Case Study: a global chemicals materials manufacturer modernizes data and improves forecasting with Sphere Partners

Global Chemicals Materials Manufacturer scales data modernization to 3 sites with Sphere Partners

Sphere Partners helped a global chemicals materials manufacturer overcome operational silos between its R&D labs, production plants, and supply chain. The client's disconnected legacy systems, including its Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), plant MES/SCADA, and ERP modules, prevented data-driven coordination, slowed new product scaling, and led to reactive maintenance and inefficient inventory planning.

The solution from Sphere Partners involved a stepwise data modernization program centered on a Snowflake cloud data warehouse. They integrated the disparate systems using Fivetran and dbt, automated lab-to-plant recipe transfers, and applied analytics for predictive maintenance and demand forecasting. This resulted in faster time-to-market for new formulations, reduced unplanned downtime through early warning alerts, and significant procurement savings from improved forecast accuracy, with the new system successfully scaled across multiple sites.