Supply Chain Leader Reduces Risk and Boosts Efficiency with Data Governance

The Challenge

In today's fast-paced supply chain world, data is both an invaluable asset and a complex challenge. For a leading Canadian Supply Chain & Logistics customer, their critical data resided across diverse Azure data stores, growing rapidly and creating escalating concerns around security, compliance, and effective access control. They knew that unlocking the true potential of their data, while managing its inherent risks, required more than just technology – it required a fundamental shift in how data was managed and trusted. They faced common hurdles: inconsistent data definitions, duplicate information hindering accuracy, and a lack of clear ownership, making cross-functional collaboration cumbersome and compliance a constant worry. They needed a holistic solution that not only brought order but also empowered their teams to maintain that order.

The Atlantic Minds Approach: Building Sustainable Data Stewardship

Atlantic Minds partnered with this forward-thinking client, not just to implement a solution, but to enable a new era of data governance. Our approach went beyond simply deploying tools; we focused on establishing a robust framework that would empower their people and processes for long-term success. Our engagement centered on leveraging Azure Purview as the backbone for unified data governance. We meticulously worked with their data producers, engineers, SMEs, and data stewards to: Standardize and Define - We collaborated to establish clear data definitions, eliminate redundancies, and enforce validation rules, building a foundation for highly accurate and reliable data. Intelligent Classification - We designed and implemented custom classification rules, crucial for automatic identification and tagging of sensitive data like PII (Personally Identifiable Information), ensuring data security and regulatory compliance from the ground up. Empowering Governance - Critically, we didn't just deliver a system; we helped them establish a self-service analytics and data democratization framework. This involved clearly defining data ownership and stewardship roles, fostering accountability, and streamlining workflow-driven data access. Our Organizational Change Management (OCM) expertise was pivotal here, ensuring their teams were not just using the new tools, but fully understood and embraced the new processes and their roles within them.

Transformative Outcomes: Data-Driven Confidence, Built to Last