{"slug":"enabling-collaboration-among-competing-divisions","url":"https://findausecase.com/use-cases/enabling-collaboration-among-competing-divisions","title":"Enabling collaboration among competing divisions","description":"Sandvik used the Databricks Data + AI Platform to let its 20+ autonomous, sometimes competing, divisions share AI models and data assets while retaining independence, including AI-driven real-time monitoring of mining equipment sensor data to recommend maintenance actions and reduce downtime.","company":"Sandvik","industry":"Manufacturing","aiCapabilities":["Predictive Analytics","Fraud & Anomaly Detection"],"technology":["Databricks","Agent Bricks","Delta Lake","Lakeflow Jobs","Unity Catalog"],"deployment":"Public Cloud","problemStatement":"Sandvik's business units operate autonomously and don't typically share data with others, sometimes because they are direct competitors, which led to data silos and inefficiencies, as innovations and insights generated by one division could not easily be applied across the organization.","solutionApproach":"Using the Databricks Data + AI Platform, Sandvik enabled centralized data connectivity without disrupting divisional autonomy, using serverless compute for SQL and Python so developers can deploy prepackaged assets in seconds, AI models for real-time monitoring of mining equipment sensor data to recommend maintenance actions, and Unity Catalog to give developers visibility across environments.","businessValue":"The platform helps customers optimize maintenance schedules and minimize downtime, has the potential to drastically reduce operational costs for customers by preventing equipment failures, and has helped developers work faster and more productively.","evidence":{"band":"high"},"sourceUrl":"https://www.databricks.com/customers/sandvik","dates":{"publishedAt":"2026-09-08T09:03:53.442Z","publishedAtSource":"pipeline","updatedAt":"2026-09-08T09:03:53.442Z"},"license":"Open for reading and citing with a link to https://findausecase.com/use-cases/enabling-collaboration-among-competing-divisions. Bulk republication requires permission."}