipping companies, faced the challenge of managing and making sense of the enormous volume of data generated by its global operations. This included a critical need to quickly adapt to new international regulations and provide its business managers with timely information for decision-making. To address this, the company worked with Microsoft Corporation, leveraging products like Microsoft SQL Server 2016.

The solution, implemented with Microsoft, included SQL Server 2016 Analysis Services for high-performance data processing and Power BI for advanced analytics and reporting. This integration allowed employees to access and query gigabytes of data in near-real time from any device. The measurable results were significant, including query performance improvements of 30 to 50 percent. A key success was MSC's flawless compliance with new maritime weight regulations, moving tens of thousands of containers with only a minimal number of exceptions for customer-related reasons. Microsoft's tools transformed data into actionable insights, eliminating reporting bottlenecks and enabling faster, better business decisions across the global company.

Mediterranean Shipping Company

Javier Villegas

Database Administrator Manager