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Title
Shaping global infrastructure with ironclad manufacturing
…a Demo Login Contact Us Try Databricks Customer Stories / Gerdau CUSTOMER STORY Shaping global infrastructure with ironclad manufacturing 40% cost reduction for data processing 80% in new developments for streaming so…
Description
Gerdau, Brazil's largest steel producer, consolidated a complex homegrown open-source data ecosystem onto the Databricks Data + AI Platform, using Delta Lake, Delta Sharing and Unity Catalog to enable real-time processing for digital twin simulations of production lines. The move cut data processing time from 1.5 hours to 12 minutes, delivered a 40% cost reduction for data processing and 80% faster development of streaming solutions, and enabled new AI applications including predictive maintenance, image and text classification, and an LLM-based upskilling assistant for employees.
…e Databricks Data + AI Platform that provides extremely fast query performance, Gerdau has reduced their average data processing time from 1.5 hours to 12 minutes — a huge performance gain and cost savings, as certain tables in their workflow…
…ption of Databricks and consolidation of Gerdau’s various tools has resulted in a remarkable 40% cost reduction for data processing and 80% in new developments for streaming solutions. These savings were a direct result of the reduced financial burdens associated…
Company
Gerdau
…rity and Trust Ready to get started? Get a Demo Login Contact Us Try Databricks Customer Stories / Gerdau CUSTOMER STORY Shaping global infrastructure with ironclad manufacturing 40% co…
Country
Brazil
…king decisions with the environment in mind. With a history spanning 123 years, Gerdau is Brazil’s largest steel producer, one of the leading producers of long steel in the Americas and of special stee…
Industry
Manufacturing
…forward-thinking leader in B2B digital transformation. Share this post Details Industry : Manufacturing Use Case : Artificial Intelligence , Data Science Cloud : AWS Product : Delta L…
Problem
Gerdau's homegrown, open-source-based data tools were complex, disconnected and hard to manage, requiring users to be proficient in Python and Spark, which made it difficult for engineering to maintain and drive adoption. The platform also lacked real-time data processing, hindering the company's digital twins use case, and lacked fine-grained access and data lineage controls needed for compliance and security as the company scaled.
…ted potential,” Bruno da Silva Breder, Product Owner I4.0 at Gerdau, said. “But they required users needing to be proficient in Python and Spark. That made it difficult for engineering to maintain and drive adoptions within the business.” As if all this weren’t enough overhead for Gerdau’s technical teams, the compa…
Solution
Gerdau consolidated its data tools onto the Databricks Data + AI Platform, with Delta Lake as the underlying data infrastructure and Delta Sharing to securely share data internally and with manufacturing and distribution partners. Using Photon, the platform's next-generation query engine, Gerdau sped up data processing, and Unity Catalog established data governance standards with fine-grained access controls, data lineage controls and access segregation, paired with Power BI for business reporting. The company also began exploring digital twins, predictive maintenance, image and text classification, and a generative-AI-powered LLM assistant to help employees with re/upskilling.
…with digital twin projects and other safety measures, like composition control. Using Photon , the next-generation engine on the Databricks Data + AI Platform that provides extremely fast query performance, Gerdau has reduced their average data processing time from 1.5 hours to 12 minutes — a huge performance gain and cost savings, as certain tables in their workflow…
Business value
Gerdau achieved a 40% cost reduction for data processing and an 80% improvement in new developments for streaming solutions, reduced average data processing time from 1.5 hours to 12 minutes, cut ML model creation effort by 30%, and rapidly onboarded over 300 new global data users across countries including Peru and the United States.
…ption of Databricks and consolidation of Gerdau’s various tools has resulted in a remarkable 40% cost reduction for data processing and 80% in new developments for streaming solutions. These savings were a direct result of the reduced financial burdens associated…
AI capabilities
Digital Twins & Simulation, Predictive Analytics, Computer Vision, Large Language Models
…ng Databricks for advanced analytics and machine learning has enabled Gerdau to further explore cutting-edge applications beyond digital twins, such as predictive maintenance, image and text classification, and other solutions powered by generative AI. For instance, one of their first achievements using large language models (LLM…
Technology
Databricks Data + AI Platform, Delta Lake, Delta Sharing, Agent Bricks, Unity Catalog, Photon, Power BI
…y : Manufacturing Use Case : Artificial Intelligence , Data Science Cloud : AWS Product : Delta Lake , Delta Sharing , Agent Bricks , Unity Catalog Ready to get started? Try Databricks for free Learn more about our product Talk…
Deployment model
Cloud
…ails Industry : Manufacturing Use Case : Artificial Intelligence , Data Science Cloud : AWS Product : Delta Lake , Delta Sharing , Agent Bricks , Unity Catalog Ready to ge…
Deployment options
cloud
…ails Industry : Manufacturing Use Case : Artificial Intelligence , Data Science Cloud : AWS Product : Delta Lake , Delta Sharing , Agent Bricks , Unity Catalog Ready to ge…
Onboarding approach
Rapidly onboarded over 300 new global data users, including in Peru and the United States, consolidating what had been five or six different tools users needed to learn down to just Databricks.
…s for innovation and growth across their entire business. This was evidenced by the rapid onboarding of over 300 new global data users, including operations in other countries such as Peru and the United States. According to Montanini, he has already received positive feedback from users l…
Headline outcome
…Gerdau CUSTOMER STORY Shaping global infrastructure with ironclad manufacturing 40% cost reduction for data processing 80% in new developments for streaming solutions 300 new business users onboarde…
Use case type
Predictive operations
…ng Databricks for advanced analytics and machine learning has enabled Gerdau to further explore cutting-edge applications beyond digital twins, such as predictive maintenance, image and text classification, and other solutions powered by generative AI. For instance, one of their first…
