Case Study: Kennametal achieves faster manufacturing throughput and smarter operations with Microsoft Power BI

Transforming the cutting edge—Kennametal and Microsoft 365

Kennametal, a global tooling and industrial materials company with nearly 10,000 employees, faced a need to modernize factories and the workplace to enable IoT, data‑driven decisions, and secure global collaboration. To surface machine telemetry, avoid production blind spots, and standardize tools across the business, Kennametal adopted Microsoft Power BI alongside Microsoft 365 and Azure services.

Using Microsoft Power BI dashboards and the Power Platform, Kennametal hosted its Manufacturing Integration System in Azure and turned raw machine data into actionable insights—uncovering cases where machines showed a “green” status while self‑cleaning rather than producing, eliminating the need for engineer time studies, increasing machine throughput, and enabling faster order delivery. Microsoft Power BI’s visibility, together with Teams and Microsoft 365 security tools, also reduced travel, improved collaboration, and helped protect sensitive intellectual property across the company.

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