Advanced Analytics and Reporting for an Oil and Gas Client
Case Studies
Challenges & Solutions
Technical Environment
Results
Executive Summary
Client
A confidential oil and gas client
Industry
Energy & Utilities
Business Problem
The client needed an analytics platform to transform scattered SAP and CSV data into actionable insights. Slow manual reporting, unstructured data integration, limited internal expertise, and rising data volume affected timely decision-making and cost control.
Outcome
- 10+ interactive dashboards delivered.
- Centralized DataMart for reporting.
- One-month post-go-live support.
Challenges
- No meaningful analytical insights.
- Heavy SAP data volume to analyze.
- Unstructured data delayed integration.
Solutions
- Assessed historical data from SAP, SQL, Excel, and CSV files.
- Installed and configured SAS servers and clients in Dev, QA, and Prod.
- Executed data-integration workflows and built a DataMart.
- Designed 10 analytical reports, each with 3 to 6 sections.
- Provided training and knowledge transfer to the client team.
- Deployed four SAS experts for implementation and support.
Technical Environment
- SAS Data Management
- SAS Visual Analytics
- SAS Enterprise Miner with Analytics Pro
- SAS O/R
- SAS Access
- SAS ETS add-on
Results
- 10+ analytical dashboards live.
- Four SAS experts deployed.
- One-month hyper-care support.
- Automated production plan.
- Minimum slippage cost.
- Optimum production cost.
- Faster insight cycle.