Case Study: Kennametal accelerates materials innovation and democratizes analytics with Office 365 (Power BI)

Engineering the next innovation in material science with Microsoft Power BI

Kennametal, a 75‑year‑old leader in materials science with about 12,000 employees serving aerospace, automotive, mining and other industries, faced a major data challenge: valuable intellectual property and experiment results were scattered across notebooks, desktops and disparate tools. Attempts to analyze that data with spreadsheets and specialized software fell short, created security risks, and left engineers and business users without a simple, centralized way to compare materials, speed development, or access insights.

To solve this, Kennametal moved to the cloud and adopted Microsoft Power BI (integrated with Office 365, Dynamics CRM and Cortana), giving users natural‑language queries, fast visualizations and mobile access on Windows devices. The result is democratized, secure analytics for thousands of employees, faster R&D workflows, better reuse of IP, lower development costs and the potential to bring products to market roughly 20% faster.

Kennametal

Christopher Atkinson

Director of Business Partner Marketing