Case Study: Pearson Education achieves a reduction in reporting time from 30% to 5% with Tableau Software

Time Spent on Reporting Drops from 30% to 5% for Pearson

Pearson, a global leader in educational publishing that trains over 30,000 people via e-learning, needed a better way for HR to track mandatory training by business area and location. Using Access and distributed Excel tables made it hard to spot trends and required about 30% of an HR analyst’s time to prepare and share reports.

Pearson adopted Tableau Desktop and Tableau Server (backed by MySQL) to create and share interactive dashboards that colleagues can filter and drill into. Reporting time dropped from roughly 30% to 5%, a dozen HR managers now use the system regularly, and the team gained clear insights—such as the shift toward online classes and how average training levels compare with industry standards.

Pearson Education

Martin Keiser

Pearson