Case Study: Henkel achieves €4M in annual energy cost savings and 20% lower consumption with Tableau Software

How Henkel saves millions of euros per year across its award-winning digital supply chain with Tableau

Henkel, a global chemical and consumer‑goods company based in Düsseldorf, faced the challenge of turning fragmented, simplistic reporting into actionable, enterprise‑wide analytics so small operational gains across its large supply chain could be identified and realized. With data scattered across systems and factories, leadership needed better visibility and self‑service capabilities to drive efficiency and cost savings.

Henkel implemented Tableau (beginning in 2016) to centralize supply‑chain data from multiple sources, build live dashboards (including energy, production scheduling, PPE and S&OP), and roll out self‑service analytics to the wider organization. The initiative uncovered €4 million in energy and cost savings in 2019, cut energy use across Laundry & Home Care by 20%, improved factory efficiency by over 10% since 2013, boosted spray‑tower production efficiency by about 5%, grew its Tableau user community to 2,100+ people, and helped earn WEF Lighthouse recognition.

Henkel

Johannes Holtbruegge

Senior Manager Transformation