Case Study: European Retailing Company cuts SAP ERP integration time by 350 days (from 400 to 50) with Teradata Analytics for SAP Solutions

Use of Teradata Analytics for SAP Solutions Accelerates Big Data Delivery

A large, privately held Dutch retailer with 2,800 stores and 15 independently run brands needed a centralized analytics platform to gain global visibility into sales, supply chain and master data. Integrating transactional SAP ERP data (plus WMS and POS systems) from 15 separate ERP instances was complex; an initial homegrown attempt stalled and a systems integrator estimated 400 days to onboard a single ERP, a pace that wouldn’t deliver timely value.

The retailer chose Teradata Analytics for SAP Solutions with Teradata Database (and Informatica for ELT), which automated SAP data extraction, provided an integrated semantic model, and enabled in-database transformations and governance. Using this approach they loaded the first brand’s SAP data in five days (plus 45 days for 25 custom tables) instead of 400 days—an 800% acceleration that saved roughly 350 days—while creating a repeatable, lower-risk framework for rollouts, faster time to value, and improved access to granular analytics.