Case Study: Cox Automotive achieves scalable workforce analytics with Prefect

Cox Automotive orchestrates 70+ auction sites with Prefect

Cox Automotive, a major vehicle remarketing services provider, faced challenges in managing data pipelines for its workforce and equipment planning across its extensive auction network. Their initial approach using cron jobs and manual scripts lacked flexibility, observability, and scalability, making it difficult to ensure data was refreshed correctly and efficiently. They turned to Prefect, an orchestration platform, to build a more robust solution.

By implementing Prefect, Cox Automotive transitioned from self-hosted virtual machines to a containerized infrastructure on Google Kubernetes Engine. Prefect provided real-time visibility into pipeline health, automated retries, and seamless integration with their existing security tools. This solution resulted in significant efficiency gains, allowing the team to orchestrate hundreds of data pipelines, optimize resource utilization, and speed up deployment, thereby empowering data-driven decision-making across the company.

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